Garcia, who was appointed to fill Escondido’s District 3 seat in 2023, handily handled challenges from Veronica Cigarroa and Christine Spencer, with 60.95 percent of votes counted.

Joe Garcia was the husband of Irma Garcia, who taught for 23 years at Robb Elementary School. Mrs Garcia was one of two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in the shooting that left 21 people dead ...

Incumbent Christian Garcia and newcomer Judy Fitzgerald had early leads in preliminary returns for two seats on the Escondido City Council on Tuesday. A structural deficit in the city’s ...