San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez is a politician dressed in a badge, pretending to uphold the law while peddling fear and dodging accountability. On Tuesday, in a move as predictable as the sunrise, she declared herself above the will of the people she supposedly serves, all in the name of bending the knee to ICE—Trump’s personal deportation squad. San Diego County supervisors made their…
Ah, folks, let me tell you about a little event that just happened in California’s 50th Congressional District. Congressman Scott Peters announced the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge! Now, if you’re not familiar, this is like “American Idol” for coding nerds. Instead of hitting the high notes, these kids are debugging lines of code like they’re cracking the Enigma machine. So, apparently, a…
This week, California’s legislative chambers gather under the banner of a special session—a session sharply defined by the governor’s intent, yet shadowed by debate over the scope of its ambition. Governor Gavin Newsom seeks a modest $25 million allocation to arm the California Department of Justice and state agencies for the legal challenges anticipated from the incoming Trump administration. A narrowly tailored proposal, its focus…
The Escondido Creek Conservancy has launched an inspiring and transformative initiative, Preserving the Future: Student-Led Habitat Restoration in Escondido, powered by the vision and support of NOAA Planet Stewards. This program is more than an educational experience—it’s a call to action for young leaders to shape the future of our planet while making a tangible impact today. In mid-November, the Mountain Meadow Preserve came alive…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cosmic explorers of all ages, it’s time to dive into the far-out and fabulous world of… Orion, the original cosmic groover! That’s right, kids, if there’s one constellation that practically screams, “Hey, look at me!” it’s Orion the Hunter. He’s the celestial showoff, strutting across the night sky with a club in one hand, a shield in the other,…
Was it me? Or was it the dart store? Whatever it was, every time I thought of going to the dart store, it was closed. My grand plan was to get a dart, throw it at a map of the greater San Marcos sphere of influence and produce a column based on the people at the place where the dart landed. This was an homage,…