The City of Encinitas is pleased to announce the Beacons Beach access trail and parking lot are scheduled to reopen for public use mid-day on Thursday, June 30, 2022. On May 2nd, the northern portion of an existing historic landslide at Beacons Beach reactivated and moved downslope to the west. The movement created numerous visible cracks in the existing slope, as well as damage to the existing beach access trail from the B...

June 23, 2022 - On May 2nd, the northern portion of an existing historic landslide at Beacons Beach reactivated and moved downslope to the west. The movement created numerous visible cracks in the existing slope, as well as damage to the existing beach access trail from the Beacons parking lot down to the beach. Since that time, the City of Encinitas and Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been monitoring and eval...

As California enters its third consecutive dry year and following the driest first three months of a year in the state’s recorded history, Governor Gavin Newsom and the State Water Resources Control Board took steps to drive water conservation at the local level, calling on local water suppliers to take locally appropriate actions that will conserve water across all sectors. In response, the Olivenhain Municipal Water...

The City of Encinitas is accepting applications for appointment to the Urban Forest Advisory Committee (UFAC) to fill one vacancy.  The UFAC is composed of members of the community with interest and expertise in urban forestry.  This group advises and works together with the City Arborist to review and provide comments on City plans and policies related to urban forestry, including updates to the various aspects of t...