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Of lawsuits, sewage, Valiano and Escondido

Of lawsuits, sewage, Valiano and Escondido

(Margaret McCown Liles started blogging about the Escondido City Council following the demise of the North County Times as a public resource. Please visit her blog at http://ablueviewescondido.com.)

The council chambers were full at last Wednesday’s city council meeting. This was due to the attendance of the winners and their families of the city’s Earth Day Poster contest. The contest is really…

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Whodunnit? Escondido CC clubhouse burns

In a bizarre, and weirdly coincidental incident early Wednesday, the abandoned clubhouse at the embattled, and highly controversial, Escondido Country Club burned to the ground.

Karma, natural disaster, accident or even arson, the shuttered clubhouse at the property that has been the center of years of development controversy burned, baby, burned to the ground beginning just before 5:30…

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Tale of two master-planned developments

Tale of two master-planned developments

347-home Rancho Tesoro began to take shape this month between Cal State University San Marcos and San Elijo Hills at San Marcos. Meanwhile, 550-home Safari Highlands was put on hold due to continued environmental concerns and the need for another round of reports.

Rancho Tesoro on the way in San Marcos

What once was pristine hiking turf broke ground this month for the newest masterplanned…

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Stone Brewing chases holy hotel grail

Stone Brewing chases holy hotel grail

Stone Brewing’s powers-that-be have been talking about this since time immemorial, and now they’re ready to pop the top: Stone Hotel, debuting in 2018. It’s a $26 million, 100,000-square foot buildout at the 1990 Citracado Pkwy home of Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens, home base for the now international craft brewery empire.

“You can’t rush a good thing,” said Greg Koch, CEO, co-founder and…

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Too close to Rancho Santa Fe

Too close to Rancho Santa Fe

Depending on who is telling the story, Darryl L. Hronek is either building storage for the business on his property or being harassed by a vindictive neighbor who is using the county’s code enforcement unit to get at him while he builds a tennis court.

“The neighbor gets the other neighbors whipped up and tells them who to call and what to say,” Hronek said. “We moved out in the country so we…

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