Valley Center Library Manager Sandy Puccio Honored

Sandy Puccio and husband Joaquin Aganza

The County Board of Supervisors voted to honor Sandy Puccio, the longtime Valley Center library manager, by approving the community’s request to name a bridge there for her.

Puccio served as County Library’s Valley Center branch manager for 16 years before passing away in 2012. In 2014, the Valley Center branch dedicated its children’s area to Puccio. Valley Center Community Planning Group member Susan Fajardo said Puccio was “special, beloved” and “the heart and soul” of the Valley Center library. The planning group also voted unanimously to recommend the honor.

The bridge to be named in Puccio’s honor crosses Escondido Creek on Lake Wohlford Road.