Palomar Health CEO speaks in D.C.

Diane Hansen, president and CEO of Palomar Health, spoke about the healthcare industry to the CED 2022 Annual Trustee Policy Summit held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, June 15. Hansen is one of the CED Trustees, who are chief executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who bring their experience to address today’s pressing policy issues. Collectively, they […]

Explosive device found in car

Escondido Police officers Monday, August 1 took a woman, 35, into custody when they found an explosive device in her gray Chevrolet, which she was driving by herself. EPD officers found that Melissa Vasquez had an outstanding warrant when they pulled her over about 8:50 p.m. near the Jack in the Box on Felicita Avenue. After she was taken into […]

EPD arrests woman after hit & run

Authorities July 23 arrested a Compton resident after she fled from a hit and run collision at the intersection of Harding Street and Lincoln Avenue Escondido. They arrested 22 year old Fuadie Irma Valle. According to EPD spokesman Lt. Suzanne Baeder, “The hit and run collision occurred at about 9:08 p.m. on 07/23/22 at the intersection of Harding St and […]

Remembering the original Children’s Museum

ED GALLO SPEAKS

A recent article mentioned TERI—a nonprofit who will be building a facility in San Marcos to provide recreation and education for people with autism and other disabilities. This reminded me of a visit with my son and his family in the Bay Area almost 20 years ago when we took the girls to the San Jose Children’s Museum. I must […]

Spending taxpayer dollars wisely


California’s spending priorities are often seriously out-of-whack. We spend billions on a bullet train to nowhere that few will ever ride, yet we refuse to spend available funds on new dams, reservoirs and aqueducts during repeated periods of drought. Once-in-a-while though, we get it right. Our local fire departments are essential for public safety, responding to the ever-present threat of […]

What’s being done about homelessness


Pollsters at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies asked nearly 8,500 Californian voters, including 872 San Diegans, to choose two leading concerns they would like state leaders to address. The top two statewide concerns were, housing affordability and homelessness. Whenever I meet with groups or people in our community, the most frequently asked question I receive is, “What is being […]

Environmental justice for Escondido

BARBER’s BUZZ

Environmental justice. When it begins with a small “j” environmental justice is subject to interpretation. It could mean protecting threatened species. It might mean curbing toxic pollutants. It would seem appropriate that it could refer to incidents such as water contamination in Flint, Michigan. Give it a capital “J”, and it takes on a very specific definition assigned by the […]

SD youth orchestra to hold auditions Sept. 10

The San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra is offering opportunities for musicians to join its comprehensive orchestra ensemble program as it wraps up its pre-season auditions on August 20 at Classical Academy High School, located at 207 E Pennsylvania Ave. in downtown Escondido. CYO offers seven professionally coached ensemble opportunities for string, wind, and brass instruments, including two full symphony orchestras […]

ESCONDIDO COLLEGE NEWS

News of Escondido residents attending college, here there and everywhere! Zoe Bozzay Named to the President’s List at Western New England University Escondido resident, Zoe Bozzay, has been named to Western New England University’s President’s List for the Spring 2022 semester. Bozzay, who is working toward a BSBA in Business Analytics & Information Management, is one of over 250 students […]

Free meals for all EUHSD students in 2022-2023 school year

  The Escondido Union High School District (EUHSD) Student Nutrition Services department will serve free meals to all EUHSD students during the 2022-2023 school year. All students can receive breakfast and lunch at no charge at Del Lago Academy, and Escondido, Orange Glen, San Pasqual, and Valley high schools. Breakfast is offered before school as well as during nutrition break […]