On December 18, 2025, Valley Center Deputies conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle belonging to Elijah Saiz related to an ongoing “porch pirate” theft investigation. During the traffic stop, Elijah ...

Last week’s Valley Center Business Association Community Safety Symposium was chock full of news-you-can-use in the areas of crime prevention, crime suppression, scams and how to protect yourself from ...

Early in the evening last Friday when the air had cooled and a hint of fog had moved in, things weren’t looking that good for the Valley Center High football team. In the Division 6-AA state ...

LIGHT OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH Finding Time for Jesus in All the Christmas “Busy-ness” December arrives with its familiar rush—shopping, school events, travel, rehearsals, baking, and the ...

I wanted to update you on several efforts I’m pushing at the San Diego County Board of Supervisors — efforts rooted in a simple belief: San Diego County should remain safe, affordable, and livable for ...

I have a good friend who received a Christmas card with a cartoon of a very smug cat on the front that, when opened, began playing a chorus of cats signing “A Very Meowy Christmas.” Amusing at first, ...

The Valley Center Library has a busy time planned for the second half of December. Friday, December 20 will be the 10:30 a.m. Preschool Storytime & Craft. Saturday, December , the Knitting Club will ...

The Rev. Jim Estes, who was the priest at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Pauma Valley from 1985-2002, has died.  Services will be private.  Pastor Estes was born on August 24,1934 in Concord, New ...

With due respect to Supervisor Jim Desmond, his opinion that capital gains taxes are primarily responsible for making selling a home unaffordable resulting in a housing crisis is only partially ...

This is the second in our series of nonprofits to consider for end-of-year giving. We are limiting ourselves to charities based in Valley Center, Pala, Pauma Valley and Palomar Mountain.  We have ...

Thanks for the [Valley Magazine] article about Mike McDonald. I met Mike over 50 years ago when he approached my then husband and me about setting up his small business with two way radios for his ...

When the next Olympics open in L.A. in 2028, the sport of bouldering — rock climbing without ropes or harnesses — will be one of the physically-demanding events.  Meanwhile, those of us at the Valley ...