Pure democracy is sometimes defined as two wolves and a sheep voting what to have for dinner. Such democracy was on offer Wednesday, January 14 when the three urban districts with the least ...

VC CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) held its Community Health Fair Saturday, January 10 at the Community Room of the Valley Center Library. Valley Center Fire Protection District Chief Joe ...

Gary Arant has been enjoying several “farewells” over the past few weeks upon his retirement from general manager of the Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD) after 36 years, but the sweetest ...

Jeanna Hughes and her “elves” from Serendipity hair salon, who partnered with The Roadrunner to do the annual Giving Tree at the newspaper office and salon, dropped by presents on Tuesday, December 16 ...

California taxpayers and retirees deserve honesty, competence, and transparency from the state’s pension system. Instead, they have been handed over one of the largest financial scandals in CalPERS ...

Notice of Trustee Sale: Valley Center, Pauma Valley, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Unincorporated Escondido Probate: Valley Center, Pauma Valley, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Unincorporated Escondido & City of ...

Wednesday morning, July 16, residents and neighbors were electrified by the search of Sheriff’s homicide detectives and other police for the body of a 65-year old woman, Nadine Jett, who had lived on ...

I live in Valley Center, and I had the privilege of knowing Nadine Jett before she went missing in December 2023. We weren’t close friends, but I met her several times—she was kind, friendly, and ...

The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians and three energy companies have signed a contract to maintain, manage and develop a microgrid energy plan for the reservation. The goal, according to Tribal Chairman ...

The Valley Center Municipal Water District plans six more water shutdowns planned over the next month and a half as part of its Lilac Road Pipeline Upsize Project. It had the first of seven shutdowns ...

Valley Center resident Delores Chavez-Harmes (second from right) joined Jim Desmond’s community liaison Adrienne Cisneros-Selekman (to her right) and Escondido city councilmember Judy Fitzgerald (to ...

An 11-year-old Escondido boy is dead, killed by an illegal immigrant who had previously been deported four times. This tragedy was preventable. It happened because radical politicians continue to ...