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Carol Rogers recently completed a two-year term as chairwoman of the Escondido Arts Commission. Rogers is possibly the most consequential arts chair and commission member ever. For two years she was the “face” of Escondido art and seemed to lead a renaissance of art in the city. The commission dates to the 80s but it w
The City Council at its August 26 meeting, voted 5-0 to adopt an urgency (emergency) moratorium prohibiting data centers within the city of Escondido. The ordinance is for 45 days, which can be extended. Garret Smith, Senior Planner with the City’s Development Services Dept. reported on the ordinance—which establishes
First United Methodist Church, the oldest church in Escondido, is celebrating 140 years on Saturday, September 12, at its church on the corner on Kalmia & 4th avenue. The church was opened in 1886, two years before the city was incorporated, in the same area as when it was founded—although the building has changed over
This Saturday, September 5 is the Grape Day Festival and Grape Day 5K in Grape Day Park and downtown. The festival includes nearly 100 vendors. Organizers expect to have 8,000-10,000 people in the park to celebrate the agricultural history of Escondido. Activities will center around the park and the History Center. The
Beloved restauranteur Joe Onda who founded Joe’s Italian Cuisine has received a posthumous award from the USN SEALS (SEAL stands for: SEa, Air, and Land) honoring his support for the military. Daughter Angelina now helms the famed Escondido Italian restaurant that Onda founded more than 40 years ago. We incorrectly ran
The permanent installation and unveiling of a new William Sharer painting “Passageway to the Sun” in the California Center for the Arts, Escondido will be held Tuesday, September 8 at 4.30 pm., 340 N. Escondido Blvd. The public is invited. The presentation will be made by Mayor Dane White. The event is a collaboration
City Attorney Mike McGuinness’s last day at work is scheduled to be September 4. His last city council meeting will be this Wednesday, September 2. McGuinness retires after nearly two decades of service to the City. The post City attorney retires this week first appeared on Escondido Times-Advocate .
Editor, Times-Advocate: Thank you for mentioning Anthony DiMartino’s role in the Californians for Safety and Justice. I think you should Google this organization. They were big policy pushers for Prop. 47 which raised the shoplifting threshold amount to $950. We all know how that turned out. Californians for safety and
Editor, Times-Advocate: I have lived in Escondido since 1977 and have seen a lot of growth and change. It would be of value to report on brush fire danger here and what the city does to reduce it (if anything) and what insurance companies are doing to their customers. San Diego county homeowners are at risk of losing f
The Genesis Opera Company began its 3-night run last night of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at the TERI Bonneman Theater in San Marcos on Friday night. One of the largest-scale productions the Escondido opera company has put on to date (rivaled only by their production of The Magic Flute), this Mozart comedy will l
On August 31, 2026, at approximately 8:49 p.m., a suspect driving a vehicle near the 1300 block of South Escondido Boulevard approached a pedestrian and willfully exposed himself to the victim. The suspect vehicle was identified as a blue Dodge Charger. Officers from the Escondido Police Department responded and initia
Jacqueline E. Socin-Landes, lovingly known as “Jackie”, was born on December 29, 1935, and passed peacefully on August 23, 2026, at the age of 90. Jackie was a longtime resident of Escondido, California where she spent over 40+ years building a successful career as a realtor in San Diego County. Jackie was a woman of s
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