Escondido News

Maddie Hahn of High Tech High School in San Marcos shows one of the QR codes she and her classmates created on the Botanical Trail in the Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve.

Any number of clichA©s come to mind with word that two of North County's largest social service agencies are merging, effective July 1. But the bottom line is this: the union of Interfaith Community Services of Escondido and the Community Resource Center of Encinitas will create a mega-agency with a combined annual budget of nearly $15 million ... (more)

The Monarch Program and Hatchery currently located in Encinitas will be relocating to Vista to a more accessible location that will allow for more sun for the butterflies and allow for more research and education programs to enhance community awareness for the butterfly.

As a foster child and a Mormon he knew he was destined for some tumultuous times.

A Florida man accused of kidnapping an Escondido boy he met online is now facing a federal charge of enticing a minor.

Monroe turned two years old Monday, and his keepers treated him with a multicolored ice cake made of fruits and vegetables and adorned with other sweet treats.

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office is now reviewing the accidental shooting death of a 10-year-old Scripps Ranch boy.

Readers of Zymurgy , the American Homebrewer's Association's magazine, are clearly devoted enough to both order a print publication and read one solely about beer, so it's only right they be asked to rate the best beers in the country.

It really doesn't really matter much, in the full sweep of Encinitas history, if Proposition A wins or loses Tuesday.

He was bold and relentless. The mother of an Escondido teenager tells News 8 how an accused predator wouldn't back off, and was able to lure her son to Florida, and the ordeal she went through to get him back.

A driver trying to avoid running over a squirrel on Fiesta Island ended up driving his BMW sedan into Mission Bay.

SeaWorld San Diego will debut its original live music stage show based on Dreamworks Animation's "Madagascar" franchise Saturday at its newly renovated 700-seat theater.

Pamela Goldman of LA made this media cabinet from sipo, an African wood that makes a beautiful substitute for true mahogany.

Tim Hull, a computer programmer who lives in downtown San Diego, believes more mass transit should be spread across the region, from the suburbs to the farthest backcountry hamlets.

Editor's note: The author of this article, Joe Nalven, blogs about visual arts for U-T San Diego.

If the housing market is quickly awakening from its six-year slumber, maybe you're ready for a singing showerhead, a personal elevator or your own private label knob.

UT San Diego says 36-year-old Tony Lee McLeod was arrested in Florida on Tuesday after investigators found him with the 14-year-old boy on a plane as it landed in Tampa.

At The Original Sand Crab Tavern waitress Tracy Ryan serves Jambalaya soup to customers Sarena Terrazas and Daniel Rocha.

Seattle is famous for its constant changes in weather on an hourly basis. It can go from cloudy to misting to downpours and then to sunshine, all while you're eating lunch.

A female cheetah chases a mechanized toy during a performance on the Cheetah Run at Safari Park, in Escondido, Calif., last year.