Norbert Weakens To Category 1 Hurricane Oct 12, 2008
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico -- Hurricane Norbert has weakened to a Category 1 storm after sweeping across Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to flee flooded homes ... Winds uprooted palm trees, and the rain flooded streets with knee-high water in the town of Puerto San Carlos. (Click2Houston, TX)
Mexico: Hurricane Norbert strengthens to Category 3 Oct 12, 2008
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico As Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, it gathered strength overnight and was classified as a Category 3 hurricane early Saturday ... Paula Lucero Aviles set out with six children and four other adults in a small fishing boat Friday when they got a cell phone call warning them to return to the port of San Carlos, where the skies had already turned dark with the hurricane's approach. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hurricane hits Baja Oct 12, 2008
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes ... Winds bent palm trees and some streets were in knee-deep water in the town of Puerto San Carlos. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Vacation nightmares Oct 3, 2008
We checked in, dropped off our bag and made our way to San Carlos by bus. We asked a gentleman what people did there for fun. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Police investigate shooting of woman in EPA Sep 22, 2008
East Palo Alto police are investigating the shooting of a 24-year-old San Carlos woman early Saturday morning. A report of an automobile collision in the 2200 block of University Avenue at about 2:20 a.m. led officers to find Sheron Thomas, who had been shot and was being attended to by Menlo Park Fire Protection District personnel. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Can Silicon Valley Reinvent The Car? Sep 18, 2008
Can Silicon Valley Reinvent The Car. Letter From Silicon ValleyCan Silicon Valley Reinvent The Car. (Forbes -- Technology)
Tesla plans Silicon Valley electric car factory Sep 17, 2008
September 17, 2008 in. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith. (Scientific American)
XOJet reduces fuel surcharges Sep 14, 2008
The San Carlos business, led by CEO Paul Touw, cut the surcharges on its on-demand flights, saying the cuts could shave $1,000 off of a round trip across the continent. XOJet sells trips on small eight-person jets under three different schemes, including partial ownership of an aircraft. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Competing for Palo Alto fields Sep 11, 2008
San Carlos, for example, requires field users to meet 90 percent resident quotas, and Redwood City only allows youth to play on its school-district fields, Redwood City Recreation Manager Eric Newby said. The new policy proposes nine categories, beginning with official city and school-district programs and ending with organizations that have violated the policy in the past. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Playing The Role Of Gov. Sarah Palin Sep 11, 2008
Palin won the contest to be Miss Wasilla in Alaska, and Granholm won the Miss San Carlos contest when she was growing up in California. Palin worked as sports reporter for two Anchorage television stations, while Granholm briefly pursued an acting career and appeared on "The Dating Game.". (W-USA News, DC)
Michael Gordon Meyer Sep 4, 2008
Donations in memory of Michael Meyer can be made to: Youth and Family Services, 610 Elm Street, Suite 212, San Carlos, CA 94070, or on-line at. Copyright. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Guinivire M. Jones Sep 4, 2008
Ms. Jones had her own business, Bird Things, in San Carlos from 1997 to 2003. She moved to Half Moon Bay in 2004 to be close to her horses and friends. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Few comments on Caltrain fare increase Sep 4, 2008
Proposed Caltrain fare increases have not generated much public comment, but the public will have another opportunity to speak up at a hearing Thursday in San Carlos, Caltrain officials said ... The public hearing on the fare increases is 11 a.m. Thursday at Caltrain's central office in San Carlos, 1250 San Carlos Ave.. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Lady & The Biplane Aug 31, 2008
When she was taking flying lessons in San Carlos, Dash's instructor took her and other student pilots to the air races in Reno. "After watching them race for 10 minutes," Dash says, "I wanted to learn how to do that.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Menlo Park Artist Tiffany Birch in Reception at Niko Lighting Aug 22, 2008
(PRNewsFoto/T. Birch Studio) SAN CARLOS, CA UNITED STATES ... Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Menlo Park Artist Tiffany Birch announces her opening reception, Lighting up with Art, scheduled Friday, September 12, 2008 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Niko Lighting in San Carlos, California ... Her move to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2002 fueled her passion for art as she worked not only with private and corporate clients but also with children, teaching them art through special programs for the Charter... (PR Newswire)
Airlines push for homegrown jet fuel Aug 16, 2008
Chemist Emma Kate Payne displays a fuel sample created from algae at LiveFuels in San Carlos, Calif ... Charity DeLuca, VP of Research Relations at LiveFuels in San Carlos, Calif ... Despite its promise, it will be years before algae biofuel could be sold at a price that would make sense to an airline, said Dave Jones, co-founder of LiveFuels, an algae fuel startup in San Carlos, Calif. (North County Times)
Joanne Lee To Transfer to Cal Aug 12, 2008
"Joanne is one of the most experienced Northern California players, having played in her third straight U.S. Open this summer and being an All-Pac-10 selection as a freshman at USC. Being from San Carlos, Cal is the right place for Joanne as she continues a promising collegiate career.". Lee posted a 74. (Calbears.com)
Police Blotter: August 11, 2008 Aug 11, 2008
Erol Akchurin, 52, of San Carlos, was arrested by the Yuba County Sheriff's Department at 1:42 p.m. Aug. 9 on the Yuba River, north of Parks Bar, on suspicion of possession of narcotics. He was booked into Yuba County Jail. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
$10 million invested in Zap electric cars Aug 8, 2008
A spokeswoman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger noted that California recently stepped up to create incentives to help Tesla Motors, a San Carlos firm that makes electric roadsters costing upward of $60,000, manufacture in the state rather than New Mexico. "Encouraging business to come to California is a top priority of the governor," said spokeswoman Camille Anderson. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Video exclusive: An interview with Pat Briggs Aug 7, 2008
The Palo Alto Police Department has said she did not mention the traveler's checks until two people were arrested a week later in San Carlos trying to spend the checks. Briggs admitted she made mistakes, including failing to keep track of the numbers and amounts of the traveler's checks in multiple places. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Science's awesome challenge: Creating artificial life Aug 5, 2008
Such a cell would be ``unrelated to any existing life form on Earth,'' Szostak said. Other experts, however, said it might take decades or centuries before scientists would be able to ``create life from scratch,'' as the quest is colloquially known. (Anchorage Daily News)
Len Materman selected to head SF Creek agency Jul 26, 2008
Materman, a San Carlos resident, will start his job in early August, and will be the JPA's second executive director ... He more recently served on the Flooding, Land-Use and Creeks Ad Hoc Advisory Committee (FLUC) for San Carlos ... He unsuccessfully ran for the San Carlos City Council in 2005. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Home sales up, inventory index down statewide Jul 26, 2008
07 million; San Carlos, $1. 02 million; Danville, $965,000; Santa Barbara, $950,000. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
C&S Wholesale Grocers Selects DemandTec to Improve Vendor Collaboration on Trade Deals Jul 23, 2008
Leading supermarket distributor expects operational and financial gains SAN CARLOS, Calif. July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DemandTec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ), a leading provider of on-demand optimization solutions for retailers and consumer products manufacturers, today announced that Cesale Grocers, the nation's second largest supermarket wholesaler, entered into an agreement to subscribe to DemandTec's Deal Management software service in order to help automate its vendor deal management process,... (PR Newswire)
Shopping, medical centers 'key to PA economy' Jul 16, 2008
The rest of us go to Mountain View and RWC or TJ Max in San Carlos. Posted by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Man shot in downtown PA street robbery Jul 15, 2008
As a law abiding citizen we are becoming afraid to go out of our homes, even areas that are considered as safe areas: San Carlos, Burlingame and Palo Alto. Our Federal Gov't needs to issue more $ to our local agencies. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
In US, women kick aside a taboo Jul 6, 2008
On Jan. 20, 1994, Celestina left her small town of San Carlos Sija for the United States, following the path of relatives. With no legal papers, she traveled by land, paying a coyote - a person who smuggles immigrants - in Tijuana 15,000 quetzals, about $2,000, to guide her into California. (Boston Globe)
Electric automobiles 2.0 Jul 4, 2008
Electric cars could be poised for comeback. Electric cars could be poised for comeback. (AZCentral -- Business)
Schwarzenegger boosts electric cars Jul 2, 2008
Arnold Schwarzenegger inspects a Tesla Roadster Monday at Tesla Motors in San Carlos, Calif ... California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking at Tesla's headquarters in San Carlos, Calif. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Moth quarantine area spreads through county Jul 1, 2008
That plant material could contain moth caterpillars, she said, so a Coastsider doing something as benign as bringing flowers to a loved one in San Carlos, could actually be spreading a destructive agricultural pest. Copyright. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Tesla To Build In California Jul 1, 2008
(06-30) 14:17 PDT San Carlos, Calif. (AP). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Tesla to build new electric sedan in Bay Area Jun 30, 2008
The San Carlos company had been widely expected to build its new manufacturing facility in New Mexico, which reportedly had dangled an incentive package worth $7 million. But the firm instead chose California because it offered a pair of its own financial incentives: a sales tax exemption on the purchase of manufacturing equipment and grants for training its new employees, state officials said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Report: Sacramento home prices fell 34% in May Jun 26, 2008
06 million; Rancho Palos Verdes, $950,000 and San Carlos, $900,000. Folsom had the state's 10th-highest price increase, of 0. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Coroner identifies man killed by train Friday Jun 10, 2008
The man who was struck and killed by a Caltrain late Friday afternoon in Mountain View has been identified by the Santa Clara County Coroner's office as David Unguran, 42, of San Carlos. Caltrain reported that Unguran was seen to have jumped from some bushes north of the San Antonio Road station into the path of a northbound train at 4:20 p.m.. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
TIMELINE: Children's Theatre investigation Jun 6, 2008
June 23, 2007 Abraham Esquivias Torres and Maria Diaz arrested in San Carlos for attempting to cash traveler's checks stolen from the Children's Theatre. June 25, 2007 San Carlos Police Department contacts Briggs to see if she was missing traveler's checks; San Carlos PD also faxes case report about Diaz/Torres incidents. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Theater investigation focused on 'skimming' Jun 4, 2008
We reported extensively on the burglary starting March 7 when there was a link to this U-Haul van and the traveler's checks arrests in San Carlos. We also have quoted the attorneys for Briggs and Litfin in several articles, representing their clients' views and positions. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Former San Carlos mayor gets 45 days May 28, 2008
Former San Carlos mayor sentenced to 45 days. Article:Former San Carlos mayor sentenced to 45 days:/n/a/2008/05/27/state/n125927D21 ... DTL Article:Former San Carlos mayor sentenced to 45 days:/n/a/2008/05/27/state/n125927D21. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
From biotech star to mental health advocate May 24, 2008
But in a turnaround as complete as career changes can be, she now works for a San Carlos nonprofit agency whose mission is to yield control to the people it serves. Robbins-Roth is a parent advocate at the Turning Point Program, a private agency that helps families with children suffering from mental illness. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Menlo Park house destroyed in three-alarm fire May 18, 2008
To the Automatic Aid Firefighters from Redwood City, Woodside, Palo Alto and San Carlos Belmont - Thank you for the assistance. To the homeowners - We're all glad your ok and were not in the house. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Desormeaux riding high again May 15, 2008
"Having ridden three Derby winners, Desormeaux is now in the company of legendary jockeys such as Willie Shoemaker, Angel Cordero, Gary Stevens, and Eddie Arcaro.But it has been anything but a smooth trip for the 38-year-old Desormeaux, who began riding quarter horses at Acadiana Downs, a track near his home run by his father, Harris."I was overconfident," said Desormeaux of a decade-long run in Maryland and California. He once won 598 races (in Maryland in 1989), still a record for victories in... (Boston Globe)
Theater's criminal probe to be dropped? May 14, 2008
Tim#2 Am I not supposed to believe that the San Carlos police found thousands of dollars worth of travelers checks either. PACT didnt report that. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
James and Becky Morgan May 14, 2008
"My husband was working for a company in Burbank called Dalmo Victor, and they asked him to relocate temporarily to San Carlos. What was supposed to be four months at first turned into six and we figured, 'Well, we might as well move,'" Becky explained. Before she began serving on the Palo Alto board of education in 1973, Becky taught a number of adult-education courses, and worked as a substitute teacher. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Gas prices inspire family to make change May 11, 2008
Not many 1999 sedans turn heads on the road, but Karen Gay's car does. It's the decals on the sides and back that say "electric," with a letter C trailing into a cord and plug. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car May 3, 2008
The next store is to open in a couple months near Tesla's headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of San Carlos, where the car was developed with venture capital of more than $40 million from such investors as Google Inc. founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. More stores are planned for Chicago, New York and other cities by early next year. (North County Times)
Trio with punk hairdos behind theater burglary? May 2, 2008
On June 20, Maria de Jesus Diaz, 20, Torres' girlfriend at the time, rented a U-Haul van from the former Amigo Market in East Palo Alto so she and Torres could drive to Redwood City and San Carlos to spend the traveler's checks ... Torres and Diaz were arrested June 23, less than a week after the burglary, after trying to cash the traveler's checks in San Carlos and Redwood City. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
City fields questions about library plans May 2, 2008
" $4 MILLION for College Terrace but not enough for the other branches?? Where are the city's priorities? It's time to drop a branch or two. Actually, the time to drop them was $4,000,000 ago. Posted by too many branches, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 30, 2008 at 11:58 pm The College Terrace library has always been a marginal operation in an out-of-the-way part of town. How on Earth does it warrant $4 million in improvements? But then I suppose nowadays you can't build an... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
NuGEN Awarded ISO 13485:2003 Medical Devices Certification Apr 23, 2008
NuGEN Technologies, Inc. (), based in San Carlos, CA, is focused on the development and commercialization of sensitive, rapid, and high-throughput nucleic acid amplification and labeling systems to enable the comprehensive analysis and discovery of biological mechanisms, cellular responses, and disease pathologies ... San Carlos, California. (BusinessWire)
EPA man admits role in June Children's Theatre burglary Apr 23, 2008
On March 7, the Weekly reported that Torres' had been arrested in San Carlos on Saturday, June 23, 2007, for trying to cash traveler's checks apparently stolen from the Children's Theatre in a burglary the prior weekend ... On March 10, Police Chief Lynne Johnson said Torres "didn't provide much information. "We have moved on to more pressing things in the investigation rather than that," she told the Weekly. On March 19, Palo Alto detectives interviewed Torres at San Mateo County Jail in... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Diver Memorial Unveiled At San Carlos Beach Apr 19, 2008
The memorial at San Carlos beach in Monterey is dedicated to 10 divers, two of whom died. The divers were instrumental in the foundation of the sardine industry in Monterey as they worked to lay the piping that carried sardines from the ships to the canneries. (KSBW 8, CA)
Jane Freeman Hauser Apr 10, 2008
and Vivian Farris (Cameron) of San Carlos, Calif. She also is survived by great-grandchildren, Bryan Noah Ferretti, Gabriela Ferretti, and Ethan Thomas of Pacifica, California. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Female casino execs find career paths Mar 29, 2008
"I saw the financial opportunity for the nation," said Clark, whose mother also is a Yavapai-Apache Nation member and whose father belongs to the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Like most tribal casinos, Cliff Castle, which opened in 1995, has channeled money to state and community services as well as to tribal businesses. (AZCentral -- Business)
Just who is the ugly American? Mar 20, 2008
Deputies stopped a 56-year-old San Carlos woman after witnesses told them the woman was driving drunk. The woman flunked field sobriety tests and was taken to county jail. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Children's Theatre to be open this summer Mar 16, 2008
That van hadn't been rented since it was used by a couple arrested in San Carlos for attempting to use the checks a month earlier, Johnson said. The East Palo Alto man, Abraham Torres, 21, pleaded no contest March 7 to charges of commercial burglary and unauthorized use of personal information. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
* The new mother of invention Mar 16, 2008
For instance, there is already an all-electric car made by Tesla Motors of San Carlos, California - going into production Monday - that promises to achieve more than 42. 51km per liter. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Your weekend Mar 15, 2008
Hotel San Carlos hosts 80th Anniversary Celebration ... The historic Hotel San Carlos is celebrating with several live performances in the Copper Door restaurant and lounge, during brunch, lunch and dinner. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Wireless not coming to Palo Alto anytime soon Mar 10, 2008
Covad said it could only manage one test site and selected San Carlos, rather than Palo Alto, because the city is already a Covad customer and San Carlos provides the desired mix of potential business customers, Fearey said ... After the three-month San Carlos test, Metro Connect might explore broadening the number of services and the geographic area served, Fearey said. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
EXCLUSIVE REPORT:Details of Children's Theatre thefts disclosed Mar 8, 2008
and Southern California or to perform in Georgia -- turned up in San Carlos less than a week after the apparent break-in and resulted in the arrest of a young couple who tried to cash them ... On June 23, San Carlos police arrested the young couple trying to cash traveler's checks. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Theater-burglary trail leads to U-Haul vans Mar 8, 2008
Before 8 a.m. that Saturday in June, Abraham Esquivias Torres of East Palo Alto and Maria de Jesus Diaz of Menlo Park, both 20, were spotted sitting in a U-Haul truck in the parking lot of a San Carlos Longs drug store, according to a police report obtained by the Weekly. San Carlos police had received a tip minutes earlier that two persons matching their descriptions had attempted to use suspicious traveler's checks and perhaps a stolen credit card at another drug store, Walgreens, several... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Tesla: Little electric roadster that could Mar 4, 2008
By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY SAN CARLOS, Calif ... The sports car from San Carlos-based Tesla Motors has European sex appeal with power to match that defies the image of electric vehicles as poky carts for golf courses or senior villages. (USA Today -- Autos)
Stephen Abbors to head open-space district Feb 22, 2008
The district currently extends from south of Los Gatos to San Carlos and from the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean in San Mateo County. It has acquired nearly 60,000 acres of dedicated open-space lands. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Their mission is truly an international effort Feb 19, 2008
but considers San Carlos, Calif. his hometown, where he graduated from San Carlos High School in 1980. (The Citizen - online, TX)
Frankel trainee Champs Elysees to try Big Cap Feb 17, 2008
Owned by Mercedes Stable and trained by Vladimir Cerin for most of his career, Publication was second in such races as the 2003 Triple Bend Handicap and 2004 San Carlos Handicap and was third in the 2004 Churchill Downs Handicap. A closer, Publication was fourth in the 2001 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Belmont Park, finishing 3 1/4 lengths behind the victorious Johannesburg as a 103-1 outsider. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Santa Anita puts track in spotlight with horses Feb 17, 2008
Today's 10-race card features the $150,000, Grade II San Carlos Handicap, which has drawn a field of seven accomplished sprinters for the seven-furlong run. Surf Cat, who won the event in 2006, is the 9-5 opening-line favorite, with Greg's Gold, winner of the Pat O'Brien Handicap and narrowly beaten runner-up in the Bing Crosby Handicap last summer at Del Mar, the 5-2 second choice. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
DRF: Johnny Eves tackles tougher in San Carlos Feb 16, 2008
Johnny Eves tackles tougher in San Carlos ... - As far as grades are concerned, Johnny Eves, the winner of the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes on Dec. 26, should be taking a drop in class in the Grade 2 San Carlos Handicap on Saturday at Santa Anita ... The field for the $150,000 San Carlos Handicap features two other Grade 1 winners - Circular Quay (2006 Hopeful Stakes) and Greg's Gold (2005 Bing Crosby Handicap) - as well as Surf Cat, the winner of three consecutive Grade 2 stakes in 2006. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Grade 2 San Carlos a start point for Greg's Gold Feb 15, 2008
The campaign starts in the $150,000 San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita on Saturday, a Grade 2 race over seven furlongs that should be an ample test. The field of seven includes Johnny Eves, winner of the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes over seven furlongs here in December; the four-time stakes winner Surf Cat; and Circular Quay, winner of the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby last March. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
