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🌱 Patch AM: Why the Carlsbad Village Coaster ride feels like a mini vacation

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  • Why the Carlsbad Village Coaster ride feels like a mini vacation

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Today's riddle: What did one astronaut stranded on the moon say to another? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Low clouds, fog forming, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 65, low: 46.
  • Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 10 Quiet Train Routes In California That Locals Use For Scenic Journeys (takingthekids.com) — One of California’s quietest, most scenic train rides runs right through Carlsbad Village on the Coaster line, giving locals oceanfront views on their daily commute or weekend outings. The roundup spotlights 10 relaxing rail routes statewide, but emphasizes how San Diego County’s coastal trains let riders hop off in beach towns like Carlsbad just steps from the sand.
   

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    What a relief!! Found this guy just now in Villa Loma Apartments Collar harness, no tags. He is obviously someone’s dog. He needs his owners. He… (Nextdoor Carlsbad)
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  • Former Vista Councilmember Ted Cole, who died Sunday, remembered for his civic engagement (sandiegouniontribune.com)
  • Driver Targeted in Vista California by Drunk Woman Insisting Road Is Private: 'I Think Its Actually a Skinwalker' (thenerdstash.com)

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