A longtime Vista resident with extensive experience in local government service has been hired as the city’s new assistant city manager.

By Laura Woolfrey Macklem: Starting this month, OsideNews introduces Preserved Home, a column devoted to homemade and home-preserved recipes.   I grew up in Escondido, and my best friend growing...

I remember driving from Escondido to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas as a teenager, passing produce stands overflowing with fresh blood oranges and other fruits and vegetables. Before I knew about preserving, I would stop along the road just buy a little here and there, and savor the produce fresh. I may not have preserved fruit back then, but what I have preserved are memories growing up surrounded by citrus and avocado groves, friendly produce vendors, and, most of all, a very best friend.