Costco coming to Westfield Mall

The Escondido City Council at a special meeting on Monday will vote on a resolution that will renew the existing lease with Westfield/ North County Shopping Center and lease land to Costco for a new center at the city land, which is located at the southern edge of the city. Below is the exact wording of the agenda item of […]

Controversial painting at the California Center for the Arts's museum exhibit.

CCAE leadership to remove controversial cops as pigs painting


Editor’s note: This is a developing story. This is an updated version of an earlier story. The Escondido City Council may be about to snap the leash on the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. At the public comment period of Monday’s special council meeting [which was held on a different subject] Sara Matta, chairman of the CCAE board of […]

14-year-old boy killed Saturday, EPD seeks driver that fled the scene

Update:  On June 25, 2022, the Escondido Police Department began investigating a hit and run collision that resulted in the death of a 14-year-old Escondido boy. After combing through physical evidence, witness statements and law enforcement databases, investigators identified the vehicle involved in the collision as a black 2021 Lexus RX350. At about 1254 p.m. on June 26, 2022, investigators […]