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Encinitas council eyes e-bike patrols near schools Oct. 21

The Encinitas City Council will consider targeted Sheriff's e-bike enforcement near three schools, design options for a grant-funded South Coast Highway 101 sidewalk and bike project, and a proposal to ban smoking in all hotel rooms at its Wednesday, Oct. 21 meeting.

An electric bicycle parked beside a school zone sign on a sunny sidewalk.

Coastal erosion threatens rail line linking Encinitas to L.A.

El Niño-driven coastal erosion is threatening the Pacific Surfliner corridor that serves as Encinitas residents' only rail connection north, prompting state agencies to launch a relocation feasibility study for the most vulnerable stretch of track.

Blue and silver Amtrak Pacific Surfliner locomotive moving along a single-track rail line.

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