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In 1910, Lilian Jennette Rice, a twenty-one-year-old University of California at Berkeley graduate, quietly returned to…

Art & Entertainment Village

Pop-up Art Exhibition “This is Now” Opens in the Village

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Editorial Board

A contemporary art exhibition by a group of distinguished artists is kicking off its inaugural pop-up…

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It looks like the new Board elections will be like a game of musical chairs with…

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RSF Take Five: Curebound’s Cancer-Fighting Co-Founder Fernanda Whitworth

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Rachel Laffer

As most of our readers know, the Post’s Q&A column, “RSF Take Five,” highlights members of…

Fire Opinion Polo Fields

Grave Fire Dangers: An Open Letter to Residents of Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, Solana Beach, and San Diego

02/14/2025

Polly Wheatley

I am a resident of the Whispering Palms community of Rancho Santa Fe, but was born…

Board Silvergate

Board Decides Tomorrow on Silvergate’s Zoning Fate

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Editorial Board

The decision on whether the Silvergate senior living development meets the Covenant’s zoning rules will be…

Gift Guide Opinion

Ranch Realty Check: Christian’s Luxe Valentines Gift Guide

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Christian Potter

Our resident real estate expert and RSF Post contributor, Christian Potter, really does believe home is…

Editorial SFID Water

SFID: Proposed Rates and Looming Massive Expenses

02/06/2025

Marlene E. King

The Santa Fe Irrigation District’s (SFID) 2025 and 2023 Cost of Service Studies (COSS) raise concerns whether…

Community Interest Opinion Osuna

Osuna Ranch: A Community Asset Preserving RSF History and Quality of Life

02/05/2025

Vonn Marie May

As a cultural landscape historian and author of the Cultural Landscape Report for both the Osuna…

I disagree with lowering the speed limits in RSF. They are already low enough; lowering them even further will just cause anger/frustration/road rage. As an example, El Camino Del Norte was lowered to 35mph as that road is within Encinitas city limits. I travel it often and the cars that travel at only 35 mph (and sometimes lower) cause traffic to back up behind them. This has led to several occurrences where an impatient driver crossed over the solid double-yellow lines and passed the long line of cars. We do not want this to happen in RSF.

My opinion is that a speed limit of 45 mph is appropriate; however, it’s already been lowered to 40 mph. Now some are calling for the speed limits to be lowered further to 35 mph. 35 mph is too low for the long distances we must travel to leave RSF. I know the knee-jerk response to this post will be “lower speeds are safer”, “think of the kids/horses/elderly”, etc… But the reality is modern cars are extremely safe, and our roads are long with infrequent intersections. A 40+ mph speed limit is appropriate.

And have you seen what happens at the stop signs on Paseo Delicias when the “Your speed is” radar wagons are placed there? Traffic backups of 50+ cars are not uncommon at the stop signs. That is quite aggravating to have to deal with everyday and every time you leave your house. We don’t need or want permanent radar setups in RSF. Keep RSF country. – Axxlrod

I agree with Adele Hendrick’s Op-Ed on the need to lower speed limits here in RSF! I think we, as a community, should look at the speed limits on select roads, and make a request to the county to lower some speed limits. I think it’s easy to say that all of the 45 MPH zones should be lowered to 40 MPH, at the very least. As we are in an unincorporated part of the county we have SD Sheriff for law enforcement, and CHP for traffic. As opposed to Solana Beach where SD Sheriff serves both functions, and even though we pay the CHP overtime to be here more often, it is rare to see them (they drive the same cars, and SUVs as the Sheriff with different door badges). One thing that does seem to make a difference enforcing the limits we have, is when Chief Wellhouser rolls out the “radar wagon” that displays a driver's speed, and the speed limit. Maybe we should also consider permanent radar signs in select locations? They can be very low profile, solar powered, and unobtrusive. – Todd Huckins

One of the best loved and most decorated authors of children’s books, Marguerite Henry was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1902. At the age of six, she contracted rheumatic fever, which affected her severely until the age of twelve. Not only bed-ridden for long periods, she was kept out of school and isolated from other children for fear of contagion. Pouring herself into reading, she soon showed a flair for writing. The author sold her first story at age 11!

Henry valued historical authenticity, and her books were meticulously researched. Most of them were fact-based, with her imagination filling out the stories. Through the years, Henry’s work earned prestigious Newberry awards. In 1946 she received Newberry Honors for Justin Morgan Had a Horse, the story of an Eighteenth Century American horse breeder who developed the well-known Morgan breed. More Newberry Honors followed in 1948 for Misty of Chincoteague. In 1949, Henry won the Newberry Medal, the top award, for King of the Wind, about the Arabian horse who sired the line of thoroughbreds we celebrate today.

After a lifetime of charming and thrilling children with her many books and stories, Henry died at age 95 in 1997 at her home in Rancho Santa Fe. (Courtesy of the RSF Historical Society)

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“Structure Just a Detail in the Landscape” — Lilian Rice Brought Bay Region Movement to the Ranch

Pop-up Art Exhibition “This is Now” Opens in the Village

The Board Election Echo Chamber

RSF Take Five: Curebound’s Cancer-Fighting Co-Founder Fernanda Whitworth

Grave Fire Dangers: An Open Letter to Residents of Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, Solana Beach, and San Diego

Board Decides Tomorrow on Silvergate’s Zoning Fate

Ranch Realty Check: Christian’s Luxe Valentines Gift Guide

SFID: Proposed Rates and Looming Massive Expenses

Osuna Ranch: A Community Asset Preserving RSF History and Quality of Life