Escondido, CA.  
Residents of the Lake Hodges community of Del Dios can treat their kids and grand kids to a double book reading of controversial author Maurice Sendak's books "Where The Wild Things Are" and "In The Night Kitchen."

Where The Wild Things caused a flurry of controversy when it was first released. The book features a rebellious child named Max, who talks back to his mother, has no father around and runs away to an imaginary place. Sendak's towering creatures featuring fangs, large mouths full of teeth, clawed feet and horns, inhabit the land into which Max escapes. Child psychologist Dr. Bruno Bettleheim came out against it. Sendak was disparaged for portraying a disobedient youngster and creating images that could frighten an impressionable child. But Sendak delights in being politically incorrect. It is what keeps the child in him alive and maintains his connection with his audience. "I think children are by nature politically incorrect," he says. "You have to learn to be a boring person." 

In The Night Kitchen caused another flurry of controversy when Mickey enters the Night Kitchen, he loses his pajamas and is fully naked in some parts of the story. Critics object to Mickey's nudity which depicts not only his buttocks, but also his genitals. Some also interpret sexual innuendo in the events, with the nudity, free-flowing milky fluids, and a giant phallic milk bottle overflowing.  As a result, the book proved controversial in the United States on its release and has continued to be so. The inclusion of child nudity has been frequently raised as morally problematic in it's tendency to sexualize children before their time; consequently, this book remains on lists of books either challenged or banned.

Sendak's work, often on the edge much of the time, is also courageous in its execution. He has single-handedly changed the face of children's literature by redefining what is appropriate content for young readers as a gay man and as an atheist who never had children of his own, 

Escondido, CA.  Fishermen have been drooling over the thought of fishing Olivenhain Reservoir since it was completed in 2003 - and after almost 12 years of waiting, they'll finally get their shot...April Fools folks!  Olivenhain Reservoir located in Escondido, California was created in August of 2003 when its 300 foot tall dam was completed after a 5 year construction period. The lake is connected to the other San Diego City Lakes through the aqueduct and Lake Hodges, but has never been available for fishing. 

In fact, it was never the intention to allow fishing on the reservoir, but because it received a stock of 50 largemouth bass (owned by the citizens of California) from Lake Hodges as it was filling, a local judge has ordered the lake has to be made available for fishing.
 
In addition to those largemouth bass, who have had 12 years to populate the lake, there is thought to be a very promising population of striped bass and panfish that were transients with the water from the aqueduct.

Because the lake was built with water storage in mind, the lake is built like a storage tank - deep and relatively featureless. Several large points jet out into deep water and will provide promising spots to fish this summer.

It's 200 surface acres make it about 30 surface acres larger than Lake Murray, and about 10 times the size of Upper Otay. Olivenhain has a max depth of about 300 feet, considerably deeper than most other lakes in San Diego County.

The lake is scheduled to open on Saturday, August 1st and access will be limited based on availability within the park's parking lot. It will be open on a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday schedule for fishing. 

P.S.  Don't tell a friend!