It is my honor to greet you today as your Mayor and to share some exciting developments happening right in the heart of our city—downtown Escondido. Our community has always taken pride in our unique ...

When I was writing for the San Diego Reader, I did a story on tattoos. It was about the time I got my first (and last) piece of ink. I had a huge scar on my stomach from surgery done when I was a kid.

Normally, when you hear the expression “they flew the coop” it refers to bad guys escaping from captivity—however we have recently experienced another association with this term. The offspring of the ...

Enter the Mayor’s National Anthem Contest Sing for your city at the 60th Annual Independence Day Festival. Do you have what it takes to sing our nation’s most iconic song? One local performer will be ...

Last week was one of the strangest—and most disappointing—experiences I’ve had on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. I brought forward two straightforward, common-sense proposals: to stop the ...