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oceanside: Biotech Meets Tree-trimming – Genentech (DNA) - 10/18/08 10:04 PM
Community efforts don't go unnoticed. A wonderful group of people from Genentech, an Oceanside bio-tech firm, planned a day of hard (volunteer) work at the Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center in Oceanside earlier this week.
Genentech was voted one of the best 100 companies to work for by Fortune Magazine. A small group of employees donated their time, tenacity and resources to the grounds at the nature center.
They cut down trees, pruned shrubs, dug up island planters, hauled the brush and planted native plants. They accomplished a tremendous amount of work in a very short … (0 comments)
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oceanside: Local Volcano Plug Sits Adjacent to North County Communities (Part IV) - 08/18/08 11:34 PM
Mt Calavera & Oceanside
In the late 1700s Father Juan Crespi arrived in the Oceanside area, and he felt the location was perfect for what is now known as the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
After the completion of the railroad from San Diego to San Bernardino, the city of Oceanside began to take shape. Folks who lived inland would take day trips to the ocean-side, and eventually the two words became one. When the town petitioned for a post office, they wrote ‘Oceanside' down as its name. In 1888, Oceanside's population was approximately 1000 individuals. Today, … (3 comments)
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oceanside: Local Volcano Plug Sits Adjacent to North County Communities (Part II) - 07/27/08 12:50 AM
Mt Calavera adds a bit of natural history and intrigue to the surroundings communities of Carlsbad, Oceanside and Vista. Not many people realize what the 513 feet hill actually is. For years, scientists have only been estimating how old the volcano is, but the North County Times recently reported that local geologists from the San Diego Natural History Museum and San Diego State University have taken samples of the minerals and plan to age-test it sometime this year.
According to Tom Demere, curator of paleontology at the San Diego Natural History Museum, when Mt Calavera blew many many years ago, it … (12 comments)
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oceanside: Local Volcano Plug Sits Adjacent to North County Communities - 07/20/08 12:17 AM
In a previous blog, I wrote about my top 5 things to do in the North County. One of the items on my list was a visit the local volcano.
There are only three of them in southern California and we have one right here in Carlsbad. This 513 ft volcano is extinct and poses no harm to the many surrounding neighbors, but a very, very long time ago, it did blow!! The lava cooled, solidified, and over time the surrounding minerals eroded away leaving behind what is known as a volcanic plug. I participated in a "geology hike" last month, which … (11 comments)
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Deborah Burroughs
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