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Pressure to build in mountains near San Marcos
Discovery Lake, Creekside Marketplace, what they buy at San Marcos Vons, early-morning weightlifters at 24-Hour Fitness, Twin Oaks Valley vs. the rest of the town
"If you look closely, you can still see old Native American marks across the land, along with old rock carvings from passersby in the early 1900s."
San Marcos in crosshairs of Growthzilla
- Back then, the mammoth housing development was called Merriam Mountains. It's now called Newland Sierra, but the opposition's pitchforks are jabbing at the same worries: density, traffic, wildfire evacuations, water, air quality, noise, views, greenhouse gas emissions, general plan amendments, and the matter of blasting apart a mountain range formed when dinosaurs still roamed the earth.
- By Julie Stalmer, Sept. 25, 2018
The identifying leaves of three — both red and green leavesEasy stroll around Discovery Lake
- The loop around Discovery Lake in San Marcos makes a perfect hike for those who want to do a light and easy stroll but still see a diversity of species and beautiful lake scenery. This multi-use paved, short trail is open to hikers of all skills, joggers, bicyclists, strollers, wheelchairs, pets, and families.
- By The Canyoneers, Feb. 22, 2017
Future home of Hobby LobbyLowe's is out, WinCo and Hobby Lobby coming in
- When Lowe’s Home Improvement Center pulled out of San Marcos’ Creekside Marketplace shopping center last year, it left a huge building vacant. Now, major renovations are underway for two long-established chains with no stores in the San Diego area.
- By Ken Harrison, June 5, 2015
Peruvian Currency
- Friday again. Payday again. You’ve been down to Ramen noodle soup since Wednesday. You’re in North County, but you are far from retiring, much less retiring rich. Vons is on the bus route along Rancho Santa Fe Road, and you have a bus pass. It’s only a buck to ride. Cash the paycheck at the bank stall inside the grocery store, and you’ll have enough to buy food for the week, maybe. Enough food so you’ll need a taxi to schlep the stuff back home, anyway. Sixteen bucks for that ride.
- By John Brizzolara, March 11, 2009
San MarcosSan Marcos
- Looking for a representative cross-section of San Marcos residents? Try the 24 Hour Fitness in the Vons center at San Marcos Boulevard and Rancho Santa Fe Road any weekday morning around 6:30. As you walk through the automatic doors, you’ll see the early-20-something Front Desk Girl hauling out the racks of spandex workout gear (20% Off!), her long blond hair pulled back in a ponytail.
- By Leslie Ryland, Dec. 24, 2003
Nordahl Road marks the easternmost boundary of what seems like San Marcos and not Escondido. Rancho Santa Fe Road marks the difference between Vista to the west and San Marcos.San Marcos hides the ugly truth about its schools
- Scarecrow Boy is out sweeping again. The spring morning is icy, the country air fresh, the aroma emanating from nearby Hollandia Dairy doesn't usually make it down to the old San Marcos city center where he works. Scarecrow Boy, I call him that because he’s thin as a rail, talks to himself while he cleans, swings the tattered broom with roundhouse cuts at the gravel-strewn asphalt between 4-Way Liquor and El Mojado market on Mission Road.
- By Allan Peterson, Aug. 27, 1998
Evidence photo of bloody knife recoveredNight people of San Marcos
- Miss Rincon said it was her habit to spend the night in the public bathrooms at Richmar Park, at the corner of Firebird Lane and Richmar Avenue, around the corner from the busy San Marcos intersection of Twin Oaks Valley and Mission Roads. She said it was for her own safety because, “I was homeless.” That night, she was newly out of jail. “I had just gotten released.”
- By Eva Knott, Jan. 30, 2019
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Pressure to build in mountains near San Marcos
Discovery Lake, Creekside Marketplace, what they buy at San Marcos Vons, early-morning weightlifters at 24-Hour Fitness, Twin Oaks Valley vs. the rest of the town
Pressure to build in mountains near San Marcos
Discovery Lake, Creekside Marketplace, what they buy at San Marcos Vons, early-morning weightlifters at 24-Hour Fitness, Twin Oaks Valley vs. the rest of the town
"If you look closely, you can still see old Native American marks across the land, along with old rock carvings from passersby in the early 1900s."
San Marcos in crosshairs of Growthzilla
- Back then, the mammoth housing development was called Merriam Mountains. It's now called Newland Sierra, but the opposition's pitchforks are jabbing at the same worries: density, traffic, wildfire evacuations, water, air quality, noise, views, greenhouse gas emissions, general plan amendments, and the matter of blasting apart a mountain range formed when dinosaurs still roamed the earth.
- By Julie Stalmer, Sept. 25, 2018
- The identifying leaves of three — both red and green leaves
Easy stroll around Discovery Lake
- The loop around Discovery Lake in San Marcos makes a perfect hike for those who want to do a light and easy stroll but still see a diversity of species and beautiful lake scenery. This multi-use paved, short trail is open to hikers of all skills, joggers, bicyclists, strollers, wheelchairs, pets, and families.
- By The Canyoneers, Feb. 22, 2017
- Future home of Hobby Lobby
Lowe's is out, WinCo and Hobby Lobby coming in
- When Lowe’s Home Improvement Center pulled out of San Marcos’ Creekside Marketplace shopping center last year, it left a huge building vacant. Now, major renovations are underway for two long-established chains with no stores in the San Diego area.
- By Ken Harrison, June 5, 2015
Peruvian Currency
- Friday again. Payday again. You’ve been down to Ramen noodle soup since Wednesday. You’re in North County, but you are far from retiring, much less retiring rich. Vons is on the bus route along Rancho Santa Fe Road, and you have a bus pass. It’s only a buck to ride. Cash the paycheck at the bank stall inside the grocery store, and you’ll have enough to buy food for the week, maybe. Enough food so you’ll need a taxi to schlep the stuff back home, anyway. Sixteen bucks for that ride.
- By John Brizzolara, March 11, 2009
- San Marcos
San Marcos
- Looking for a representative cross-section of San Marcos residents? Try the 24 Hour Fitness in the Vons center at San Marcos Boulevard and Rancho Santa Fe Road any weekday morning around 6:30. As you walk through the automatic doors, you’ll see the early-20-something Front Desk Girl hauling out the racks of spandex workout gear (20% Off!), her long blond hair pulled back in a ponytail.
- By Leslie Ryland, Dec. 24, 2003
- Nordahl Road marks the easternmost boundary of what seems like San Marcos and not Escondido. Rancho Santa Fe Road marks the difference between Vista to the west and San Marcos.
San Marcos hides the ugly truth about its schools
- Scarecrow Boy is out sweeping again. The spring morning is icy, the country air fresh, the aroma emanating from nearby Hollandia Dairy doesn't usually make it down to the old San Marcos city center where he works. Scarecrow Boy, I call him that because he’s thin as a rail, talks to himself while he cleans, swings the tattered broom with roundhouse cuts at the gravel-strewn asphalt between 4-Way Liquor and El Mojado market on Mission Road.
- By Allan Peterson, Aug. 27, 1998
- Evidence photo of bloody knife recovered
Night people of San Marcos
- Miss Rincon said it was her habit to spend the night in the public bathrooms at Richmar Park, at the corner of Firebird Lane and Richmar Avenue, around the corner from the busy San Marcos intersection of Twin Oaks Valley and Mission Roads. She said it was for her own safety because, “I was homeless.” That night, she was newly out of jail. “I had just gotten released.”
- By Eva Knott, Jan. 30, 2019