CARLSBAD: Training center project moves toward construction Nov 18, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- The city's Planning Commission will consider approving a conditional use permit Wednesday for a long-sought training center for city firefighters and police officers. During their 6 p.m. meeting at City Hall, commissioners also are expected to approve environmental documents related to the project. (North County Times)
REGION: Three quakes hit Palomar region Nov 18, 2008
Another great reason to have a desalinization plant in Carlsbad. chatter wrote on Nov 17, 2008 11:02 AM:http://earthquake. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: Council to review city's finances Nov 17, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- City officials will gain an assessment Tuesday of Carlsbad's financial condition, given recent national and international economic news ... While Carlsbad is regarded as one of the region's most well-off cities, its leaders have been saying for months that the city can't expect to escape the national economic situation unscathed ... A new financial status report indicates that by Oct. 31, Carlsbad was already seeing substantial proof of this. (North County Times)
REGION: Memorable election, forgettable turnout Nov 17, 2008
North County's other two districts, which cover Carlsbad through Ramona and voted less Republican, did not experience a major drop in turnout. Also, Poole said a 700 billion bailout of the financial sector possibly discouraged voting. (North County Times)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 16, 2008 Nov 17, 2008
Carlsbad has been a good neighbor. Once again, Carlsbad and its citizens are being portrayed as being bad regional neighbors ... The site that the city of Carlsbad is recommending is on the property known as Oaks North. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: Resort clerk assaulted, robbed Nov 17, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- Police are searching for a robber who punched a front-desk clerk in the face early Sunday before making off with the woman's car and an undisclosed amount of cash from the Tamarack Beach Resort. Shortly before 4 a.m., the robber walked into a back room of the lobby and punched the clerk, a woman in her 60s, in the face, police said. (North County Times)
VISTA: City hopes murals can fix Sprinter line graffiti problem Nov 17, 2008
The city of Vista should take some lessos from Carlsbad how to fix up a city. Umm. (North County Times)
Man Punches, Robs Elderly Hotel Clerk Nov 17, 2008
CARLSBAD -- An elderly hotel desk clerk was robbed, punched in the face and had her car stolen from an upscale Carlsbad resort Sunday, a Carlsbad police lieutenant said. The woman was in the back office of the Tamarack Beach Resort at 3200 Carlsbad Blvd. at about 4:10 a.m. when she heard the robber come into the room, Lt. Jay Eppel said. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
LETTERS TO THE GREEN Nov 16, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008. It's time for Giants to pay the man. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
High school schedule through Nov. 22 Nov 16, 2008
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SD Section Championships Division I Fallbrook (20-13) at (1) La Costa Canyon (30-1), 5 Rancho Buena Vista (23-10) at (4) Poway (18-12), 5 San Pasqual (12-15) at (3) Carlsbad (25-8), 5 Grossmont (20-12) at (2) Torrey Pines (19-8), 5 Division V Vincent Memorial (10-4)-Calvin Christian (5-19) winner at (1) Tri-City Christian (17-14), 5 Maranatha Christian (12-9) at (4) St. Joseph (13-4), 5 Lutheran (13-6) at (3) San Diego Jewish (8-8), 7:30 Vista Calvary Christian (12-9) at (2)... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
OCEANSIDE: Tri-City faces loss of patients in Scripps-Sharp deal Nov 16, 2008
The change is looming because, in May, Scripps bought the Sharp Mission Park Medical group, which has about 65 doctors and more than 400 employees at various office buildings in Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad and Encinitas. The deal affects Tri-City because Scripps doctors must send all of their patients to Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: Mayor proposes overhauling city's pension system Nov 16, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- Mayor Bud Lewis plans to put forward his proposal to overhaul the city's pension system early next year and wants to see it go on the ballot in 2010 ... Carlsbad is one of a number of cities contemplating reducing its pension benefits ... Some communities are doing so because pensions are costing more than anticipated, but Carlsbad officials have said they have the money to cover the costs. (North County Times)
ECONOMY: Car industry slump reverberating through North County Nov 16, 2008
An ethanol fuel pump is available next to regular gasoline pumps at Bressi Ranch Fuel Mart in Carlsbad ... Chris Baker, whose Bob Baker Auto Group sells a range of foreign and domestic brands in Carlsbad and El Cajon, is one of many dealers who say the current slowdown could drive several out of business ... Escondido, Carlsbad, Temecula and other cities with dealership clusters also are feeling the pinch because taxes from car sales account for a quarter or more of their sales tax revenue. (North County Times)
PREP FOOTBALL: CIF San Diego Section Playoff Pairings (157) Nov 16, 2008
Torrey Pines (3-6-1) vs. Carlsbad (5-5) at site TBA ... Torrey Pines--Carlsbad winner at site Chula Vista. (North County Times)
Molestation suspect caught after long pursuit Nov 16, 2008
CHP Officer Larry Landeros said commuter traffic was backed up as far as Carlsbad for more than an hour. P.R.. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
VISTA: Appeals court takes up Vista case over prevailing wages Nov 15, 2008
Carlsbad voters adopted a charter this summer. Kronland has described the lawsuit as a test case to change "outdated precedent," while Vista City Attorney Darold Pieper has said he will defend the city's position all the way to the California Supreme Court, if necessary. (North County Times)
HOUSING: Property tax revenues set to decline Nov 15, 2008
For Carlsbad, the lower property taxes would mean a reduction in revenue of about 240,000, if the average reassessment is comparable to last year's ... "Any loss of revenue is concerning," said Dawn Ortega, budget analyst for Carlsbad, in a phone interview Friday. (North County Times)
Previewing Penn Nov 15, 2008
In 2007-08, the Carlsbad, Calif. product scored more points than any other freshman in Penn mens basketball history, including knocking down 26 against the Tar Heels last December. (InsideCarolina.com)
Suspect chased, hit by car on I-5 in North County Nov 15, 2008
California Highway Patrol Officer Larry Landeros said commuter traffic was expected to continue at a crawl for some time Friday night southbound from Carlsbad past the accident scene. Pauline Repard: (619) 293-1893. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
REGION: Millions practice for Big One Nov 14, 2008
On cue, Samantha Castagna of Carlsbad dropped to the floor in the middle of an anatomy test and squeezed beneath a laboratory bench, hanging tight for two minutes while chitchatting with her friend, Latonya Bailey of Oceanside ... Doctors drilled as 100 volunteers from the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad played roles of victims, victims' relatives, news reporters and others, said hospital spokeswoman Lisa MacDonald. (North County Times)
ESCONDIDO: Rapping math maven one of five named Teacher of the Year Nov 14, 2008
"Alex Kajitani is an original thinker who teaches to a different beat, and it is due to his rather unorthodox approach that his math students seldom miss a beat either, OConnell wrote in a news release. Alex, who is known as the 'Rappin' Mathematician,' uses the strong beat of rap music to make math, as well as the world, more relevant to his students. He helps them learn in a way that is positive, engaging, and lasting.Kajitani, a 35-year-old resident of Carlsbad, said he turned to... (North County Times)
Small wonders Nov 14, 2008
"I had to go to Encinitas, to Del Mar ---- the closest French bakery was in Carlsbad." ... Loyola worked as pastry chef at the La Costa Glen retirement community, and then as a sous chef at the Carlsbad by the Sea retirement community. (North County Times)
Genoptix Ranked Ninth Fastest-Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500 Nov 13, 2008
Company To Ring Opening Bell At Nasdaq On November 14th CARLSBAD, Calif ... Founded in 1999, Genoptix completed its initial public offering in November 2007 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. (PR Newswire)
Callaway wins court order to halt sales of Titleist's Pro V1 golf balls Nov 12, 2008
CARLSBAD, California (AP) Callaway Golf said it has won a court order permanently halting sales of Acushnet Co.'s Titleist Pro V1 golf balls, which Callaway argued infringed on patents that it holds. Acushnet said it will appeal the ruling, and has converted production of the golf balls so that they are outside the patents in question. (USA Today -- Sports)
HOUSING: Prices down, sales up in muddy real estate market Nov 12, 2008
"I think the real guesswork is what's going to happen to all those listings that aren't selling. One hundred percent of the buyers are looking at 5 percent of the market," said Jim Klinge, a Carlsbad real estate agent ... In October, only Del Mar, Poway and one part of Carlsbad had fewer sales than a year earlier. (North County Times)
REGION: Election reveals growing coastal-inland rift Nov 12, 2008
Indeed, Byron said, Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar, which voted against the measure, and Carlsbad, where Prop ... The vote in Carlsbad was a virtual tie. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: District to remove contaminated dirt at high school Nov 11, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- School trustees are expected to move forward Wednesday with plans to remove contaminated soil under Carlsbad High School's football field ... The school board meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Carlsbad City Hall, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive. (North County Times)
ENCINITAS: Settlement reached in Ponto traffic lawsuit Nov 10, 2008
ENCINITAS ---- At its meeting Wednesday, the Encinitas City Council is set to approve a settlement in its lawsuit against neighboring Carlsbad over traffic concerns linked to Ponto Beachfront Village, a huge multiuse project proposed for 50 acres north of Batiquitos Lagoon. The project, which includes hotels, office buildings and condominiums, was approved by the Carlsbad City Council in December 2007 ... In January, Encinitas filed suit, alleging that Carlsbad had failed to adequately provide... (North County Times)
REGION: Earthquake drill set for Thursday Nov 10, 2008
Spokeswomen for Legoland California in Carlsbad and the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park near Escondido said their drills will be conducted quietly in park offices and won't affect visitors. It's human nature for people to think a disastrous earthquake never will affect them because they are rare, Perry said. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: Blackburn's union ties debated Nov 9, 2008
Carlsbad councilman-elect to quit police force before he is sworn in ... CARLSBAD ---- The man that voters elected Tuesday to Carlsbad's City Council may be the first city employee to win a council spot while still collecting a paycheck, city election records indicate ... Blackburn said Carlsbad can't be the first city to reduce those benefits "or we're going to get the leftovers in the county.". (North County Times)
EDUCATION: Proposition 227: 10 years later Nov 9, 2008
Bilingual program specialist for the Carlsbad Unified School District Coric DeAnda reacts with a colleague about something said by a keynote speaker Friday during a conference of educators addressing bilingual education at the North County Regional Education Center in San Marcos. (Photo by Bill Wechter - staff photographer). (North County Times)
OCEANSIDE: Residents tour old quarry Nov 9, 2008
Interested residents tour the Hanson Aggregates property Saturday along Buena Vista Creek on the Carlsbad-Oceanside border just south of Highway 78 and west of College Boulevard, as a company spokesman explains plans for its reclamation ... CARLSBAD ---- Michael Taliana seemed surprised at the bubbling creek he encountered when he toured the Hanson Aggregates quarry Saturday ... The comment period ends Nov. 21, and copies of the plan can be found at city libraries in Carlsbad and Oceanside. (North County Times)
Obama's economic recipe Nov 9, 2008
For instance, ViaSat, a satellite communications firm in Carlsbad, spent more than $32 million on R&D during its most recent fiscal year, the equivalent of 13 percent of its revenue. When the R&D tax credit expired at the end of last year, it resulted in a dip of several cents per share in the company's quarterly earnings, said Mark Dankberg, the company's chairman. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
REGION: Ex-chief, nephew reflect on slaying of family Nov 8, 2008
Retired Carlsbad police Chief Jim Hawks spent a career working in the criminal justice system ... "Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank Fasel will consider the jury's recommendation when he sentences Deleon on Jan. 16.It was Jim Hawks who filed the missing persons report about the couple on Nov. 26, 2004, the day after Thanksgiving, with the Carlsbad Police Department. Hawks had retired from the department a year earlier.Hawks declined to speak of details in the case, but said he had spent... (North County Times)
ENCINITAS: Muir wins seat on school board Nov 8, 2008
Encinitas Union Elementary School District covers southern Carlsbad and much of Encinitas, but not the Cardiff area. The district has nine elementary schools, including four in Carlsbad. (North County Times)
Gays, blacks divided on Proposition 8 Nov 8, 2008
But Madison Shockley, pastor of Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad and among the roughly one-third of blacks who opposed Proposition 8, said the vote was understandable. "Black folks go to church, probably more than the Caucasian population, and the churches they go to tend to be very traditional.". (Los Angeles Times)
REGION: Police use technology to recover stolen cars Nov 7, 2008
Oceanside is one of a growing number of law enforcement agencies, including Escondido and Carlsbad, that are using the new tool and are enthusiastic about its ability to recover stolen cars ---- or capture criminals ... The Carlsbad Police Department has been testing a system for about six weeks, Capt. Bill Rowland said. (North County Times)
Barrel of fun Nov 7, 2008
Events include a chocolate-and-wine-pairing class by Michael Antonorsi of Chuao Chocolatier in Carlsbad and a class by Encinitas resident Sam "The Cooking Guy" Zien. Class tickets range from 45 to 60. (North County Times)
REGION: Judge orders cop to stand trial in road-rage incident Nov 6, 2008
In the latter call, White's wife Jacquellyn ---- a Carlsbad police dispatcher ---- began to calmly explain where she was and that her husband had his gun drawn on a woman who was "road raging" against them. Her voice became panicked as she told an Oceanside dispatcher that her husband was blocked in their car by the silver sedan, that he had fired his gun at the other vehicle and, eventually, that there was a child in the other car who had been shot. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: Kulchin, Blackburn lead in absentee results Nov 5, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- A city police sergeant appeared to be slightly ahead of a city planning commissioner in a very tight race for a vacant seat on Carlsbad's City Council as absentee ballots results were tallied Tuesday night. Carlsbad Police Sgt. Keith Blackburn had 23 ... Douglas, who is the co-owner of a Carlsbad print shop, also declared herself "very hopeful" and said the absentee results were just the start of what promised to be a long night. (North County Times)
REGION: Free coffee draws voters Nov 5, 2008
Traci Gill of Oceanside sips the free cup of coffee she was given at the Starbucks in Carlsbad because she voted Tuesday ... Glenn Woods, a 43-year-old Carlsbad resident, who moved about three months ago from Fort Worth, Texas, said he headed to the Starbucks after voting for the free coffee and to enjoy his favorite North County city ... As someone new to Carlsbad, he said he was shocked by the level of support that it had received there. (North County Times)
REGION: GOP bucks national trend in legislative races Nov 5, 2008
Brett Maxfield, a Democrat from Encinitas, had almost 40 percent while Libertarian Paul King of Carlsbad had more than 7 percent, with results in from 29 percent of precincts. The district takes in Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside, Rancho Santa Fe, San Marcos, Solana Beach and Vista. (North County Times)
OPEN LINE: Share your voting experience Nov 5, 2008
MarineGunner wrote on Nov 4, 2008 11:11 AM:Our polling place in Carlsbad was set up very well ... Carlsbad wrote on Nov 4, 2008 2:20 PM:No lines or waiting, also no ID checking ... Nice bonus: we saw 19-year old candidate for Carlsbad City Council Evan Rodgers on her way to vote with her family. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: High school students prepare to cover election Nov 4, 2008
Carlsbad High School's broadcast journalism student Cameron Burns interviews Nick Leibham, Democratic candidate for California's 50th Congressional District, at the school's broadcast studio Monday ... Carlsbad High School's broadcast journalism student Haley Quartarone clips a microphone on Nick Leibham, Democratic candidate for California's 50th Congressional District, who came by the school's broadcast studio on Monday for an interview ... Carlsbad High School's broadcast journalism student... (North County Times)
REGION: Elections chief predicts 80 percent turnout Nov 4, 2008
The initial wave created problems for the registrar's office ---- and a three-hour wait for Brent Cornell, an insurance company manager from Carlsbad who was trying to squeeze in a vote before coaching a flag football team in an afternoon game. After winding in and out of the elections office in Kearny Mesa in "almost an amusement-parklike snake line with the ropes and what have you," he, a friend and 40 others were directed to a seating area. (North County Times)
VISTA: Residents question new fire map Nov 4, 2008
Encinitas, Carlsbad, El Cajon and San Diego are still in the process of adopting the maps, he said ... In Vista's Shadowridge neighborhood, resident Rose Eisenberg said she was concerned that her home on Pinewood Road will soon be in the very high fire risk zone, even though it does not border on the nearby Calavera open space preserve, a large brush-covered expanse on hills in east Carlsbad ... "I've lived here for 20 years and never had a problem, and it's worse because it's Carlsbad's land,... (North County Times)
REGION: FBI says 'Grandpa Bandit' is in custody Nov 4, 2008
Earlier this year, FBI officials in San Diego blamed the Grandpa Bandit for four North County robberies since 2007: two in Escondido, one in Carlsbad and one committed in San Marcos during the 2007 wildfires. "As in any bank robbery scenario where we're dealing with a serial bandit, there's an ongoing investigation into whether he committed the robberies he's accused of and whether he is responsible for any other crimes," Eimiller said. (North County Times)
OCEANSIDE: Pilots groups open wallets in election's final days Nov 4, 2008
When I spoke to several of them at the candidate forums, they admitted that they live in San Diego, San Marcos and Carlsbad. Who should be ashamed. (North County Times)
Images capture immigrant life Nov 4, 2008
He started his presentation with the story of Wilfredo Ramirez, who came to Southern California, near Carlsbad, to work in the fields. Ramirez spent years picking grapes for a winery there. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
REGION: Watershed election awaits voters' decisions Nov 3, 2008
Carlsbad residents Ashlin Wilbun and Asia Sims wait more than an hour in a long line for their turn to vote early outside the San Diego County registrar of voters office Saturday morning. (Photo by J. Kat Woronowicz - For the North County Times). (North County Times)
MILITARY: 369th Attack Helicopter Squadron leaves for Anbar province Nov 3, 2008
"Ive been told I should take a really good pair of shower shoes," said 1st Lt. Robert Monroe of Carlsbad, a Cobra pilot making his first deployment. "Because in the winter, its cold, it rains a lot, and theres even some snow. So you have to move pretty fast to and from the showers.". (North County Times)
REGION: North County residents become disaster volunteers Nov 3, 2008
The 60 trainees are residents of Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos, Valley Center, Pauma Valley, Carlsbad and Ramona ... Rob Klepadlo of Carlsbad said his home was spared during the fires. (North County Times)
ENCINITAS: Homeowner sues city of Encinitas Nov 2, 2008
A representative with the Carlsbad-based developer declined to comment on the lawsuit ... "They (plaintiffs) don't feel there's any other way to get this done in the short term," said Scott Barber, a Carlsbad real estate attorney representing the homeowners. (North County Times)
OCEANSIDE: City in the grips of another gritty campaign Nov 2, 2008
He is a student at Cal State San Marcos and youth pastor at Coastline Community Church in Carlsbad ... On top of that, I've just learned that Carlsbad wants to build over 600 residential units on the other side of 78 -- all because the RDO interchange is "on the circulation element." I will NOT be voting for Rocky again. (North County Times)
CARLSBAD: Six candidates seek two council spots Nov 2, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- A rare open seat is up for grabs on Carlsbad's City Council, and it's attracting plenty of political attention and record-setting campaign spending ... They formed campaign committees months before such planning typically take place in Carlsbad races ... By late October, two candidates had already spent more than 60,000 ---- easily double what some winning candidates have spent in past Carlsbad elections. (North County Times)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 1, 2008 Nov 2, 2008
Several years ago, the city fathers of Carlsbad bought the Farmers Insurance building for some 20 million. The purpose of this acquisition was to house all of the various departments under one roof. (North County Times)
REGION: Violent crime reaches 10-year low, agency finds Nov 1, 2008
Carlsbad Police Department spokeswoman Lynn Diamond said she was worried that people would become complacent about locking doors and windows because of the region's continued drop in crime. She agreed with SANDAG that the poor economy could cause an increase in crime. (North County Times)
OCEANSIDE: MiraCosta race revolves around two years of turmoil Nov 1, 2008
-- Gloria Carranza, 62, Carlsbad ... -- John Ford, Carlsbad. (North County Times)
ESCONDIDO: Layoffs at California Center for the Arts Nov 1, 2008
Carlsbad managed LegoLand. Escondido should build Taco World. (North County Times)
• Missionary Nov 1, 2008
Missionary Elder Dolan Ward has been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the California Carlsbad Mission. He reported to the Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah, on Oct. 1 and entered the mission field on Oct. 21. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
CARLSBAD: Family unites for haunted house Oct 31, 2008
Nicole Camaratta, 11, adds a real-life element to the severed-head illusion at the haunted house Thursday at the Camaratta residence in Carlsbad, as her father, Joe, adjusts some of the props ... CARLSBAD ---- Residents along Blue Orchid Lane in Carlsbad are treated to a scary adventure each Halloween in their own neighborhood ... The haunted house runs from about 7 to 11 p.m. Friday at 6994 Blue Orchid Lane in Carlsbad. (North County Times)
OCEANSIDE: Annual Day of the Dead fest set for Sunday Oct 31, 2008
Carlsbad resident Suzanne Sroul tries on a mask while attending the seventh annual Dia de los Muertos festival in downtown Oceanside on Oct. 29, 2007. (File Photo by Don Boomer - Staff Photographer). (North County Times)
REGION: State slashes water deliveries to Southern California Oct 31, 2008
"Frankly, we need rain of biblical proportions," said Mark Stone, general manager of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, which serves 86,000 people. "It's going to take a lot to fill our reservoirs and water bodies to the point where we will be back to normal. It most likely won't happen over one year. It will take a while to get us back.". (North County Times)
Tijuana exhibit: Mommy, there's a mummy! Oct 31, 2008
Trick-or-Treating & Pet Costume Contest (tomorrow): A day of candy giveaways, a pet adoption area, animal costume contests and more, at Carlsbad Premium Outlets, 5620 Paseo Del Norte, Carlsbad; free; (760) 804-9000 or premiumoutlets. com/carlsbad. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
CARLSBAD: State to release Encina draft report in November Oct 30, 2008
CARLSBAD ---- The state Energy Commission expects to issue an initial report next month on plans to put a 540-megawatt power plant near the southeastern end of Agua Hedionda Lagoon ... Both NRG Energy and Carlsbad have been intensely interested in what the state will say about the project ... Joe Garuba, who is coordinating Carlsbad's response to the NRG proposal, said the city will be quite interested in what the report says. (North County Times)
