3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (897+ words) Before I entered public service, I spent years as a research scientist. One lesson from the lab has stayed with me throughout every stage of my career: evidence doesn’t exist to validate our assumptions—it exists to challenge them. When…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (480+ words) When the forum on homelessness hosted by San Diego Rescue Mission on Tuesday, September 1 was through, both candidates for mayor, including the incumbent, Dane White and challenger Elias Velazquez, demonstrated an equal command of the subject, and that they have…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (352+ words) The Labor Day holiday conjures up numerous memories. The first salute to labor was on the first Monday in September 1882 in New York City and has been observed the same first Monday since. It became one of the great three…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (246+ words) That means the City could collect zero dollars in rent for three years on one of the most valuable pieces of public land in Escondido. For context, the previous tenant, Transformco (Sears), already paid $98,000 per year for the same site-only…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (396+ words) A writer today can’t do much better than to imitate or even outright steal from the master, Mark Twain. So in the spirit of sharing is caring, I’m going to begin by writing that the rumors of my retirement “are…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (136+ words) 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…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (912+ words) Celebration of the Palomar College Mural by artist Rafael Lopez (not shown), with fellow Commissioners Patricia Spann, Heidi Paul, and Terri Ryan. This was Rogers’s first official outing as chair in June 2024. Carol Rogers recently completed a two-year term as…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (647+ words) Ordinarily, anniversaries are to celebrate—except for September 11. Next week I’m sure all media outlets will be broadcasting remembrances of that fateful day and I doubt anyone will ever forget where they were when they first heard the news almost…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (730+ words) So much good stuff going on! Last week the City Council approved a new lease agreement with Costco Warehouse to take over the old Sears location at North County Fair. I know the name has changed several times but I’m…...