Andrew Friend Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Andrew Friend of Escondido was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Friend was initiated at Arizona State University. Friend is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination […]

Local ham operators to participate in annual “field day”

Members of the Escondido Amateur Radio Society (EARS) will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 24-25 at Dixon Lake, Escondido (campsites 26, 27, 28, 29, 46, 47). Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur […]

Gem club to honor mining history in 63rd annual show

A little-known history of San Diego County is its mining history. In the gem and mineral world, San Diego is famous for its gem mines that produce tourmaline, garnets, morganite (a stone named after J.P. Morgan), kunzite (named after George Kunz, mineralogist and buyer for Tiffany and Co.), and other gems. The Palomar Gem and Mineral Club honors that mining […]

Volunteers sought for ‘Earth Day Clean-up’ at San Pasqual State Park

Volunteers and sponsors are being sought for California State Parks Foundation’s 19th annual Earth Day Restoration & Cleanup at San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park and 39 other state parks. This work day will be held this Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m. — 1 p.m.  There will be a welcome and brief remarks at 9 a.m. Besides the San […]

College breaks ground for parking structure and police building

Palomar College officials are shown at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the college’s new parking structure and police building at the San Marcos campus  on Friday, April 14. Pictured from left are Governing Board Trustees Nina Deerfield and Mark Evilsizer; Palomar College Superintendent/President Dr. Joi Lin Blake; and Governing Board Secretary Dr. John Halcón. The five-story parking structure will have 1,615 […]

Escondido attorney to be honored for fighting domestic violence

Escondido-resident Christina Helwig will be honored at the 2017 Spirit of Volunteerism Awards on April 24 for taking a leading role to end domestic violence. The Spirit of Volunteerism Awards recognizes outstanding community volunteers from the Irvine-based Nonprofit, Human Options Human Options, an Irvine-based nonprofit leading the way towards ending the cycle of domestic violence, congratulates two volunteers and one […]

Fidel Montoya, 64

Longtime Escondido resident Fidel Montoya, died April 10, 2017. He was 64. Mr. Montoya was born in San Diego, June 15, 1952 and died in Escondido. He graduated from Escondido High School. He worked as a maintenance man for Public Store Maintenance. He loved classic cars and owned a 1957 Nomad. He also loved going to the beach, watching sunsets […]

Jesus Christ is the Resurrection and the Life


Spring is the time of year when it is common to hear people uttering phrases such as, Out with the old, in with the new.”  Spring cleaning comes to mind, putting things in order and setting the tone for the rest of the year. How appropriate that Resurrection Sunday, the day Jesus conquered death; having been crucified, buried and raised […]

Palomar delivers stuffed baby giraffes to newborns

Gift commemorates same day birth as April the giraffe’s calf

  “We kind of had our own drop delivery he came out so fast,” Alisha Keating said of her newborn son, Simon, as she accepted a stuffed animal giraffe from Palomar Medical Center Poway staff in commemoration of the birth of April the Giraffe’s calf, which received worldwide attention after it occurred at New York’s Animal Adventure Park. Both Simon […]

Local principal to be recognized

Classroom of the Future Foundation, a local nonprofit organization that works to ensure San Diego students are prepared to thrive in a competitive global society, will hold its Annual Innovation in Education Awards on May 24 to recognize local educators using dynamic teaching practices that prepare students for the future. Principal of Del Lago Academy, Campus of Applied Science within […]