''The Coast News'' is an American, English language
weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...
published in
Encinitas, California
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. It covers community news, events, and city government in
North San Diego County
North County is a region in the northern area of San Diego County, California. It is the second-most populous region in the county (after San Diego), with an estimated population of 869,322. North County is well known for its affluence, especiall ...
.
Founded in 1987 by independent publisher Jim Kydd, the company now publishes ''The Coast News'', ''The Rancho Santa Fe News'', and ''The Inland Edition''. The newspaper is known to voice its editorial opinion on community issues. For example, in 2005, Jim Kydd ran full-page ads in ''The Coast News'' opposing the controversial Proposition A, which sought to build 101 new homes on formerly agricultural land. The current managing editor is Jordan P. Ingram.
Awards
* Best Front Page 2019, Second Place, Newspaper Format awarded by the Association of Free Community Papers to The Coast News Group.
* Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition 2018 awarded to The Coast News Group by Rep.
Darrell Issa
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(CA-49).
* Outstanding Publication 2009 awarded by the Association of Free Community Papers. AFCP judges commented that The Coast News "is full of great photography, outstanding use of color, and good editorial."
* First Place Community Service Editorial awarded by the Association of Free Community Papers to crime reporter Randy Kalp for his three-part series on heroin abuse in North San Diego County.
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Weekly newspapers published in California
Encinitas, California
Mass media in San Diego County, California
1987 establishments in California