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Assistance League of North Coast selected Non-profit Organization at “Heroes of Vista”

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The Assistance League of North Coast was selected as the Outstanding Non-profit Organization during the “Heroes of Vista” 12th year Annual Celebration. Vista, a City of over 110,000 residents, is located in north San Diego County, and is one of three cities where ALNC provides shoes, school clothing, coats, blankets books and scholarships to low income children who are referred to us by their school.

ALNC also received Certificates of Commendation from the Vista City Council, Supervisor Jim Desmond, Congressman Mike Levin, Assemblywoman Laurie Davies and from Senator Catherine Blakespear commending ALNC “for making a difference in home, school and community with sincerity and passion”.

We could not do what we do without the support of our 160 members, donors, sponsors and our dedicated volunteers who provided over 25,000 hours last year. This award is in recognition of all that YOU do.

Women’s Basketball Moving on to Sweet Sixteen After 75-67 Win Over APU

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CARSON, Calif. – The No. 16/22 and third-seeded Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball team (24-5) is heading to the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history after capturing a 75-67 win over seventh-seeded Azusa Pacific in the West Regional Semifinals on Saturday night at Cal State Dominguez Hills’ Torodome.

TOP PERFORMERS
Charity Gallegos – 21 points | 5 rebounds | 4 assists
Kelsey Forrester – 15 points | 4 rebounds | 4-of-7 3FG
Dynnah Buckner – 11 points | 7 rebounds | 2 assists
Jordan Vasquez – 10 points | 11 rebounds
Mina Tameilau – 9 points | 7 rebounds | 4 steals

HOW IT HAPPENED
CSUSM trailed 12-5 at the 3:56 mark of the first quarter after APU’s Tylee Manuel hit a jumper.
APU had a 17-12 lead following the first quarter.
A Vasquez second-chance bucket off the glass cut APU’s lead to 31-30 with 1:02 remaining in the second quarter.
The first half ended on a driving layup by Dynnah Buckner to close the gap to 34-32 APU.
CSUSM shot 32.1% (9-of-28) from the field and was 3-of-8 from behind the arc in the first half while APU shot 39.4% (13-of-33) from the field and 66.7% (6-of-9) from 3-point line.
CSUSM went to the free throw line 14 times, sinking 11 while APU made just four trips and made two.
CSUSM came out of the halftime break with a Gallegos hook shot to make it 34-all at 9:33.
APU answered with a 7-0 run to take a 43-34 lead capped by a spin move for a layup by Kelly Heimburger with 6:22 remaining.
A Tameilau layup and an old-fashioned 3-point play by Dynnah Buckner cut the gap to 43-39 with 5:11 on the clock in the third quarter.
A Forrester 3-pointer from the corner made it 43-42 APU at 3:45.
APU took a 57-49 lead into the final 10 minutes with both teams shooting 50%.
Back-to-back Gallegos 3-pointers evened the game at 57-all with 7:28 remaining.
Gallegos came out of an APU 30-second timeout with a pull-up jumper to give CSUSM its first lead of the second half at 59-57.
CSUSM took a 64-59 lead on a Vasquez turn-around jumper with 4:35 remaining in the fourth quarter.
A pair of made free throws by Kate Carlson gave CSUSM its largest lead of the game at 72-63 with 24 seconds remaining.
CSUSM held APU to just 10 points in the fourth quarter after putting up 24 points – 14 coming from Gallegos.

FAST BREAKS
CSUSM outshot APU 42.6% (23-of-54) to 37.1% (26-of-70).
CSUSM won the battle of the boards, 40-36.
CSUSM led for just 5:35, all in the fourth quarter, while APU was on top for 29:03.
Eighteen of CSUSM’s points came off APU’s 14 turnovers.
Vasquez tallied her fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
This was CSUSM’s second win over Azusa Pacific in five meetings. In its last meeting, CSUSM fell 89-86 in overtime to APU in the 2022 NCAA Division II West Regional Quarterfinals.
Gallegos’ 21 points was her fourth consecutive 20-plus game after registering 27 against Central Washington in the West Regional Quarterfinals, 29 points against Cal State Dominguez Hills in the CCAA Tournament Championship and 22 against Cal State LA in the CCAA Tournament Semifinals.
CSUSM’s 25 wins ties a program record set in 2019-20.
Forrester is 17 points away from joining CSUSM’s prestigious 1,000-point club.

UP NEXT
CSUSM will face top-seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills (30-2) in the NCAA Division II West Regional Final on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Torodome in Carson. CSUSM last faced the Toros in the CCAA Tournament Championship where the Cougars picked up their first conference tournament title with a 74-62 victory.

Assistance League of North Coast Estate Sales

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ALNC has quickly become experts at holding estate sales. During 2022, Sondra and Fred Peppe, along with their ALNC team of volunteers, offered their services to a friend living in Ocean Hills Country Club, a 55-plus community near Shadowridge, who needed help disposing of furniture when he needed to relocate. These volunteer efforts have grown immensely over the last 12 months, with referrals from Ocean Hills realtors. Typically the homeowner or family members remove the items they want to keep and the remaining items are donated to the ALNC to sell on site or at the Thrift Shop. Then the Peppes and the ALNC team cleans and stages the home for sale. A recent client donated the entire $5,390 dollars realized at the sale to ALNC. That money will provide 155 needy children with a new pair of shoes and socks, or a jacket and a blanket, or new books for the school library. If you are in need of help with an estate sale within Ocean Hills Country Club, please call the ALNC Thrift Shop at (760) 722-2286 and leave a message for Sondra.

Assistance League® North Coast is a community of hands-on volunteers dedicated to enriching the lives of those in need.https://www.alnc.org/

What’s the Story Behind Daylight Saving Time?

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By TR Robertson
It will soon be here again, the night you will have to remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour, best remembered by the adage “Spring Ahead, Fall Back”, otherwise known as Daylight Saving Time. This year the date and time you will have to remember is early Sunday morning, March 12, 2023, 2 am., although most people will set their clocks ahead Saturday night before they go to bed. Your cell phones, computers, cable boxes, newer cars will change automatically. But anyone without items of modern technology will have to reset watches, clocks in homes, clocks in older cars and anywhere a clock can be found. This time change occurs twice a year in all but two of the states in the United States, Hawaii and Arizona.

Most people know about this yearly occurrence, but few know the story behind why we have Daylight Saving Time and the arguments for and against keeping this event twice a year. The basic premise is we advance clocks one hour during the warmer months, so darkness falls at a later clock time and we set clocks back one hour in the fall to return to standard time. Ancient civilizations, like the Romans, adjusted their daily schedules centering around the sun often dividing the clock times into 12 hours regardless of the time of day. This allowed them to adjust the daylight hours as the amount of sunlight became progressively longer. During the spring and autumn hours daily work and agricultural schedules could then be adjusted to the amount of sunlight needed to complete their work.
In the 1700’s, Benjamin Franklin published a series of proverbs, one being “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” While in France he wrote an article suggesting the Parisians economize on the number of candles they used by rising earlier to use morning sunlight to begin their workday.

Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada was the first city in the world to enact Daylight Saving Time, beginning on July 1, 1908. The German Empire and their World War I ally Austria-Hungary adopted Daylight Saving Time on April 30, 1916. Britain and their allies soon followed. The United States would adopt DST in 1918. DST became common during World War II and was widely adopted in America and Europe during the 1970’s, as a result of the energy crisis.

There was a myth that Daylight Saving Time was implemented for the benefit of farmers. The truth is most farmers oppose DST. Farmers schedules are actually dictated by the sun, one example being dairy cattle and their readiness to be milked when the sun is up. Most farmers are up prior to sunrise for a long day of work in the sun, regardless of the time.
Daylight Saving Time was implemented in the United States with the Standard Time Act of 1918, setting a period of 7 months of additional daylight time to conserve energy resources. This Act designated five time zones for the United States. In 1966 the Uniform Time Act promoted the adoption and observance of uniform time within the Standard Time Zones. Permanent Daylight Saving Time was enacted in 1974, but complaints arose about children going to school in the dark and workers starting their workday in pitch darkness during the winter months. The Permanent Daylight Saving Time was repealed in 1975. Starting in 2007 the United States and Canada observed Daylight Saving Time from the 2nd Sunday in March to the 1st Sunday in November.

There has been an argument and controversy about Daylight Saving Time since its inception. Retailers, sports teams and tourism companies have favored DST but agriculture, evening entertainment and some religious groups have not been in favor of DST. Proponents argue that DST saves energy and promotes outdoor activity, saying it also reduces traffic accidents and crime. Opponents say the energy saving statistics are inconclusive and they say it disrupts the human circadian rhythms negatively affecting human health. There has been various movements and discussions to stay on a permanent DST, staying on the summer hours all year, most health experts advocating for this movement. To do this would take an act of Congress to change the current Federal law. Most surveys taken involving the general public has had mixed reactions with no clear majority to change the law.

Two states do not use Daylight Saving Time, Hawaii and Arizona. The Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona does comply with DST so it has uniform time with the Navajo territory in Utah and New Mexico. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Island, American Samoa, and Guam also do not observe DST.
Regardless of your feeling about Daylight Saving Time, be prepared on Sunday March 12, 2023, at 2 am, to see your clocks “spring ahead”, and your morning and evening sunrise and sunsets will begin to look alot different.

Memorial Service for Operation HOPE Board Member Sharon Hall

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Join Us to Honor the Life of Operation HOPE-North County Board Member, Sharon Hall
Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 2 pm

United Methodist Church Vista

490 S. Melrose Dr.

Vista, CA 92083

Sharon was born in Long Beach, California on June 29, 1943, the only child of Donald and Phyllis Williams. As the daughter of a career airman in the US Air Force, Sharon moved often while growing up; from Long Beach to San Antonio, to Montgomery, to Honolulu. She attended nursing school in Mankato, Minnesota, and decided, after graduating, to head west to a warmer climate. After several years working in the emergency room and as a surgical nurse at the old County Hospital in Los Angeles, she completed an M.S. in nursing and began teaching at Pierce College, a Los Angeles Community College campus in Woodland Hills.

In 1970 she married Louis Brett Hall, a fellow student she met during a statistics course at UCLA, in what was a small ceremony at the Little Chapel of the Bells in Las Vegas. They bought a house in the northeast foothills of Los Angeles, and raised their two sons, Walter, born in 1973, and Gregory, in 1975.

In 1989 Sharon completed a Doctorate in Education with Brigham Young University and soon accepted a position as the Dean of the Allied Health Department at Glendale Community College. She served in this capacity until her retirement in 2005. For over forty years Sharon enjoyed the challenges and the rewards of the health care field: she was a tireless advocate for nursing education, and she cared deeply about raising up the next generation of medical nurses.

In addition to a service oriented professional career, Sharon also actively participated in several volunteer efforts to help her community. As a long-standing member of the United Methodist Church in Tujunga, California, Sharon helped organize and administer the food cupboard pantry. She also loved singing in the church choir and served as the choir secretary. She helped to coach winter softball for the Kiwanis League at Sunland Park. She gave talks at elementary schools on the importance of good hygiene and handwashing, complete with infrared lights that illuminated germs to the delight and the dismay of a room full of fourth graders.

After retirement, Sharon and her husband relocated to the Oceanside community of Oceana. Freed from the constraints and demands of a career, Sharon was able to devote even more time and energy to volunteering and community service. In Oceana she helped in various capacities for the Homeowners Association, including a long stint performing committee work for the landscape board.

Sharon served for many years as a volunteer for Operation HOPE-North County, an emergency bridge housing shelter for families and single women experiencing homelessness. She served on the Board as Vice-President and Secretary and chaired the Steering Committee for many years, as well as participated in Personnel, Governance and Resource Development Committees. Sharon’s passion for helping others made her a keen advocate for best practices within the program, and her leadership and attention to detail helped the organization to excel over the years with fundraising events. Sharon continued serving tirelessly for Operation HOPE-North County until only a few days before her passing.

Her sons, Walter (& his wife Chris) and Greg, and her twin granddaughters, Lilly & Cora brought immense joy to her life. She was also devoted to Dobie, her pionus parrot that she so lovingly cared for. After a brief illness, Sharon passed away peacefully at home on January 12, 2023, comforted by the presence of family and friends. She was preceded in death by her beloved parents, and she survived her husband of 52 years by just over six months.

Danny Villaseńor Honored at Boys & Girls Club Vista Gala

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This past Saturday evening at the Westin Carlsbad Resort & Spa, hundreds gathered to honor Danny Villaseńor at the Boys & Girls Club Vista Gala. Danny first joined the Boys Club in Vista when he was in the fourth grade. He has been a faithful supporter of the Club for years, serving as a Board Member since 2011. He is a former Board President, was the Board Chair for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Diego County Area Council from 2015-2016, and currently serves as Chair of our Safety and Facility Committee. Dan is the current owner of Peppertree Frosty, which was established by his father in 1963.

Dan and his family

The Emcee for the evening was Heather Lake from FOX 5 San Diego. She introduced Matt Koumaras, President and CEO and also Board Chair, John Meyer. The highlight of the evening was when Danny told stories of his youth at the Boys & Girls Club of Vista.

Everyone celebrated in classic style with live & silent auctions, wine wall and casino games. All participation in this event directly benefits over 1,200 youth in our community who come to the Boys & Girls Club of Vista for safe and impactful experiences.

If you would like to donate to the Boys & Girls Club of Vista, their website is bgcvista.org.

Men’s Basketball Notches First NCAA West Regional Win Against Azusa Pacific

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SAN DIEGO – Capturing its first NCAA West Regional win in program history, the sixth-seeded Cal State San Marcos men’s basketball team (20-10) defeated third-seeded RV/RV Azusa Pacific (22-8) in the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon in Golden Gymnasium on the campus of Point Loma.

TOP PERFORMERS
Quinn Denker – 24 points | 10-of-11 FT | 5 rebounds | 5 assists | 3 steals
Jayce McCain – 19 points | 4 rebounds
Greg Milton III – 11 points | 4 rebounds | 2 steals
Joel Mensah – 8 points | 8 rebounds

HOW IT HAPPENED
Denker scored all of CSUSM’s first nine points and put the Cougars ahead 9-8 with a driving layup at the 15:19 mark.
Tied at 15-all, APU went on a 7-2 run and took a 22-17 lead on a Nate Kleppe 3-pointer with 9:47 to go in the half.
The Cougars retook the lead at 23-22 with a 6-0 run that was capped by a McCain driving layup with six minutes left in the period.
CSUSM had a 32-30 lead after 20 minutes as Jayce McCain led the team with 13 points.
The Cougars shot 40% (12-of-30) from the field in the first half while APU came in at 41.7% (10-of-24).
Of CSUSM’s 32 points in the first half, 11 came off turnovers.
Trailing 40-34 to begin the second half, CSUSM went on a 14-0 run thanks to a Milton 3-pointer, a driving layup by Milton, a Mensah jumper, a 3-pointer by Denker, a McCain turnaround jumper and a Denker jumper to take a 48-40 lead with 11:37 remaining.
APU never got closer than six points the rest of the way as free throws from Bryce Sloan cut the deficit to 48-42 with 11:26 to go.
CSUSM took its first double-digit lead of the game at 55-44 on a turnaround jumper by Milton off an APU turnover with 8:03 left.
After a dunk by APU’s Kleppe with 43 seconds remaining to cut CSUSM’s lead to nine at 64-55, a couple of free throws by Denker gave CSUSM a double-digit lead for good at 66-55 with 40 ticks remaining.
CSUSM shot 54.5% (12-of-22) from the field in the second half while holding APU to 36.7% (11-of-30).

FAST BREAKS
CSUSM ended the game shooting 46.2% (24-of-52) while APU finished at 38.9% )21-of-54).
Denker led CSUSM in scoring for the third consecutive game – all with 24 or more points.
CSUSM tallied a season-high five blocked shots.
Denker’s 10 made free throws were the most by a CSUSM player this season.
This was CSUSM’s first win over APU since Nov. 21, 2017 in San Marcos.
Head Coach B.J. Foster earned his 99th win as a head coach – all at CSUSM.
McCain inched even closer to the program’s all-time steals record of 147 held by Danny Redmon. With his one steal today, McCain is now at 145.
CSUSM tallied 11 steals to APU’s four.
CSUSM committed six fewer turnovers than APU (15-9).
APU won the battle of the boards at 38-31 and racked up more assists at 13-10.
Only 28 of CSUSM’s 72 points came in the paint.
CSUSM finished the game with 19 points off APU’s 15 turnovers.
CSUSM held the lead for 21:50 while APU had it for 12:19.

UP NEXT
In a rematch of the CCAA Tournament Championship game, CSUSM will face second-seeded No. 6/8 Cal State San Bernardino for the fourth time this season in the semifinals of the NCAA West Regional on Saturday at 5 p.m. in Golden Gymnasium.

Women’s Basketball Cougars Record First NCAA West Regional Win, Defeat CWU 86-74

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CARSON, Calif. – The No. 16/22 and third-seeded Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball team (24-5) earned its first NCAA West Regional victory, defeating sixth-seeded Central Washington 86-74 in the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon in the Torodome on the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills.

TOP PERFORMERS
Charity Gallegos – 27 points | 12-of-17 FG | 7 rebounds | 3 steals
Dynnah Buckner – 16 points | 2 rebounds | 2 steals
Mina Tameilau – 15 points | 5 rebounds | 1 blocked shot
Jordan Vasquez – 8 points | 5 rebounds

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cougars found themselves down 16-8 after a Samantha Bowman 3-pointer with 6:01 left in the opening period.
A Dynnah Buckner reverse layup evened the game at 19-all with four minutes remaining in the first quarter.
A second-chance bucket by Kate Carlson gave CSUSM its first lead of the game at 23-21 with 2:10 on the clock.
After being fouled on a 3-pointer, Forrester sunk all three of her free throws to give CSUSM a 28-23 lead at the end of the first quarter.
CSUSM raised its lead 39-34 on a left-handed layup by Malia Mastora with four minutes remaining in the half.
The Cougars took a 44-41 lead into the half after shooting 54.5% (18-of-33) to CWU’s 47.4% (18-of-38).
CSUSM closed out the third quarter on a 14-7 run sparked by a Carlson second-chance layup to take a 67-61 lead into the final quarter.
There were eight lead changes and two tie scores in the third quarter, yet CSUSM led for 7:59 to CWU’s 1:15 in the 10 minutes.
CWU went 3-of-3 from the 3-point line to close in on the CSUSM lead at 76-70 with just under seven minutes remaining in the game.
The Cougars got their first double-digit cushion at 82-72 with 4:12 remaining on a 3-pointer by Gallegos in front of the CSUSM bench.
CSUSM’s defense held the Wildcats scoreless from the field in the final four minutes, only allowing CWU to score two free throws as the Cougars clinched the win at 86-74.

FAST BREAKS
Gallegos’s 27 points was two shy of her career high which she matched in the CCAA Tournament Championship last weekend.
CSUSM’s eight turnovers were the second fewest this season. The Cougars tallied seven at Western Washington on Nov. 19.
Both teams were perfect at the free throw line with CSUSM having a slight advantage at 11 trips to CWU’s seven.
This was CSUSM’s first time this season shooting 100% from the free throw line.
The Cougars shot a season-best 53.7% (35-of-65) from the field.
CWU tallied its ninth-worst shooting percentage of the season at 42.3% (30-of-71).
Leading the entire fourth quarter, CSUSM was on top for 29:43 while CWU led for 6:52.
Bowman, the D2CCA West Region Player of the Year, led the Wildcats with 25 points and 16 rebounds.
APU outrebounded the Cougars, 37-32.
This was the first meeting between the two teams.

UP NEXT
In a rematch of the last season’s NCAA Division II West Regional Quarterfinal, the Cougars will next face seventh-seeded Azusa Pacific in the NCAA West Regional Semifinals on Saturday, March 11 at 5 p.m. in the Torodome.

Fatal Traffic Collision San Marcos

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On March 10, 2023, at about 11:58 AM, deputies from the San Marcos Patrol Station were dispatched to a collision at the EDCO recycling facility at 244 S. Las Posas Road, in the City of San Marcos involving a trash recycling truck and a pedestrian. Deputies arrived within minutes with the San Marcos Fire Department and were immediately able to determine the unknown pedestrian was deceased.

The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of the EDCO recycling truck was backing to the scales at the facility when his truck struck the pedestrian. At this time the pedestrian’s identity is unknown and deputies are conducting their investigation. The driver remained on scene and EDCO is cooperating with the investigation.

Alcohol or drugs does not appear to be a factor in the collision. The investigation is ongoing, and the Sheriff’s STAR Team is handling the investigation.

Media Contact: Sgt. Charles Morreale
Email Address of Contact: charle.morreale@sdsheriff.org
San Marcos/Traffic (760) 510-5295

Colisión de tráfico fatal en San Marcos

El 10 de marzo de 2023, aproximadamente a las 11:58 AM, los agentes de la Estación de Patrulla de San Marcos fueron enviados a una colisión en la instalación de reciclaje de EDCO en 244 S. Las Posas Road, en la ciudad de San Marcos, involucrando a un camión de reciclaje de basura y un peatón. Los agentes llegaron en cuestión de minutos con el Departamento de Bomberos de San Marcos e inmediatamente pudieron determinar que el peatón desconocido había fallecido.

La investigación preliminar determinó que el conductor del camión de reciclaje EDCO estaba retrocediendo a las básculas en la instalación cuando su camión golpeó al peatón. En este momento se desconoce la identidad del peatón y los agentes están llevando a cabo su investigación. El conductor permaneció en la escena y EDCO está cooperando con la investigación.

El alcohol o las drogas no parecen ser un factor en la colisión. La investigación está en curso, y el Equipo STAR del Sheriff está manejando la investigación.

Para Más Información: Sargento Charles Morrale
charle.morreale@sdsheriff.org
San Marcos/Traffic (760) 510-5295

My San Diego North County Opens Office in Vista

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The rain paused on Friday in Vista for My San Diego North County to celebrate the opening of its new office at the North County Media Studio on February 24th. Over 110 friends attended the ribbon cutting, including staff and members of the Vista Chamber, Carlsbad Chamber, Fallbrook Chamber, Vista City Council, San Marcos City Council, and Escondido City Council.

My San Diego North County founder, David Zumaya, was excited to have so many community members and friends from all over North County be part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony and group photo. My San Diego North County mission is to bring the North County community and business professionals together. With combined 20,000+ social media followers, the social media pages and group pages share the best of North County from Del Mar, Oceanside, Fallbrook, Poway, and all the communities in between.

Working together with our local chamber of commerce and their members is one of the foundations of My San Diego North County. We continue to build our website and look forward to the re-launch next month (www.mysdnc.com). Sharing the “Best of North County” includes businesses, community, events, tourism, and our great restaurants, wineries, and breweries.

“We have a sweet spot to support local non-profits. If any North County non-profit organization needs help with a social media video post, My San Diego North County is committed to helping”, said David Zumaya.

At the event, David announced the launch of the new City Maps for Vista and San Marcos. After the success of the Escondido Map, the demand grew for other cities. “These maps feature illustrations of local businesses and landmarks, in an amusement park map style with city streets and fun artwork.” Details are available at https://www.northcountymaps.com/. The second announcement was the return of the North County Business Expo. This will be the 8th year for the event. The Expo features local businesses from all over the North County region, including many of our local Chamber of Commerce. Vendor tables sell out every year and the expo is a great business networking event for everyone.

My San Diego North County is proud to host the Cafecito Business Networking groups. The first Cafecito was in Oceanside in 2016 and has grown to 12 monthly events. Positive professionals who are passionate about their services and demonstrate integrity have made Cafecitos a success! Cafecito networking events are open to all community members, including nonprofit and business professionals. In 2022, Cafecito Business Networking hosted over 140 events. You are invited to join the Carlsbad, Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido, Poway, and San Diego events. Visit www.CafecitoBusiness.com for details.

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