by The Editors on February 12, 2008
According to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times, work is going well on that huge Tamarack sink hole that opened up in the ground on January 7, 2008.
“Things are progressing pretty well,” Carlsbad Water District Director Mark Stone said as he discussed what’s estimated to be a $625,000 repair job. . . Danny Blosch, project manager for Don Hubbard Contracting Co. of San Marcos, said there is suspicion that a storm drain in the area may have played a part, so they’re digging it up. They’re also reworking the storm water system in the area so the pipe won’t be in the canyon, he added.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on February 1, 2008
Our Carlsbadistan Legoland park may not be owned by the company that founded it, but that doesn’t stop us from celebrating a little knowing that our favorite locking block company has turned the ripe old age of 50. Lego blocks have become metaphor for so much more than kids toys. They have changed the way software is developed, the way pre-fab housing is manufactured, and much, much, more. They’ve even changed our afternoon traffic patterns thanks to the daily Cannon Road cluster.
The basic eight-stud red Lego brick was first sold in Denmark in 1949. But it took a further nine years for Ole Kirk’s son, Godtfred Kirk, to file the patent for the versatile “Automatic Binding Brick” with its interlocking 2×4 studs. The plastic bricks are part of a unique system: tiny tubes inside give the knobs on top of other blocks more places to grip. They hold together well but can be taken apart easily by a child. And consistency has been key: the bricks produced today have the same bumps and holes, and can still interlock with those produced back in 1958. Fifty years on and the Lego Group is the world’s fifth largest toymaker in terms of sales, after Mattel, Hasbro, Bandai and MGA Entertainment.
Click the link below for Time Magazine’s coverage of this big birthday.
[Link: Time]
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
A broken down North County Transit District bus got a needed tow from the top of the Carlsbadistan sea wall tonight a about 5:25 PM. We wondered how a bus gets towed. Now we know.
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
After holding police at bay in his Spoonbill Lane home for nearly four hours yesterday afternoon an 82-year-old Carlsbad man finally collapsed on his bed and was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
It all began with a confusing 911 call from the man, who said he was in trouble and needed help, Cain said. . . Dispatchers determined the man was possibly suffering from dementia and eventually got his wife on the phone, and she told them he had just pointed a handgun at her, Cain said.
Thanksfully, no one was hurt and because of the situation police do not plan on filing criminal charges.
[Link: Fox6.com]
by The Editors on January 23, 2008
According to a story in the North County Times, a group shot of eight former La Costa Canyon boys water polo team members (as well as players from other high schools in Southern California) have appeared on several “Internet pornography” sites lately and officials are trying to find out how they got there.
The photos caught widespread attention after the Orange County Register reported Saturday that water polo players from least 11 Orange County high schools as well as schools in Los Angeles and San Diego counties appeared on five Web pornography sites geared for gay viewers. . . . La Costa Canyon athletic director John Labeta said the photo of the Mavericks players posing poolside in their swimsuits appears to be five to seven years old. None of the players still attends the school, he said.
Oh, the horrors. . .
[Link: North County Times and Orange County Register]
by The Editors on January 20, 2008
The Union-Tribune explains exactly why our hometown is such a great place to visit and live, but they’re not talking about downtown Carlsbadistan, no they’re talking about everything east of I-5 (is that possible?).
It’s 66 degrees on a shimmering day in the middle of January. . . This could be any coastal city in San Diego County, which is what makes the region fertile ground for tourism. . . But this is Carlsbad, and what has made Carlsbad an exceptional tourist draw among its peers is not what’s going on west of the sandy beach, but east of it. . . Being in North County is a plus, too, said David Brundley, an international hospitality and marketing consultant based in Carlsbad. “Carlsbad has got a great location, and it benefits that it’s not downtown San Diego, but it’s not that far away,” Brundley said.
Of course, we all know this, but if you want to freshen up on how great Carlsbad is, read the rest of the story.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on January 17, 2008
We mourned the loss of frequent Carlsbadistan visitor Ike Turner when he was found dead in his bed on December 12, 2007. And we were even more bummed to find that the San Marcos Medical Examiner’s office reported on January 15, 2008 that Turner died of an apparent “accidental cocaine overdose.” Let’s just say this, anyone who is still doing blow at 76 is seriously living on the edge. And that’s apparently where Ike liked it. Rock on.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on January 16, 2008
The beautiful center dividers on Carlsbadistan’s section of Coast Highway got an upgrade yesterday as workers installed a new layer of bark chips in front of the Falling Palms Hotel. And it looks much better, even if the bark will float out into the street during the next winter storm.
by The Editors on January 10, 2008
[Editors’ Note: Carlsbadistan reader Regis Weber pointed out that the LA Times has made an adjustment to the story we originally linked to here with the words: “FOR THE RECORD: Beaches: An article in Thursday’s Section A on the state budget mistakenly said that several Southern California beaches were among the state parks Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes to close. State beaches in Southern California would remain open under the governor’s recommendations, but the number of lifeguards would be cut 50%.]
According to a story in the LA Times, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is today expected to propose shutting 48 state parks — including Carlsbad State Beach as part of his solution to the state’s fiscal crisis.
The cuts, described by officials familiar with the governor’s proposals, are so deep that some in the Capitol are already dismissing the plan as a ruse — an attempt to stir up so much public demand for a tax hike that the governor will ultimately be able to break his pledge not to take that route.
We guess the upside would be no pay parking meter at the Tamarack Beach parking lot.
[Link: Los Angles Times]
by The Editors on January 8, 2008
RV’s were enough of a money pit in the first place without the ground opening underneath them. But that’s exactly what happened at an RV storage lot in Calavera Hills (off Tamarack) when a 70-foot-deep sink hole opened in the ground overnight.
Steve Plyler, water superintendent for the Carlsbad Water District, said an 8-inch water pipe burst at about 7:30 p.m. Monday, punching a hole through a concrete retaining wall that holds up the hillside asphalt driveway and causing the pavement to drop away. “We’re still trying to ascertain exactly what happened,” Plyler said. “But it’s pretty clear that the pipe burst.”
Until this gets fixed no RVs will be able to enter or leave the facility. In fact, the live in caretaker Andy Masters is stuck there.
[Link: North County Times]
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