Four Points Bulletin

Travels north, east, south, and west of our Oceanside home base.

Whenever the tide goes negative the Cerezo Bluffs tide pools beckon. There is only a short window of time when the loitering intertidal organisms, which are usually safe and sound under a blanket of water and seagrass, can be discovered. Today, the top shelf treasures were a sea hare and a brittle star. I was …

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Borrego Springs is an interesting place to visit. It is completely surrounded by Anza Borrego State Park (the largest California State Park, and the largest desert state park in United States) and so gets plenty of tourism, but seems to be stuck in time. With just over 2,000 residents, the little light pollution earned Borrego …

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The Oceanside Civic Center in Downtown (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) was built in 1927. It was designed by Irving Gill, also known as the father of modern architecture. In 1986, a bid was won by architect Charles Moore to complete the civic center, including a public library, city hall, Oceanside Harbor …

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