Encinitas Magazine · February 2015 – present
Encinitas Magazine Stories by Kyle Thomas
The Director's Cuts
Encinitas Magazine has published Kyle Thomas's words and photographs since its first issue in February 2015. The magazine's digital edition carries only the current issue: when a new one goes out, the previous issue leaves the public web, and there is no online back catalogue. These pages are the director's cuts — the stories as Kyle originally wrote them, before editing for print, with photographs that never ran. Every story names the issue it appeared in. They are published here by their author, from his own manuscripts and negatives; the magazine's edited versions and printed layouts are not reproduced. Twenty-four stories, February 2015 to the present, on the people, places and history of Encinitas, Cardiff-by-the-Sea and Leucadia.
4 of the 16 stories chosen for the magazine's 10th Anniversary Greatest Hits issue (Oct–Nov 2025) were Kyle's. They are starred below.
Kyle Thomas was honoured with a City of Encinitas Proclamation, presented by Mayor Tony Kranz on October 9, 2024.
Every photograph on this site is available as an archival print. Ask Kyle.