Escondido News

Adan Francisco Marcos, 12 years old of Escondido, was reported to have run away from his school bus while on the way home from Rincon Middle School.

A 23-year-old Temecula man with a previous DUI conviction was in custody Friday on suspicion of driving drunk once again and crashing his pickup truck into an Escondido condominium, leaving a man in critical condition and his daughter with minor injuries, police said.

An attic fire inside an Escondido home late Friday night caused an estimated $200,000 damage and left two people homeless, firefighters said.

It was about 10 a.m. that morning when Mike Goldhamer, a serious bird photographer from San Diego, was watching the feeders behind Julian's The Birdwatcher shop.

"The Black Market Method" exhibit will be on display through March 3 at ArtHatch's Distinction Gallery, 317 E. Grand Ave.

A suspected drunken driver has crashed a pickup truck into a San Diego County condominium, injuring the driver and a father and daughter at the home.

The driver was taken to a hospital with head injuries and placed under arrest, said Escondido police Sgt.

On a sunny, crisp January morning in Southern California, 16 young veterans gathered to learn the finer points of organic farming: how to brew "compost tea" , irrigation, planting techniques and urban crop production.

Fallbrook's Sarah Bushnell handles the ball as the Lady Warriors battle the Escondido Cougars on Jan.

Crossings - Movement expected about the same. Trading early slow, late fairly active.

Under the ordinance, recreational vehicles and vehicles taller than 7 feet cannot be parked at any time on North Broadway in front of Grape Day Park; on Woodward Avenue between North Broadway and Escondido Boulevard; and on Pennsylvania Avenue between North Broadway and Kalmia Street.

Destin Withers and Jeffery Steven McCreary were arrested in connection to the death of Morayma Rodriguez, whose body was found last Wednesday with multiple gunshot wounds in the 28300 block of Lawrence Welk Court , according to the San Diego County Sheriff's deputies.

Two men have pleaded not guilty to killing an Escondido woman whose body was dumped in a roadside embankment in San Diego County.The North County Times says Jeffrey McCreary and Destin Withers entered pleas on Wednesday.Authorities contend McCreary shot and killed 20-year-old Morayma Rodriguez of Escondido last week.

Police and sheriff's deputies are searching a San Diego County mobile home park for a gunman who allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend and shot at an officer.

The standoff at the Escondido Terrace Mobile Home Park on Oak Hill Drive off San Pasqual Valley Road began about 12:30 a.m., Escondido police Lt.

A gunman suspected of threatening to kill his girlfriend was pursued early Thursday into a fenced-in Escondido mobile home park, where he was being sought by law enforcement officers.

Rodriguez, 20, was shot to death, and her body was found Feb. 1 on a rural road in the Lawrence Welk community.

A San Diego Fire Department helicopter drops water on a fire on Via Conejo between Lake Hodges and Escondido during the October 2007 wildfires.

A 57-year-old Escondido jewelry business owner and her 39-year-old daughter were returning home about 10:30 p.m. Friday night on North Rose Street between East Lincoln and East Mission avenues when three men approached as they were getting out of their car, Escondido police Sgt.

"I'm not a big fan of bigger is better, but what makes sense is what's better for the students," board President Tina Pope said.