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Escondido Events
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All-Girl Western!
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
7:00 p.m., Escondido Library
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Altar Boyz
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
1:45 p.m., Welk Resort Theatre
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Mike Gardner
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
6:00 p.m., North Bar Sports and Spirits
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
7:30 p.m., Theatrx
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Altar Boyz
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
8:00 p.m., Welk Resort Theatre
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DJ Kool T
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
9:00 p.m., Inferno Young Adult Nightclub
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Fourth Annual International Youth Symphony
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
7:30 p.m., California Center for the Arts, Escondido
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
7:30 p.m., Theatrx
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Driving around with dogs, in style, during Crusin' Grand.
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License plate from a lowrider during Crusin' Grand.
Escondido Stories
Bugs in My Brew
Escondido
| Event Hilite
Published July 16, 2008
“Before brewers became cognizant of microbiology and sanitation, I imagine there were a lot more sour beers,” says Mitch Steele, head brewer for Stone Brewing Co. “It’s not only bacteria but wild yeast as well that ...
Dixon Lake
Escondido
| Roam-O-Rama
Published May 21, 2008
Perched several hundred feet up on a rocky slope north of Escondido, Dixon Lake stores drinking water and serves as a recreational resource as well. The lake’s camping facilities, picnic grounds, playgrounds, boat rentals, hiking trails, ...
Do Immigrants Make Better Neighbors?
Escondido
| My View
Published May 18, 2008
With all of the arguments over immigration I am sometimes afraid to tell people that I work in the Mission Park area in Escondido, home to one of the largest concentrations of immigrants in San Diego ...
Less Dense, Fewer Homeless, More Sky
Carlsbad
| Escondido
| Feature Stories
| Oceanside
| San Marcos
| Vista
Published May 7, 2008
Having lived in San Diego since 1980, one would think that I would have long ago gravitated to residence in the northern portion of the county. It seems, by consensus, to be more generally livable an ...
Train Water
City Lights
| Escondido
| Oceanside
| San Marcos
| Vista
Published Feb. 13, 2008
In August 2003, the North County Transit District, preparing to build a train line linking Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, and Escondido, applied to state authorities for a storm water discharge permit. The train, called the Sprinter, ...
High above Escondido, enjoy the bucolic splendor of the Engelmann Oak loop hike in Daley Ranch.
Daley Ranch
| Escondido
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Nov. 21, 2007
This trail highlights the Engelmann oak (or mesa oak) -- a somewhat rare evergreen oak tree found only in parts of inland Southern California. Along the way you'll also see the ubiquitous coast live oak, with ...
Sheriff John Duffy v. Mike Aguirre
Back When
| Escondido
Published Oct. 25, 2007
Thirty Years Ago COUSINS MICHAEL and Andrea, met you 22 September Mission Playhouse, please contact Mickey, PO Box 1093, San Diego 92112. KEARNY HIGH is number 1 and we know it. We're the best! Eat your ...
Hike or bike through a long, spring-green valley in Escondido's Daley Ranch preserve.
Escondido
| Roam-O-Rama
| Spring Valley
Published April 12, 2007
The nearly flat ramble along Daley Ranch's Jack Creek Meadow is best in the springtime -- and also comfortably suitable during the summer, provided you travel in the cooler early morning or late afternoon. If you ...
Emmanuel Faith Community Church, Escondido
Escondido
| Sheep and Goats
Published March 8, 2007
Denomination: nondenominational Address: 639 East Felicita Avenue, Escondido, 760-745-2541 Founded locally: about 70 years ago Senior pastor: Dennis Keating Congregation size: about 4500 adults Staff size: about 40 Sunday school enrollment: about 1500 Annual budget: n/a ...
Triple Word Score
Calendar Highlight
| Escondido
Published Feb. 1, 2007
'T he first year we used a Webster's dictionary," says Josephine Jones, director of literacy for the Escondido Public Library. "Everybody and their mother came up to me and said, 'Are you the director of literacy? ...
Lost in Translation
Crasher
| Escondido
Published Jan. 4, 2007
When the movie Wedding Crashers came out, I started receiving a lot of wedding invitations. Except for CD-release parties, weddings are the most common parties I'm invited to. I pick a few each year to attend. ...
Winter Sports In Escondido
Escondido
| Sporting Box
Published Dec. 7, 2006
I lean into the phone, say, "Tell me about Curl San Diego. How did the curling club get started?" "Started last January, as a small group of people in a Yahoo discussion group." Elliot Hicks, 31, ...
Meander amid tooth-like boulders high atop a ridge on Daley Ranch preserve in Escondido.
Escondido
| Roam-O-Rama
Published June 8, 2006
A cool late afternoon or early evening in June is perfectly fine for exploring the aptly named Boulder Loop Trail in Daley Ranch -- Escondido's 3000-acre open space preserve. During the next six weeks, the sun ...
Learn about Kumeyaay culture and get a fine view of Lake Hodges on the Piedras Pintadas Trail near Escondido.
Escondido
| Rancho Bernardo
| Roam-O-Rama
Published May 11, 2006
Just south of today's city of Escondido a lazy river once ran, fed by tentacle-like tributaries that drew water from as far away as the desert-bordering mountains, several days journey to the east. On the banks ...
The Big Picture
Calendar Highlight
| Escondido
Published May 4, 2006
'Some people think they're looking at a video and think that it's fake," says Bob Nanz, the San Diego Astronomy Association's North County coordinator. "Especially Saturn, because you can really see the rings. I say, 'We're ...