Tuesday, April 1, the City of Escondido began collecting an additional one cent in sales tax, raising the total that local merchants charge to 8.75%—good for the next 20 years. We asked a few ...

Elias Arenas, a 25-year-old male who resided in Escondido was struck by a SUV and later succumbed to his injuries. According to the San Diego Medical Examiner, the decedent and his girlfriend were wal ...

Friday, April 18, the Escondido Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence (DUI) Checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at an undisclosed location. DUI checkpoint locations are determined ...

Angel Ornelas Ponce should be here celebrating his 15th birthday with his loved ones. His tragic passing remains an unbearable loss for his family, and they deserve justice and answers. I stand with ...

Escondido City Council at its April 2 meeting voted 4-0 to provide major funding for the Southern California Indigenous Culture & Art Festival that will happen 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 19, at Grape Day ...

A Vietnamese Pot Belly pig named Miss Piggy is getting settled at the Escondido Campus of the San Diego Humane Society, after being brought into care April 1 by the Society’s Humane Law Enforcement ...

Due to a $10 million grant, for the next year the Escondido Public Library will be getting repairs and upgrades to fix things like roof leaks, old air conditioning systems, and worn-out interiors ...

With all the construction on Grand, perhaps it was the best timing ever that Grand Comedy moved from there to the location of the old California Pizza Kitchen in the North County Mall aka Mershops ...

Part II of a series In Part I of this series we talked to several merchants who became “collateral damage” during Phase II of The Grand Avenue Vision Project that began last fall. In this installment, ...

Watch the Escondido High varsity baseball team and you can’t help but be duly impressed. These Cougars are for real and totally legit. Their fielding can be airtight. The bats are dangerous and ...

Facebook complaint turned into a PR win for local coffee shop” You obviously didn’t read her public apology to the owner. It’s sad that you and others sought to besmirch her publicly. Your article ...

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 ...