Four weeks ago Jake Griffin and his dad, Brian opened Skinny Jake’s Smokehouse on 31034 Valley Center Rd., where, says the father and son team, “You can find the best smoked meat around!” When others ...

VC CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) held its Community Health Fair Saturday, January 10 at the Community Room of the Valley Center Library. Valley Center Fire Protection District Chief Joe ...

Las Güeras Mexican Food & Bar —at the former location of Lake Wohlford Café— tells The Roadrunner: “We are excited to welcome our community to our grand opening at 25484 Lake Wohlford Rd, Escondido, ...

Valley Center, a community about which many residents brag, “Only in Valley Center,” or conversely “Never in Valley Center,” is one the subjects of statistics released recently by the County’s North ...

Tuesday, January 13, about 1:30 p.m. deputies and detectives from the Valley Center Sheriff’s Station captured and arrested a man accused of brandishing a knife, assault with a deadly weapon, ...

The Valley Center branch library will be a busy place in January, beginning with the Winnie the Pooh Scavenger Hunt. In honor of A.A. Milne’s birthday, look for all the Hundred Acre Wood friends ...

Gary Arant has been enjoying several “farewells” over the past few weeks upon his retirement from general manager of the Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD) after 36 years, but the sweetest ...

It is interesting that the last day of the Christmas season is marked with the Baptism of the Jesus in the Jordan. Often, we think of the baptism in terms of sin cleansing, or the washing away of ...

Jeanna Hughes and her “elves” from Serendipity hair salon, who partnered with The Roadrunner to do the annual Giving Tree at the newspaper office and salon, dropped by presents on Tuesday, December 16 ...

Valley Center resident Delores Chavez-Harmes (second from right) joined Jim Desmond’s community liaison Adrienne Cisneros-Selekman (to her right) and Escondido city councilmember Judy Fitzgerald (to ...

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 ...

The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians and three energy companies have signed a contract to maintain, manage and develop a microgrid energy plan for the reservation. The goal, according to Tribal Chairman ...