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“‘Tragedy,” in drama, is concerned with shock, suffering and sorrow, but there is more to it than that. The suffering is not random. Individuals inherit fallout from events in the remote past, through no fault of their own. The next move is the test."
Carlsbad just joined the very small club of places where science quietly does something important while everyone else is arguing on cable news.
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Novartis invites Carlsbad to $23 billion investment push | Escondido Grapevine
Carlsbad just joined the very small club of places where science quietly does something important while everyone else is arguing on cable news. The Swiss pha
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January 14, 2026 at 6:42 AM
If Hollywood, and film award season beginning with the Golden Globes Sunday night, needed reminding that San Diego exists south of the Studio Zone and north of the border, it’s about to get a pleasant nudge.
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‘One Battle After Another,’ one SD scene after another | Escondido Grapevine
If Hollywood, and film award season beginning with the Golden Globes Sunday night, needed reminding that San Diego exists south of the Studio Zone and north of
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January 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
 A story published April 26, 2025, in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, reported and written by Phil Barber, was about a senior facility 400 miles north of Encinitas.
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Encinitas Senior Living has strong ties to bankrupt San Diego elder care former manager Carl Knepler | Escondido Grapevine
 A story published April 26, 2025, in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, reported and written by Phil Barber, was about a senior facility 400 miles north of Encini
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January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Thousands of young people across San Diego County are looking for a pathway forward, whether that's finishing school, landing their first job or building skills for a career.
Too many, however,  face barriers that make those goals feel out of reach.
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SDWP pledges $4M to expand county youth services | Escondido Grapevine
Thousands of young people across San Diego County are looking for a pathway forward, whether that's finishing school, landing their first job or building skills
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January 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
On Friday, January 9, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his January budget proposal for fiscal year 2026-27.
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Cal Food4All advocates ask Newsom for more food aid | Escondido Grapevine
On Friday, January 9, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his January budget proposal for fiscal year 2026-27. The proposed budget maintains the planned expansion of the
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January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hundreds of acres of land in North San Diego County are now protected in perpetuity by The Escondido Creek Conservancy (Conservancy)
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Escondido Creek Conservancy adds Elfin Forest acreage | Escondido Grapevine
Hundreds of acres of land in North San Diego County are now protected in perpetuity by The Escondido Creek Conservancy (Conservancy) following the recent acquis
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January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Most of the hundreds of new California laws that are set to take effect on the first day of the new year won’t change your life. They’re adjustments to existing laws and directions to state agencies to follow up on past priorities.
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Get up to speed fast on the new California laws that might change your life in 2026 | Escondido Grapevine
Most of the hundreds of new California laws that are set to take effect on the first day of the new year won’t change your life. They’re adjustments to exis
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January 6, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Jan. 6 did not start in Washington. It started in places that look a lot like San Diego County—suburban streets, online message boards, small protest circles, group texts, and social-media feeds that steadily hardened into belief.
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How Jan. 6 ran straight through San Diego County | Escondido Grapevine
Jan. 6 did not start in Washington. It started in places that look a lot like San Diego County—suburban streets, online message boards, small protest circles,
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January 6, 2026 at 6:29 AM
By the time February rolls around, most of us – perhaps as many as 80 percent of the Americans who make New Year’s resolutions – will have already given up.
Why does our self-control falter, so often leaving us to revert to our old ways?
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Keeping those New Year’s resolutions | Escondido Grapevine
By the time February rolls around, most of us – perhaps as many as 80 percent of the Americans who make New Year’s resolutions – will have already given u
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December 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Christmas and New Year’s are days of celebration in many parts of the world when people gather with family and friends. One thing many typically don’t celebrate on those days is a birthday.
That’s because Dec.
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Why are so few people born on Christmas Day, New Year’s and other holidays? | Escondido Grapevine
Christmas and New Year’s are days of celebration in many parts of the world when people gather with family and friends. One thing many typically don’t celeb
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December 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
No matter what holiday you honor in your home, we decorate our homes to please ourselves and to welcome family and friends during the holidays.
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Beginning to look a lot like Christmas | Escondido Grapevine
No matter what holiday you honor in your home, we decorate our homes to please ourselves and to welcome family and friends during the holidays. Although this t
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December 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Who was it, you, to whom Santa brought a very supercalifragilisticexpialidocious holiday bounty down the chimney on Christmas Eve, 2016?
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! A $7M lotto ticket was sold Christmas Eve 2015 at Nordahl Liquor | Escondido Grapevine
Maybe it's time for another Christmas miracle in 2025. ten years after the fact. Who was it, you, to whom Santa brought a very supercalifragilisticexpialidoc
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December 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
In the season when hearts grow tender and hopes seem brighter, there is always room for a miracle, even one wrapped in fur and tucked beneath the fragrant boughs of a Christmas tree.
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Evergreen’s Christmas miracle a 2024 Gift of the Magi | Escondido Grapevine
In the season when hearts grow tender and hopes seem brighter, there is always room for a miracle, even one wrapped in fur and tucked beneath the fragrant bough
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December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the "Festival of Lights," began Sunday night running through  Monday, Dec. 22.

News 8 sat down with Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort to hear exactly how this Jewish holiday came about.
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Hanukkah is happening, what to know about it | Escondido Grapevine
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the "Festival of Lights," began Sunday night running through  Monday, Dec. 22. News 8 sat down with Rabbi Ye
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December 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Congressman Darrell Issa, who’s made it through three districts in Southern California in his years of peddling a bundle of arrogant lies, is officially on the chopping block for the upcoming election in the 48th Congressional District.
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Hey Issa, party’s over thanks to trump, now get lost | Escondido Grapevine
Congressman Darrell Issa, who’s made it through three districts in Southern California in his years of peddling a bundle of arrogant lies, is officially on th
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December 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It’s happened to all of us. You’re scrolling through your social media feed and see a link to what appears to be a news story, with a startling headline about something happening in your state or community.
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Fake is Real: Tips for separating fake news content true | Escondido Grapevine
It’s happened to all of us. You’re scrolling through your social media feed and see a link to what appears to be a news story, with a startling headline abo
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December 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A giraffe at Orfila Winery sparked member backlash and a PETA complaint. A surreal North County moment that felt straight out of a Christopher Moore novel.
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The giraffe who came to Orfila (and other things that probably shouldn’t happen at Escondido whine country) | Escondido Grapevine
A giraffe at Orfila Winery sparked member backlash and a PETA complaint. A surreal North County moment that felt straight out of a Christopher Moore novel. In
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December 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
SURVEILLANCE PELICANA

BY

DAN WEISMAN

The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online:

Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.
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Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 2: ‘Night of the Living Poets’ | Escondido Grapevine
SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.es
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December 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
SURVEILLANCE PELICANA

BY

DAN WEISMAN

(The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online:

Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.
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Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 19: ‘Day at the Races’ | Escondido Grapevine
SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN (The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.e
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December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Reclusive and sitting in a luxury home high above the San Pasqual Valley, the charismatic  “Lord of All Indoors” Steve Zungul continues to mystify and impress, albeit out of the public eye. He hasn’t spoken to anybody in the media for over a decade.
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‘Lord of All Indoors’ soccer legend Steve Zungul lives quietly in Escondido retirement | Escondido Grapevine
Reclusive and sitting in a luxury home high above the San Pasqual Valley, the charismatic  “Lord of All Indoors” Steve Zungul continues to mystify and impr
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December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have some in a jar, or scattered among pockets, purses and car ashtrays.
As small as it is, the penny punches above its weight culturally.
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Penny for your thoughts no mo’ as of this week | Escondido Grapevine
By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have some in a jar, or scattered among pockets, purs
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November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM