Roberta Jean “Bobbie” Colquitt, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2024, having lived a long and happy life. Born October 15, 1927, in Riverside, California, Bobbie graduated from Riverside Poly High School in June 1945. Following graduation, she worked in the Customer Billing Department at the Riverside City Gas and Electric Company. On May 26, 1951, Bobbie began her 72-plus-year marriage to Sidney B. ‘Sid’ Colquitt. Bobbie dedicated her life to making a home for her husband and raising their two sons, Geoffrey of Chattanooga, TN, and Daniel of Escondido. In addition to her children, she is s ..read more

Nineteen-year-old hoopster Faith Brinkman has lived a variety of experiences on the court in the last few years. She was a bona fide standout at Classical Academy and the acknowledged leader of a team that captured a CIF championship. In her first year in college at Master’s University in Santa Clarita, Brinkman began the adjustment period of transitioning to a higher level of competition and learning some valuable lessons while not seeing a lot of action. Going from prep star to limited PT took some getting used to. Then last season, after making the move to a highly visible and uber succes ..read more

Our devoted husband and father, John Samuel Bojorquez (77) lost his courageous battle with cancer on March 21, 2024, at his home in Valley Center, CA while surrounded by his family. He was born in Flagstaff, AZ on January 6, 1947 to John C and Jennie J and was one of 8 children. After high school, John went on to earn his Bachelor’s in Education at Northern Arizona University. While working full time and raising a family, he later earned a Master’s degree from US International University in San Diego. John met the love of his life, Josie Almaraz, at NAU in Flagstaff where they dated for four ..read more

An Escondido family was awakened in the middle of the night by an intruder waving a machete and threatening to kill everyone inside. On Thursday, April 11th, at 1:35 AM, Escondido Police dispatch received a 911 call regarding an intruder with a machete in a home on the 1000 block of Camelia Street in Escondido.  Officers arrived in less than four minutes and were confronted by several people fleeing the house and screaming for help.  Two men from the residence were trying to hold down the suspect in front of the house.  Officers detained the suspect, later identified as 29-yea ..read more

From left: Tina Inscoe, Steve Inscoe, Escondido Chamber of Commerce CEO and Deanna Smith, Escondido Chamber of Commerce board chairman. The Escondido Chamber of Commerce (no longer the ‘Greater’ Escondido Chamber) announced this week that Steve Inscoe has been named CEO, filling those shoes after an interregnum of seven months since the previous CEO, James Rowten, left under controversial circumstances. During the interval, the board members and Ambassadors of the Chamber, led by Chairman Deanna Smith, stepped forward in heroic fashion to keep the Chamber going. Even to the herculean effort ..read more

A young singer at this year’s Mariachi Festival: Lumaya, the little girl with the big voice. Photo by David Zumaya of My San Diego North County Sunday, April 7 the Route 78 Rotary Club presented their 10th Annual Mariachi Festival at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.   Proceeds from the annual festival benefit nonprofits such as:  Thousand Smiles clinic in Ensenada; scholarships for mentees in MANA de North County; a Medical Clinic in a rural area in Zimbabwe; The International Latino Book & Family Festival; the Escondido Educational Foundation; The Alabaster Jar ..read more

Veteran Dave Geary and his loving family members who are helping him through his recovery from a freak motorcycle accident. Escondido veteran Dave Geary is receiving help from his community after he was knocked off of his motorcycle by strong winds last month. According to the fundraiser, Geary has a long road to recovery ahead, and will need help with related expenses. On Friday, March 15, Geary was riding his motorcycle with his group on the interstate when strong winds approached and knocked him off his motorcycle. The wind came out of nowhere. No one else was injured. He was rushed to t ..read more

Vivian Carranco, College and Career Technical Education (CTE) Content Specialist at Escondido Union High School District (EUHSD) has been named the San Diego County 2024 School Counseling Advocate of the Year.  This recognizes Carranco’s unwavering dedication to students and her remarkable contributions to the field of school counseling. “I chose school counseling with the goal of becoming the supportive figure I wished I had in my youth,” said Carranco. “I have transitioned to focusing on implementing equitable practices. I strive to ensure that our students receive the best possible e ..read more

At the pier in Santa Monica, the water receded, and a million fish were flopping on the no longer there, ocean floor. Looking up at the sky, a shadow blanketed the sun. And looking further across the horizon of flopping fishes, a 10,000-foot wave began to form. This wave was so tall that it washed away the clouds in the sky. This wave came in fast, and the flopping fishes were engulfed by this 20,000-foot-high wave that roared through Santa Monica, up Olympic, through K Town, left on Hoover, to Rampart, over the Hollywood freeway, it climbed up and over the Hill, swished through Glendale all ..read more

Escondido Mayor Dane White has put forward the following nominations for the City’s boards and commissions that will be voted on by the City Council April 10. Note: Building and Advisory Appeals Board o   Barry Speer o   Mirek Gorny o   Shir Cornblum o   George Khoury o   Scott McColl Library Board of Trustees o   Virginia Segarra Bunnell Planning Commission o   Marc Correll o   Jeff Jester o   Dustin Steeve o   Stan Weiler Public Art Commission o   Jacqueline Kelleher o   N ..read more