Monday and Tuesday morning April 7 & 8 over 600 students at Pioneer Elementary School participated in mock abduction drills. The Escondido students first attended an assembly about what to do if they ...

In Eli Uva’s freshman year at San Pasqual High School, he joined the school’s robotics club because his brother Tayler was already an alumni and encouraged him to join. And, he wanted to give ...

Janice Culver, an artist and resident of Escondido, won the second-place in the exceptionally competitive April 2025 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Beauty and Beyond.” The in ...

War has been declared on the homeless in Escondido. And in the crossfire, war has simultaneously been declared on the lone non-profit in Escondido who provides services to both the poor and the ...

The Escondido Union School District has announced the District Employees of the Year: ELA/Reading teacher Cassandra Johnson of Hidden Valley Middle School is EUSD’s Teacher of the Year-Middle School.

I write this column on Sundays and I thought about an event begun recently at Kit Carson Park called Cars and Coffee. Sounds like a good combination of favorites—what with all the coffee shops popping ...

Charles Wheatley Cleveland, Jr. of Escondido, CA, loving husband and devoted father of two, passed away peacefully in Poway, CA at the age of 84. He is survived by his wife Kathy and sons Christopher ...

The 26th Annual Walk for the Animals was held at Kit Carson Park on Saturday March 22, and was attended by thousands of people and pets. The event was put on by the San Diego Humane Society, which ...

San Pasqual High School’s robotics team, the SuperNURDs, has clinched another major victory, winning their second regional competition at the San Diego Regional hosted by UCSD this past weekend. The ...

Butterfly Jungle is back at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park until April 20. The transformed Hidden Jungle aviary bursts with hundreds of butterflies each spring, attracting butterfly enthusiasts from ...

Several admirable and praiseworthy organizations in Escondido are doing exceedingly important work and impacting the community in very positive ways. Groups not only well intentioned but who also ...

One of the biggest victories we had last year for common sense was defeating the per-mile tax here in San Diego County. SANDAG — our regional transportation board — was pushing a proposal to charge ...