Escondido News

"Adding fire to fire is a risky thing," Sam Wilbanks, division supervisor for the Basin Complex Fire, told the Weekly as he and branch director Don Forsyth surveyed conditions on Thursday afternoon.

To appease critics of a controversial ordinance that proposes overnight street-parking restrictions, Escondido is considering allowing side-yard parking.

Three teens were charged Tuesday in the death of a 15-year-old boy in Escondido on Saturday in what prosecutors say was a gang-related shooting.

Deputy District Attorney Fanny Yu said 32-year-old Randy Nack, who taught art at Escondido High School and used to coach swimming and water polo, pleaded guilty Tuesday to four felony sex charges.

Four people have been arrested and police are seeking a fifth suspect after two separate homicides in Escondido over the weekend.

ESCONDIDO: One of two pit bulls that attacked a woman's dog and couldn't be subdued was shot and killed Tuesday by an Escondido police officer.

Escondido police have made an arrest in connection with another deadly shooting over the weekend.

Police reported that a 15-year-old boy is dead after gunshots rang out from a car that pulled up next to him as he walked along an Escondido street Saturday.

What is unofficially the world's biggest Florida largemouth bass is heading to Humboldt State University later this summer.

In an effort to meet the needs of younger homeless veterans, many of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Interfaith Community Services will soon open a 72-bed transitional housing complex in Oceanside.

Friday's sizzling temperatures smashed six temperature records in San Diego County and tied a seventh.

A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no signs of letting up Saturday as temperatures headed back toward triple digits.

Californians sweltering in a lengthening heat wave tried to find ways to keep cool and hydrated while power systems felt the impact of surging electrical use Friday.

Citing unsatisfactory performance by the Escondido City Council, a group of mobile-home owners is planning to sponsor a ballot measure to end the city's practice of unlimited council tenure.

The decade-long legal battles over the slaying of Stephanie Crowe in her Escondido home reached a federal appeals court in Pasadena yesterday.

As a kid, I used to look forward to Saturday mornings when I'd make the shopping rounds with my father.

As runners make their way through North County on June 18, with each mile they will leave behind a U.S. flag and a moving tribute to a serviceman or woman killed in the Iraq war.

The city may crack down on supermarkets and other retail stores to prevent stray shopping carts from littering streets and sidewalks.

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A nearly five-hour SWAT operation in a mobile-home park ended early Friday morning with no one home, an Escondido police lieutenant said.