Opinion

Blogs, Columns/Blogs, Escondido, Featured, Fire, History, Media, North County, Opinion, Rancho Santa Fe, Riverside County, San Marcos, Valley Center, Vista January 9, 2025

Remembering the 2007 Witch Creek Fire

Fifteen years ago this week the Witch Creek Fire devastated Escondido, Rancho Santa Fe and North County San Diego. This is part of my first-hand coverage done as editor of the Rancho Santa Fe Record. I won the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s first place prize for local news coverage for this, and the other 26 stories, numerous photos, and overall coverage I produced during, and…

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Business, Consumer News, Editorial, Opinion November 11, 2024

Trumponomics for those believing a faux businessman

Trump and his administration claimed credit for much of the economic success during his presidency, including the booming economy ahead of the pandemic-induced shutdowns and recession. However, critics have pointed out that much of the economic progress he points to was inherited from former president Barack Obama’sadministration. Trump ran a campaign centered on the promise to Make America Great Again (MAGA).Trump’s tariffs are expected to…