On November 26, around 12:10 p.m., multiple callers contacted 911 about a man with a knife who was running around, screaming and lunging at cars near the intersection of Centre City & 13th Avenue (the ...

Where do I start? So much is happening in Escondido this week. We start off with the skating rink in Maple Street Plaza. Last year was the first year for the skating rink in the street and was so ...

For years, I’ve been sounding the alarm about a deeply dangerous policy: the State’s practice of releasing Sexually Violent Predators — the most violent, high-risk offenders in our system — into ...

You’ve heard the saying, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Not really, says Mike Avila, an Escondido group leader for the Street Stewards, a volunteer based litter cleanup organization. “You ...

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido was aglow with excitement and elegance Saturday night as artists, patrons, and cultural leaders gathered for the first annual North County Arts Awards.

The Escondido Chamber of Commerce (no longer the ‘Greater’ Escondido Chamber) announced this week that Steve Inscoe has been named CEO, filling those shoes after an interregnum of seven months since ...

Capstone Advisors, a Carlsbad-based diversified real estate investment, development and advisory firm, has completed a $1 million revitalization of Mission Escondido, modernizing the prominent retail ...

Organizers of Sunday’s Grand Avenue Festival (GAF) told The Times-Advocate it may have been the most successful street fair ever. Yessenia Mendoza, a spokesman for the Escondido Chamber of Commerce, ...

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 ...

A 16-year-old Escondido boy died Easter Sunday morning when he crashed his motorcycle on Bear Valley Pkwy near Canyon Road. The boy, who has been identified as Isaac Cabrera, was riding north with ...

Escondido Mayor Dane White has announced his 2026 campaign for reelection, following a kickoff event last Thursday. White released this statement: “I am very proud of what we have accomplished over ...

The Miss Escondido pageant was held Saturday night at the Ritz Theater. Hannia Hernandez was crowned Miss Escondido 2023; Sienna DePonte was crowned Miss Teen Escondido 2023 and Scarlett DePonte was ...