by The Editors on May 5, 2008
We didn’t make it to the Carlsbad Street Faire this year, but we know tens of thousands did because we heard the streets of Carlsbadistan were lined with cars, again.
Luckily, for all of us, the North County Times was there.
Now in its 34th year, the street fair is, according to the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, the largest one-day street fair in the nation, boasting more than 100,000 visitors.
“It’s actually so popular that we get calls from out of state from people who’ve been to it before and want to plan their vacation around it,” said Angela Holman, director of communications for the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, organizers of the event.
Funny thing: we planned our vacation around it, too. But we planned to be gone. Let us know if we missed anything good.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on May 5, 2008
Jimmy E. Henriquez, 43, of Carlsbad was found dead inside his vehicle in Fontana, California according to a story in the San Bernardino Sun .
Fontana Sgt. Jeff Decker said Monday the death is “suspicious” but is not being treated as a homicide until a cause of death is determined. Jimmy E. Henriquez was found about 4 p.m. inside of his vehicle with “obvious signs of death,” according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner release.
[Link: San Bernardino Sun]
by The Editors on May 5, 2008
NAMM, the 107-year-old Carlsbad-based music trade association has created their own version of American Idol for people who’ve always wanted to make music, but never pursued their dream. It’s call the ‘Say You Wanna Play‘ contest and it’s being hosted on YouTube.
The contest is part of NAMM’s first annual National ‘Wanna Play Music Week,’ May 5-9, along with an array of activities to raise public awareness about the vital role that music and music education play in people’s lives, and how even recreational music making can directly affect the health and social well-being of people in all stages of life. The weeklong event is part of the association’s national ‘Wanna Play?’ public awareness campaign created to communicate the benefits of playing music to people of all ages.
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by The Editors on May 5, 2008
The biggest, most important tech conference (if you judge it by its attendees), D: All Things Digital will be back in Carlsbad at the Aviara Four Seasons Resort May 27-29, 2008.
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft. News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch. Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner. Yahoo’s Jerry Yang. . . . All of them engaged in roiling Internet deal-making of late and all of them in just three weeks on the same stage–but not, thankfully, at the same time.
Looks like this is going to be an even better party to crash than last year.
[Link: D: All Things Digital]
by The Editors on May 4, 2008
Carlsbad’s Ben Bourgeois slipped past the field of APS World Qualifying Tour surfers to snag the Nike 6.0 at Trestles yesterday.
“I was able to squeak by in the quarters and semis, but everything was coming my way and I was in good rhythm in the final,” he said afterward, in a calm tone you’d expect from a veteran who’d spent years on the Assn. of Surfing Professionals’ qualifying circuit.
Congrats, Benny.
[Link: LA Times]
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by The Editors on May 4, 2008
North County Times writer Sarah Gordon checks in with Amtrak Engineer Mike Guyer, who has been behind the control when his train has hit and killed nine people in the last 13 years, most were suicides like Jeffrey Samora.
Guyer said he tells engineers who are thinking of taking a job on the coastal line what nobody told him: “You’re moving to a place where you’re going to hit a lot of people. Know that the thing is going to take a little piece of you.”
Click the link to read the engaging, well-researched story. It will be worth your time.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on May 4, 2008
Carlsbad-based outdoor furniture maker Maku was recently listed in the Chicago Tribune as number 6 on a list of 20 ways to live green “Make the green scene part of your daily life with ideas that are both practical and chic”:
6 TAKE IT OUTSIDE: Maku, the Carlsbad, Calif.-based maker of contemporary earth-friendly outdoor furnishings of sustainable woods, is now here at Orange Skin, Chicago.
Congrats. It’s good to see local companies getting press for doing things well.
[Link: Chicago Tribune]
by The Editors on May 4, 2008
The Carlsbad Education Foundation’s Kids Are Worth A Million telethon held yesterday at Legoland has already raised $267,000 and the “phones haven’t even begun ringing,” thanks in part to a $120,000 donation from Legoland California.
“I give Legoland full credit for making this event such a huge success,” said Lisa Posard, President-Elect of the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. “In this time of financial crisis it is so important to have the support of our community. It is exciting to see everyone come together to rally around education!”
The Kids Are Worth A Million Telethon was taped before a live audience on Legoland California’s Fun Town Stage and will air Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m. on Time Warner Cable Channel 19.
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by The Editors on May 3, 2008
Self-help goddess Louise Hay, 81, is one of the best-selling women writers in history and her publishing company Hay House Publishing is based in Carlsbad.
The New York Times is featuring a comprehensive profile on the woman who is responsible for a self-improvement empire that works with some of the biggest names in the business.
Today the company turns out books, CDs, calendars and card decks by many of the titans of the large world that booksellers are now calling “Mind/Body/Spirit,” a category that includes the literature of psychics/intuitives, angel therapy, positive thinking, New Thought, water therapy and motivational speaking. Wayne Dyer, Suze Orman, Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Sylvia Browne and Doreen Virtue are all Hay House clients. Last year, Hay House — which is owned jointly by Louise Hay and the company president, Reid Tracy, 45 — sold 6.3 million products, taking in $100 million, 8 percent of which was profit.
Selling solutions to those who hunger for help sounds like a great market, huh? Click the link for the rest of the Hay House story.
[Link: New York Times]
by The Editors on May 3, 2008
Carlsbad HIgh School sophomore Michael Caraglio has written an opinion piece for the North County Times on the need for the City of Carlsbad to go smoke-free.
This is to all the citizens of Carlsbad who are wondering why Carlsbad has not passed a smoke-free ordinance like many other cities in San Diego County. I am really wondering, too. . . .My sister and I have been working on encouraging the city to pass such an ordinance for almost three years. . . .I am tired of hearing that there are more important items on the city council agenda. What could be more important than protecting its citizens from secondhand smoke and litter?
Michael, we agree completely. Wonder if it has anything to do with our “pro-smoking” Mayor and council members?
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
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