After a comprehensive and competitive recruitment process, the City of Escondido Friday announced the appointment of Ken Plunkett as its new Chief of Police. He will begin his duties September 2 with ...

Starting this week, pedestrians and motorists in Escondido will notice traffic impacts due to construction work on San Diego County Water Authority facilities as part of the Southern First Aqueduct ...

An estimated 1,000 concerned residents of US Congressional District 48 attended a Town Hall Meeting at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, on Sunday evening, July 27.

A new executive order, “Ending Vagrancy and Restoring Public Safety,” marks a long-overdue shift toward real solutions—focusing on treatment, recovery, and restoring order in our communities. For too ...

Mayor Dane White gave an upbeat, optimistic ‘state of the city’ speech to the Rotary Club of Escondido’s weekly luncheon meeting at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Tuesday, July 29.

In a move that probably won’t enhance board amity, 5th District Supervisor Jim Desmond has sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California requesting an investigation of ...

This may or may not be a coincidence but when Measure I was passed last November I commented that my preference for priority spending the new sales tax revenue would be to repair the streets and roads ...

Thank you for printing your insightful article about the immigration resolution offered by Escondido Neighbors for Solutions. Now it’s time for our City Leadership to step up and show real integrity ...

I am writing as a concerned constituent deeply troubled by the disingenuous and manipulative nature of Supervisor Desmond’s campaign communications. His emails consistently rely on selective facts and ...

H.L. Mencken wrote: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” Mencken may be my favorite newspaperman, with the probable exception of ...

The Children’s Museum (320 North Broadway) is going to be celebrating 25 years and with that a name change to the Children’s Museum Of Discovery (https://visitcmod.org). The annual gala and 25th ...

Governor Gavin Newsom June 30 signed AB 130, which makes substantive changes to the Golden State’s housing law, removing several restrictions to building. Passed as an “urgency” bill, AB 130 became ...