🌱 Patch AM: How will Heritage Garden’s makeover change downtown Escondido’s events and businesses?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Heritage Garden's makeover change downtown Escondido's events and businesses?
• Where do Escondido and Escondido Charter rank in 2026 football predictions?

Also on today's calendar: Fun Animal Friday: Dwarf Horse & Mini Goat and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 92, low: 65.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Escondido council takes initial steps toward a new park at Heritage Garden (sandiegouniontribune.com) — Escondido's City Council has greenlit a partnership with nonprofit Love Esco to fund and build a revamped Heritage Garden Park at Juniper and Grand, aiming for completion by early 2028. Plans include a playground, food kiosk, and new shade structures, though some downtown businesses worry about losing event space and competing with a proposed concession stand.
   

• High school football: We predict the winners of every league in 2026 (sandiegouniontribune.com) — High school football kicks off this week, and Escondido fans can already see how local teams stack up in league predictions. Escondido High is picked fifth in the Palomar League, while Escondido Charter is slotted fourth in the Pacific League, with ratings that hint at challenging but potentially exciting seasons.
   

📸 Around Escondido

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Escondido

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Friday August 21
• Friday Flag Assembly
  North Broadway Elementary Escondido, CA 92026
  8:00 am
Thursday August 27
• Juniper Back to School Night
  Juniper Elementary Escondido, CA 92025
  5:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Friday Flag Assembly
  North Broadway Elementary Escondido, CA 92026
  8:00 am
• Fun Animal Friday: Dwarf Horse & Mini Goat →
  Children's Museum of Discovery, 320 N Broadway, Escondido
  10:00 am
Saturday September 5
• Grape Day 5K →
  Grape Day Park, 321 N Broadway, Escondido
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Picture Day
  Jefferson Middle Oceanside, CA 92058
  8:00 am
• Girls Flag Football Vs San Ysidro
  Valley Center High San Ysidro High School, 5353 Airway Rd, San Diego, CA 92154, U
  4:30 pm
• Freshman Football Vs Classical Academy
  Valley Center High School, 31322 Cole Grade Rd, Valley Center
  5:00 pm
• Back to School Night (TK, 1-5)
  Reidy Creek Elementary Escondido, CA 92026
  5:00 pm
Friday August 21
• TK/Kinder Meet and Greet
  Mt. Woodson Elementary Ramona, CA 92065
  7:40 am
• MVA Book Check Out & Picture Day
  Mountain Valley Academy Ramona, CA 92065
  8:00 am
• Friday Flag Assembly
  North Broadway Elementary Escondido, CA 92026
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Shenanigans is Your Rancho Coastal Humane Society Pet This Week —John Van Zante Read on Patch

• I just found a bird in my backyard.
  It is very friendly. It must be somebody's pet. Is anybody on this bird? (Nextdoor Escondido Mountain View)
• Anyone missing a dog?
  We have received a notification almost every night the past week of a white dog with brown spots going through our yard. My parents live up the… (Nextdoor Hidden Meadows)

• El Super posted a job opening for Produce Clerk - #29 Escondido in Escondido. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

San Marcos

• North City Launches Week-Long LEGO Build Experience in San Marcos - (thevistapress.com)
• Flag Football Roundup: San Marcos Outlasts Santa Ynez 13-6 (independent.com)
• Career Services secures $1 million grant to prepare students for workforce of the future News (sdsu.edu)

Valley Center

• School board takes a step towards restoring old courthouse (valleycenter.com)

Carlsbad

• Wanted Felon Arrested In North County After License Plate Camera Alert (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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