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Interfaith CEO says city wants them gone
David Ross | March 14, 2024
Sometimes it’s not paranoid to think someone is out to get you. Interfaith CEO Greg Anglea says the city is taking steps that suggest it wants Interfaith’s homeless facilities at 550 West Washington Ave. gone from Escondido’s business core. He made public a letter exchange between himself and Police Chief Ed Varso, “to raise the alarm” about what the... READ MORE >
Bike theft has a happy ending
David Ross | March 07, 2024
An Escondido woman named Rebecca—who prefers not to give her last name, is the mother of two children, both boys with disabilities. On Thursday evening her boys’ banana yellow tandem bicycle was stolen from their house, which is a townhouse on Richland Road near the boundary of Escondido and San Marcos, in the unincorporated area. Rebecca had helped her youngest... READ MORE >
Hospital District board votes to create management entity
David Ross | March 06, 2024
At a special meeting on Thursday, February 29, the Palomar Health board voted to take a bold step, to create a private hospital management entity, Mesa Rock Healthcare Management Inc., a nonprofit, and give over the management of the district to this entity. The board agreed 5-2 to a 15-year management agreement. Palomar Health is the largest hospital district... READ MORE >
Martinez says change in agenda rule aimed at her
David Ross | February 29, 2024
The Escondido City Council February 7 voted 4-1 to approve an item, “Review of City Council Policy for Placing Items on the Agenda.” It changed the rules to require two members to put an item on the agenda. Consuelo Martinez of the First District says it was aimed at marginalizing her as the council’s sole Democratic member. “I have little... READ MORE >
Michael Simon is not your typical Democrat candidate
David Ross | February 22, 2024
Candidate Michael Simon, candidate for Congress in the 48th District—Darrel Issa’s seat—reminds you of the old “Most Interesting Man in the World” commercials—but Simon IS actually pretty interesting. He is also not your typical Democratic candidate. He is not, as he describes it, “a cookie-cutter Democrat.” The 31-year Escondido resident is a creator of companies and is comfortable in the... READ MORE >
Brothers of 6 are Newsmakers of the Year
David Ross | February 20, 2024
The Escondido Times-Advocate has named the Brothers of 6 Charity as the 2023 Newsmakers of the Year. Since being in the newspaper frequently—almost ubiquitously—is one of the criteria we look at in making this selection, the Brothers of 6 meet that bill. Randomly pick up a copy of The Times-Advocate over the last year, and chances are pretty good you... READ MORE >
Virtual Town hall: Mayor outlines homeless strategy
David Ross | February 14, 2024
Friday afternoon at a virtual “town hall” on Facebook and Instagram Escondido Mayor Dane White outlined his strategy for dealing with homelessness. The mayor said the previous week city officials had become aware the County Board of Supervisors would be discussing a program to put a temporary homeless shelter on county-owned 2.5 acres near the rising Palomar Heights development. The... READ MORE >
Council dissolves Historic Preservation Commission
David Ross | February 12, 2024
At its February 7 meeting the Escondido City Council voted unanimously to dissolve the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) and fold its responsibilities into the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator and staff with criteria for Certificates of Appropriateness on Major Projects. This will be followed up at the February 21 council meeting by a request to repeal Escondido Municipal Code Chapter 33,... READ MORE >
Supers remove homeless shelter site from Escondido
David Ross | February 07, 2024
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday, February 6 listened to the Mayor of Escondido and other residents from that city and removed a site at 620 East Valley Pkwy from consideration as a temporary homeless shelter. Mayor Dane White and Planning Commissioner Judy Fitzgerald’s main complaint was that the city had not been consulted ahead of time before 3rd District Supervisor... READ MORE >
Deanna’s California Kitchen opens at gluten-free bakery site
David Ross | February 06, 2024
Deanna’s Gluten-Free Bakery in Escondido has expanded to Deanna’s California Kitchen—where you can get out-of-this world “smash burgers” with locally-sourced ingredients, yummy soups and salads. So far, it only has patio dining and order out—but she plans to introduce indoor dining soon. Deanna Smith, who has operated the wildly-successful gluten free bakery (so successful that Disney is one of her... READ MORE >