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Transmission lines connect to an SDG&E battery storage facility where a fire is ongoing. Sept. 6, 2024 in Escondido, Calif.
Matthew Bowler
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KPBS
Public Safety
Escondido adopts strict battery storage safety rules, ending city moratorium
Alexander Nguyen
The guidelines require any battery storage facility to have a fire suppression system, an explosion control system and a 100-foot setback.
Heidi Whitman, pictured on Aug. 4, 2026, lives directly across the street from the project site on Hamilton Lane and Bernardo Avenue in Escondido. She is appealing the Planning Commission’s approval before the City Council. She stands between a monitoring well and the proposed project site.
Carolyne Corelis
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KPBS
Environment
Escondido are residents concerned a former toxic dump site could affect this housing project. Here's how
Tammy Murga
Christian Absi, a physician assistant with the Neighborhood Healthcare street medicine team, putting a bandage on an unsheltered man's foot, Aug. 4, 2026.
Alexander Nguyen
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KPBS
Living
Community Healthcare Day serves hundreds of unsheltered residents in Escondido
Alexander Nguyen
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