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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

California taxpayers and retirees deserve honesty, competence, and transparency from the state’s pension system. Instead, they have been handed over one of the largest financial scandals in CalPERS ...

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 ...

I live in Valley Center, and I had the privilege of knowing Nadine Jett before she went missing in December 2023. We weren’t close friends, but I met her several times—she was kind, friendly, and ...

In 1999, when new owners were about to close escrow on a then 117-year-old Valley Center home, they disclosed plans to tear it down and build another house in its place. After learning the house was a ...

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 ...

It has been an honor serving as the President of the Valley Center Business Association for the last two years. Some members of the community, and the current board, asked if I was interested in ...