by The Editors on December 18, 2008
Guitarists Peter Pupping and Tim Holcombe along with the rest of the Peter Pupping Band will be playing a live Christmas concert on Saturday December 20, 2008 at the Carlsbad Village Theatre.
Peter is a multifaceted musician. He directed the MiraCosta College guitar program from fall of 1987 through spring of 1999. Today he frequently performs as a soloist and with various ensembles and leads the Peter Pupping Quartet on the GuitarSounds label. The quartet appears in concert regularly and performs classical & contemporary acoustic music including; world music (Spanish, Pop Flamenco, Brazilian Bossa Nova, Samba, Irish), light jazz and popular hits.
From the few riffs we’ve heard on this should be an amazing show (if it’s not already sold out).
The Peter Pupping Band, 8 PM, December 20, 2008, Carlsbad Village Theatre, 2822 State Street
[Link: Carlsbad Village Theatre via San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on December 18, 2008
A Carlsbadistan real estate company, Carlsbad Real Estate Group, LLC has been subpoenaed by The Colorado Division of Real Estate in Devner relating to “loan modification” issues, according to at story in the Denver Post.
Among the paperwork the division wants are documents used for marketing to Colorado consumers; lists of borrowers who have attempted loan modifications and the status of their cases; bank statements; copies of checks; and lists of mortgage lenders or mortgage services the companies have worked with.
While Traci Myers, the owner of Carlsbad Real Estate Group, LLC says she “doesn’t have anybody doing business in Colorado” and that she has “never done a loan modification, never done a short sale,” Colorado officials say it is “illegal to even solicit Colorado residents without being a state mortgage broker.
[Link: The Denver Post]
by The Editors on December 18, 2008
A new season of the ABC reality horror show The Bachelor returns to television on January 5, 2009 and a 24-year-old Carlsbadistan flight attendant named Naomi will be one of the women trying to win the heart of the shows new lonely guy (and former Bachelorette contestant) Jason Mesnick.
Naomi, who now lives in Austin, Texas is one of 20 girls who hopes to further her career by . . . well, ah, being on the show.
[Link: BuddyTV]
by The Editors on December 17, 2008
Now that TaylorMade-Adidas has completed the Ashworth purchase it’s obviously time for eliminating employee redundancies. Looks like that total comes to about 170 or 8 percent of the workforce, according to a story on Forbes.com.
The combined company has just over 2,000 employees. Both companies had been based in Carlsbad, Calif. . . . TaylorMade spokesman Scott Leightman said the job reductions would occur over the next 12 months through cuts and attrition.
Happy Holidays!
[Link: Forbes.com]
by The Editors on December 17, 2008
It’s nice to know that no matter what projects the City of Carlsbad considers in future years (Swim complex, skateboard parks) they will always be trumped by sinking more money into the Lossings-At-Carlsbad.
Last night the Carlsbad City Council agreed unanimously to spend $1.6 million on the course next year, in addition to the losses already budgeted for, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Councilman Mark Packard said the council expected the course to break even after five to seven years, and then turn a profit. He said that may take longer with the recession. “I think it would be way premature to walk away from it at this point,” Packard said.
Mark Tanner, the former CFO for the 2002 Winter Olympics and Pepsico International spoke some sense at the meeting. “Sometimes when you make a wrong decision . . . you have to go back and change the decision,” Tanner said.
Exactly.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on December 17, 2008
Yesterday evening at about 5:20 PM a male pedestrian was hit and killed while walking on El Camino Real near Cannon Road by a 19-year-old Carlsbad man, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
A Carlsbad police officer noticed cars ahead of him swerving to miss the man, who was lying in the road. Police said the officer administered CPR until paramedics arrived and pronounced the man dead. . . .Rawson said police are looking for witnesses who may have seen the crash. He said it doesn’t appear speed or alcohol use by the driver were factors. Anyone who saw the crash was asked to call Carlsbad police at (760) 931-2100.
The name of the deceased has not been released by police.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on December 15, 2008
by The Editors on December 13, 2008
Forbes Magazine just released its list of the 10 Most Influential Athletes and Carlsbadistan resident Tony Hawk weighed in at number three behind Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong and ahead of Peyton Manning, Shaq, and several Nascar drivers. Here’s what they said:
This month, Hawk competed in the All ’80s All Day Vert Challenge, his first competition in eight years. Fittingly, the man who won many times during his storied career came out on top again. Hawk’s influence is evident in the popularity of the videogame franchise named after him. The skater also owns his own film and TV production company.
Congrats, Tony. We’re just proud that you call Carlsbad home.
[Link: Forbes]
by The Editors on December 13, 2008
According to a story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Carlsbad couple Melanie and Phil Sheridan (both 35) were thinking about having another child (they already have six year old Tyler shown right) but when Melanie lost her job they decided to hold off for a while.
“People tell me not to let money stop us from having a baby, that everything works itself out in the end,” Melanie said. “That may be true, but right now having another baby feels more like a strain than the blessing it’s supposed to be.”
Apparently, they are not alone. “For three-quarters of a century, economic downturns have triggered declines in the U.S. fertility rate,” the article says. Maybe we don’t need that new high school after all. . .
[Link: Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
by The Editors on December 13, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s $74 million golf course continues to miss it’s budeting marks losing ground in nearly every metric, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The course, The Crossings at Carlsbad, was projected to lose $893,428 in 2008, an amount the council approved last year. That loss ballooned to $1.6 million, however, and the budget projects a similar loss in 2009. . . . The course made less money than projected – $6.4 million as opposed to $6.6 million – and cost more to operate – $5.9 million as opposed to $5.6 million.
Next year tax payers may be asked to kick in another $1.6 million. Then again with the economy going south and unemployment growing, people may have a lot more time to golf in the coming year.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
Guitarists Peter Pupping and Tim Holcombe along with the rest of the Peter Pupping Band will be playing a live Christmas concert on Saturday December 20, 2008 at the Carlsbad Village Theatre.
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