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Oceanside, CA | 5:18pm | October 15, 2026

Thursday 10/15 3:25pm

View from Arrowood Golf course

Bruce doing his thang in the O.

Let us know what you're up to this weekend in the comments!

🗓️ Upcoming Events in North County:

Thursday 10/15:
Meet the Farmer: Frantoio Grove | The Garden at evanhealy, 5925 Priestly Dr #120, Carlsbad | 5:30-7:30pm | Patrick and Claire of Frantoio Grove talk about their regenerative organic farm and lead a tasting of their award-winning olive oil with gazpacho and, of all things, vanilla ice cream. Jimbo's brings light bites.

Pumpkin Station | Del Mar Fairgrounds, East Parking Lot, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar | 10am-7pm | No charge to get in or walk the patch, and pumpkins are priced by size. Kid rides, two giant slides and the antique carousel are $5 a ticket, and leashed dogs are welcome. Open daily through Halloween, until 9pm Fridays and Saturdays.

Friday 10/16:
DroneArt Show: Harry Potter | Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar | 7pm | 1,200 drones fly scenes from the films in time to the soundtrack, with a live electric violinist. Doors open at 5 for food, drinks and wands, and there's a second show Saturday. Kids under 3 get in free.

Atomic Groove's RocktoberFest | Belly Up, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach | 5:30pm | The cover band's happy-hour dance party is a benefit for Gurkhas Rugby this time, with drink specials 5 to 8. $12 ahead or $14 at the door.

Haunted Corn Maze | Carlsbad Strawberry Company, 1050 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad | 7-10pm | A haunted maze through the corn, run with the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation and meant for teens and adults. It's open Fridays and Saturdays through Halloween.

Saturday 10/17:
Halloween Boo-Nanza | Plaza Paseo Real, 6941 El Camino Real, Carlsbad | 10am-12pm | Trick-or-treat stations, photos with a costumed character, live music, crafts, face painting and balloon twisting, so come in costume if you've got one.

Bichon Bash | Cardiff Sports Park, North Extension, 1661 Lake Dr, Encinitas | 10am-2pm | Bichon FurKids rescue's yearly fundraiser, with a fenced-in area where the dogs can play, plus food and raffles. Getting in is a $48 tax-deductible donation to the rescue ($100 for a family), and it comes with a swag bag.

Fall Festival | San Diego Botanic Garden, 300 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas | 11am-3pm | Regular Garden admission covers bubble artist Alan Kler on the lawn, plant bingo with plants for prizes, tacos from Surf Me A Taco and a new beer brewed with Fox Point Brewing from the Garden's own fruit. The Yamaokas play the gazebo from 1 to 3.

C You Saturday! | ICA San Diego North, 1550 S El Camino Real, Encinitas | The museum's monthly open day is free, with the galleries and the outdoor Sculpture Trail to explore.

Día de los Muertos Festival | Mellano Farm Stand, 5750 N River Rd, Oceanside | 10am-4pm | Two days of U-pick marigold fields for ofrendas and flower crowns, a corn maze, tractor rides, free garden talks and kids crafts, with pumpkin pie eating contests at noon, 1 and 2. Parking is $5.

Chicana Art Festival | Downtown Vista, by the flagpole, 110 S Citrus Ave, Vista | 1-6pm | Free all afternoon, with live mural painting, local artists and vendors, music and food, in a day for Chicana, Latina and Indigenous women artists.

Halloween Trunk or Treat | Mance Buchanon Park, 425 College Blvd, Oceanside | 2-5pm | Decorated cars fill the lot for a free afternoon of candy, and the city hands out awards for the best, most creative, funniest and spookiest trunks.

Pumpkin Plunge | Alga Norte Aquatic Center, 6565 Alicante Rd, Carlsbad | 5-8pm | Pool games with prizes, floating obstacles and a floating pumpkin patch where every kid lassos a pumpkin to keep. The splash pad is open for little ones, with a bounce house on dry land. $15 a person, under 3 free but register them too, and the online presale ends Friday at 5.

Sunday 10/18:
Free Outdoor LagreeRed Class at Vuori | Vuori, The Forum Carlsbad, 1905 Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad | 9-11am | A free outdoor workout led by LagreeRed from 9 to 10, then an hour of discounted shopping and refreshments inside. RSVP to hold a spot, and bring a mat and a towel.

Fox Point Farms Pumpkin Patch | Fox Point Farms, 1200 Fox Point Farms Ln, Encinitas | 9am-6pm | This is the one day a week the patch opens to everyone, at $3 to get in. Walk the field the pumpkins grew in, pick one right off the ground and pay for it on the way out.

Fallbrook Harvest Faire | Main Ave, Fallbrook | 9am-4pm | Free to get in, with scarecrow stilt walkers, pony rides and pie and costume contests downtown, plus a beer and wine garden at Village Square. No pets in the festival area.

Día de los Muertos Celebration | La Colonia Park, 715 Valley Ave, Solana Beach | 10am-5pm | Free, with more than 40 altars blessed by Danza Azteca San Luis Rey to start the day, ballet folklórico, Catrina and dog costume contests, kids crafts and a cake cutting for the city's 40th. Parking is limited, so carpool or bike.

Kids' Pumpkin Decorating at the Farmers Market | Leucadia-Encinitas Farmers Market, Oak Crest Middle School, Encinitas | 10am-2pm | Free pumpkin decorating and a fall art project for kids, set up by Leucadia 101. Get there early, since supplies run out, and grab breakfast or lunch from the vendors while they paint.

Oceanside Shock vs. Stockton Thunder | Frontwave Arena, 3475 Hero Dr, Oceanside | 5pm | The city's new Federal Prospects Hockey League team plays its third home game, a week after opening weekend.

I’m looking to take a group of my friends to do some spooky stuff this weekend, or even just fall-related if anyone’s got any suggestions! We love all things scary!

Gwen will die at the shelter if noone fosters 💔
It’s a black cat and it wont me post her pic

I know a rescue willing to pull but they said theyll only pull with a foster offer 😭

Took another walk downtown, this time with my youngest, so I couldn't walk as far as last time. These series of pictures are from a very specific area that was nice to visit but not super busy. She had a blast and so did I. More to come.

Edit: Shot on a Nikon D200 with a 50mm lens. Going to look into a 35 when I get paid so I can get some wider angle stuff.

There is a Motel 6 off Coast Highway across the street from In N Out. Did that get demolished? The one in the photo is the one in question.

Edit: typo

I'm currently living in my car. I've had two accidents and stayed driving in December last year. One was me bumping a car in front of me because I was looking at a restaurant behind me to see if they had a drive through and my for came off the brake and I didn't notice. The other was a well later, and I scraped the side of my car against a pole in a parking garage. Don't actually know if that's considered a crash. Anyways, I also come back to my parents house to clean up after moving out and take showers at the neighborhood gym. Afew weeks ago, my parents found a Facebook post calling me out, specifying my car color and make. Another one was pasted right after, talking about a car that matches my color. The first said they'd been scared by me a few times, the other said they were cut off near the elementary school. Since then, my parents said that I had to give them a list of things I can do to be a safer driver. They decided that it was insufficient. I came up with a few more things but forgot to tell them. Now, they're saying it's too late and they're going to report me to the dmv for them to determine if I need to be reassessed.

Obviously, I plan to pass the test if it comes to that. But i need to come up with a contingency plan. If I lose my license, I won't be able to drive. The difficult part is, the nearest place to legally sleep in your car in public is the Aliso Creek Rest Area, at the part of the i5 that goes through Camp Pendleton. You can only park there for 8 hours every 24 hours. Meaning, I can park at 8pm, but I have to be gone by 4am. Then I can come back again at 8pm the next day. I can't leave my car there 24/7, and even if I could, I'd need transportation off the i5. Where can I park my car 24/7 and sleep in it? I have a bike and bus pass for transportation. I'm going to try and get in contact with shelters, state agencies, and charities, but does anybody here have advice? I'm thinking about asking the police for advice, since they're the ones that implement the rules for sleeping in your car, but are they hostile towards homeless people? Any advice for prepping for if they decide I need to be reassessed? Will they be more strict about the retesting? Is there anywhere I can put everything in my front seat without it being stolen to make space for the instructor? Any businesses around with private lots that don't mind people leaving their car 24/7? Wherever I put it, it needs to be somewhere I won't have to move. Oh, and I have a job in Oceanside, so I need to be within reasonable transportation distance of downtown Oceanside, so long as I can bike and/or ride the bus. Probably no more than an hour.

Jolt is the mascot for the O’Side Shock the new Oceanside FPHL ice hockey team playing at Frontwave Arena. He’s got some fun lights and looks even better when the lights are low.

Really a fun time and a great crowd.

Wtf is going on? 10 -11%
Is everyone made of money except me? The balls on assembly member Chris Ward to call current sales tax low.

I’m copy / pasting some of the article here. Support the SDUT for covering this. And please reject the local AND county sales tax measures on the ballot.

A low-profile state Assembly bill just signed into law is raising concerns that sales tax rates in San Diego County could soon rise from the 8% range toward the 10% and 11% rates seen in Los Angeles County and much of the Bay Area.
The new law — AB 2484 — marks the first time the state Legislature has given a government agency in San Diego County the kind of exemption that other parts of California have used to exceed the statewide 9.25% sales tax cap.
Local and statewide taxpayer advocacy groups say the law, which would exempt a proposed Metropolitan Transit System sales tax hike from the cap, could open the floodgates to more exemptions in San Diego County.
Since the cap was first exceeded in 2009 in the Los Angeles suburb of Southgate, it has become routine for the Legislature — lobbied by local officials — to approve steadily more exemptions in greater L.A. and the Bay Area.
“If the cap is breached in San Diego, the future could look like Los Angeles where no city is below 10%,” said Scott Kaufman, legislative director for the anti-tax Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
A series of exemptions has allowed the rate in the Los Angeles County desert cities of Palmdale and Lancaster to rise to 11.75%, the highest in the nation and 3 percentage points above San Diego County’s highest rate of 8.75%.
Every city in Alameda County, which includes Oakland and much of the East Bay, has a sales tax rate of at least 10.25%. Other counties where the 9.25% cap has been exceeded include San Mateo, Sonoma, Santa Clara and Contra Costa.
Two co-authors of AB 2484, San Diego Assemblymembers David Alvarez and Chris Ward, stressed in interviews last week that the law doesn’t put San Diego over the cap; it only allows voters the chance to make that choice.
“If you can’t make your case, you won’t get the votes,” Alvarez said.
The two men, both Democrats, said the Legislature hasn’t granted any other local exemptions, so sales tax rates in San Diego County won’t be rising anywhere near 11% anytime soon.
But Ward also said he believes low sales tax rates come with a compromise. “We can be glad our rates are lower, but we’re also getting weaker services,” he said.
He said the survival of quality local transit service will probably depend on the $300 million per year that a proposed half-cent sales tax hike would generate for MTS, which is facing annual budget deficits of about $125 million starting in 2030.

I'm looking to take on a roommate starting mid November. I have some heavy furniture and work out equipment I need help moving. What's the best resource for finding a person or two to move things around my apartment and bring some downstairs to a garage.

Won't need help until mid November.

11:10 pm Saturday 11:10 pm power went out . Just me or no ?

I never received my tools back from them.

However, another redditor was kind enough to send me replacements. The replacements are far better than what I lent out.

Don't stop doing nice things for people. Put positive energy out and it will come back.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Oceanside/s/90KBcOIupD

I just read this post in the Orange County sub.
It looks like the eye of the storm is headed for Oceanside.
https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/s/sDzGHQa0NN

Hey gang, just wondering if you all have any favorite date night spots to recommend? We are mostly looking for dinner, but a place to grab a drink would also be appreciated! TIA!

Looked like a harsh season...

More about the cuts: https://calelectricrail.org/metrolink-announces-new-service-cuts-take-action-now/

Link to join the meeting: https://scrra.zoom.us/j/88243690937

Let us know what you're up to this weekend in the comments!

🗓️ Upcoming Events in North County:

Friday 10/9:
Atomic Groove's Ladiez Nite Pink Dance Party | Belly Up, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach | 5:30pm | The cover band's early show, with happy-hour drinks from 5 to 8. $12 ahead or $14 at the door.

Pretending Chrissie | The Landings, 2198 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad | 6-9pm | A Pretenders tribute on the patio, with dinner, drinks and dancing. There's a $30 food and drink minimum per person, and reservations are a good idea.

Strait to Amarillo | The Grand, Ritz Theater, 301 E Grand Ave, Escondido | 6:30-9pm | Lance Mowdy does George Strait, and Kim Eberhardt opens as Dolly Parton. Tickets run $42 to $106.

Saturday 10/10:
Fall Fun Festival | Alta Vista Botanical Gardens, 1270 Vale Terrace Dr, Vista | 10am-3pm | No charge to get in, with a scarecrow contest, kids crafts, live music, local vendors and a Lions club BBQ lunch among Ricardo Breceda's giant metal sculptures.

Pickleball Courts Grand Opening | Mountain View Park, 1160 S Citrus Ave, Escondido | 9-11am | Eight new courts open with a ribbon cutting and a free Pickleball 101 demo, so first-timers can pick up a paddle and meet other players. That brings the park to 20 pickleball courts.

Oceanside Ukulele Festival | Oceanside Civic Center Library Plaza, 330 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside | 11am-5pm | This first-year festival is free. Grammy winner Daniel Ho headlines, with short workshops for kids and beginners, an open mic, uke makers and food vendors. The day ends with a big group strum of a song Ho wrote just for the festival.

Belching Beaver 14th Anniversary Party | Belching Beaver Oceanside, 1334 Rocky Point Dr, Oceanside | 12-4pm | Free to get in, with jungle-themed games, special draft releases and DJ Strikeout spinning all afternoon.

Pumpkin & Marigold Harvest Festival | Mellano Farm Stand, 5714 N River Rd, Oceanside | 10am-4pm | Marigold fields, a corn maze and pumpkins piled by the stand. Sat-Sun, and every weekend through Halloween.

Front Row Saturday: The Memphis Soul Revue | Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium, Dove Library, 1775 Dove Ln, Carlsbad | 5pm | A 10-piece band doing the soul hits everybody knows the words to, and it's free for all ages. Doors open at 4:30.

Oceanside Shock Home Opener | Frontwave Arena, 3475 Hero Dr, Oceanside | 6pm | The city's new Federal Prospects Hockey League team faces the Fresno Falcons in its first home game. Game two is Sunday at 5 against the Stockton Thunder.

Sunday 10/11:
San Marcos Harvest Fest | North City, 251 North City Dr, San Marcos | 9am-5pm | More than 250 vendors fill the streets, with local makers, a lot of food, a beer, wine and cider garden, and bands on the Bornemann Stage all afternoon. Free to get in.

Muertos on Santa Fe | South Santa Fe Ave at Ascend Coffee Roasters, 802 S Santa Fe Ave, Vista | 11am-5pm | The first Día de Muertos street festival here fills the avenue with altars, live performances, food and vendors.

Oaxaca De Mis Amores Cultural Celebration | Oceanside | Indigenous folkloric groups perform traditional Oaxacan dances, with live music, Oaxacan food, an arts and crafts market and activities for the kids.

Autumn Festival | San Diego Zoo Safari Park, 15500 San Pasqual Valley Rd, Escondido | 9am-7pm | Fall festivities fill every October weekend, both days, and kids 11 and under get in free with an adult the whole month.

Pendletonhousing.com has scammers posing as landlords. They offer houses for rent/sale near Camp Pendleton then use the usual scammer tactics such as never being available for a call or pay now and they’ll mail the keys to you afterwards. Watch out for Jimmy Peraffan and Joseph Wilson. Watch out for Huntington National Bank too! They do nothing but help the scammers.

https://thecoastnews.com/raising-canes-to-replace-mimis-cafe-in-oceanside/

Tbh, I hate this idea as much as I love it. The traffic here is already bad. After a whole ass Canes is going to be ridiculous. The trash is going to be insane.

However , I’m happy for the jobs that it’ll bring, and I’m sure a lot of the nearby community will be happy they can easily acquire hot late-night chicken.

But at what cost ?

A couple has been living in their car directly next to my house for almost a month. They are parked right next to my property, by the fence/trees near the sidewalk. They’ve been making noise, leaving trash and toilet paper around the area, and using the area as a bathroom, including leaving human waste near my property.

I’ve already called the police and reported the situation, but they are still there and the problem has continued for almost a month.

At this point, I’m trying to figure out who I can actually call to have them removed or have someone enforce whatever rules apply to where they’re parked. The city doesn’t seem to be doing anything, and I’m not sure what department or agency handles this when police reports aren’t resolving it.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Is there a specific city department, code enforcement, parking enforcement, or other agency I should contact?

I’m not trying to harass anyone, but the sanitation issue and ongoing impact on my property have become a serious problem. I’d really appreciate specific numbers, departments, or advice on what actually works.

Stay safe downtown y’all