The Big Read was a series of events that stretched across the month of September, with the focus on the Charles Portis novel, True Grit. On October 3, Jay Jennings, a freelance writer/journalist and friend of Charles Portis, came to give the final presentation. Jay discussed the process Charles Portis went through to finish the novel and the production of the True Grit movies and Mr. Portis’ involvement with them. Throughout the presentation, Mr. Jennings used various visual aids in his discussion of the setting of the book and the inspiration of the location and characters in the True Grit novel.
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Soldiers Who Salsa is a non-profit organization that brings active and retired military and their families together to dance away their troubles. It’s a quickly growing organization that has already helped veterans reconnect with loved ones after serving overseas. They’re growing quickly and hope to become a tool for military personnel, retired or otherwise, looking to battle their demons.
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Oceanside has one of the largest population of homeless veterans in the nation. The Oceanside Police Department's Homeless Outreach Program was started to help with this issue. In this KOCT Newsbrief, we talk with a couple Officers working in this program to see what they're doing about the homeless population.
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Many events are held in Downtown Oceanside, helping bring the community together. The Oceanside Music Festival was held in front of the Oceanside Public Library, where different artists came together to showcase a broad range of music, from Broadway showtunes to a jazz harpist.
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The Carlsbad Desalination Plant is finally up and running. With this new water source brings changes to North County. In this KOCT Newsbrief, reporter Amy DuPont explains what the Plant does and how it affect you in the future.
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In this KOCT Newsbrief special, we gather together a collection of Newsbriefs from 2015 in one convenient package. We're looking forward to 2016 and the stories waiting to be told!
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The Oceanside Public Library is a jewel of Downtown Oceanside. Every year, The Friends of Oceanside Public Library host fundraisers to raise money for it. The Trivia Bee is one of those fundraisers, bringing people together for a good cause.
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Opening Day for Youth Success week was all about setting things in motion. For 3 years, the Community Alliance for Youth Success, or CAYS, have been coming together to help Oceanside students become successful in their lives, and it all culminated in this week long event. On Opening Day, many speakers came out to show all of the support and love that they’ve poured into this project, including entrepreneur Stedman Graham. With the help of the community, CAYS is aiming to take Youth Success further than just Oceanside and use it as a platform nationwide.
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Students came to the Oceanside Bandshell to perform for their parents and community, closing off a week dedicated to help students with educational goals. CAYS promotes the Oceanside Promise, which is a long term goal of making sure that every Oceanside student is career and college ready when they graduate. Oceanside is dedicated to its youth and the Oceanside Promise is proof of that.
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Celebrating the opening of the new Garrison Creek Nature Trail at El Corazon Park with interviews and images of the new trail.
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KOCT covered the annual Memorial Day Celebration at Eternal Hills Memorial Park. This beautiful event is served to recognize those who have sacrificed their lives for our country.
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Build NCC is the 1st phase of construction of the North Coast Corridor (NCC) Program in the cities of Solana Beach, Encinitas and Carlsbad. It is part of a $6 billion comprehensive set of transportation, environmental, and coastal access projects to improve the quality of life for residents, create a stronger local and regional economy for the future, and enhance the coastal environment over the next 40 years. The construction for this project will take place over the next 30 years. KOCT was at today’s opening event held at the San Elijo Visitors Center. The station will cover important milestones during the construction as way to document the progress of the project. For more information please visit KeepSanDiegoMoving.com/BuildNCC
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KOCT's North County NewsBrief on MiraCosta College's Horticulture Club produced by MCC Intern Paloma Marquez.
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This North County NewsBrief focuses on a recent Agritourism Workshop held by Visit Oceanside. The workshop was open to everyone in the community as a way to work together to develop Agritourism in Oceanside.
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The launch of KOCT’s upgraded cablecast department featuring:
Tom Reeser - KOCT Executive Director
Bill Horn - 5th District Supervisor
Jaime Johnson, MBA Director Tri-City Medical Center Marketing, Communications & Public Affairs
Imagine the odds of soccer players in an after school program in an underserved neighborhood winning the National Beach Soccer Championships in Clearwater Florida. That is the story we feature in this NewsBrief.
The young men on the soccer team based out of the Crown Heights Community Center in Oceanside, California, grew up together playing soccer at the after school program funded by North County Lifeline and formed strong friendships.
They made history by making it to the National championships undefeated and went on to snatch victory from a physically bigger team froth East Coast. The team credits the support they received over the years from the staff at Club Crown Heights for helping them maintain focus and for the giving them the confidence that they could achieve their lifelong dream of winning the national championships.
The MiraCosta College Foundation is paving the way for future students by establishing the Promise; a scholarship that pays for the 1st year of college for fresh high school graduates that plan on attending MiraCosta.
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Amnesty International held an event on World Press Freedom Day at Wavelength Brewing Company in Vista, inviting locals to hear about the stories of journalists from around the world who are being censored by their governments because of the words they speak and write.
Jean Guerrero of KPBS was on site to share her stories about her time reporting in Mexico and the risks she faced there.
For more information on the North County chapter of Amnesty International, please visit their Facebook page at https://Facebook.com/Amnesty471
The Vista Strawberry Festival is an annual event held at downtown Vista and sponsored by Tri-City Medical Center.
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