by The Editors on November 20, 2007
According to the North County Times, construction has begun on a brand spanking new terminal at the McClellan-Palomar Airport that will apparently replace the shack and two mobile homes that currently comprise the airport’s facilities.
The $26 million terminal will be six times larger than Palomar’s existing facility and will include larger and more technologically advanced ticketing and baggage screening areas, a more spacious lobby, a boarding lounge, a restaurant and three new parking lots, according to a conceptual plan posted on the airport Web site. . . A new 420-space parking lot will be built nearby to replace those covered by the new building. Taken together with two existing parking lots, the airport will have more than 700 spots when the project is complete.
The construction is scheduled to be completed by December 2009. We’re just hoping the parking stays free and the casual atmosphere is not completely lost. There really is nothing better than skipping Lindberg Field entirely.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 20, 2007
Barbara Logan, the mother of Logan Earth Ski founders Brian and Bruce Logan died of breast cancer Saturday November 17, 2007 in Oceanside. She was 79 years old according to a story in the North County Times.
Anyone who grew up dreaming of traveling to Carlsbad to ride the world’s first concrete skateboard park knows all about the Logan Earth Ski brand and that is thanks in a large part to Barbara.
Logan steered her three sons and daughter toward skateboarding and served as the bookkeeper and administrator of the family business. . . . The Logan Earth Ski brand of solid oak skateboards was a top-seller in the 1970s, when the advent of urethane wheels catapulted skateboarding’s popularity as a competitive sport . . . Logan’s survivors include three sons, Brian, of Vista; Bruce, of Carlsbad; and Brad, of Oceanside; a daughter, Robin Logan, of Palm Desert and four grandchildren. The family is planning private memorial services Dec. 1 in Oceanside.”
Our thoughts are with the entire Logan family.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 17, 2007
We got a Carlsbadistan news tip this morning letting us know of a notice that was added to the Tamarack Surf Beach sign on November 8. Apparently, California State Parks has filed a permit (#6-07-111) with the California Coastal Commission to install “an automated fee collection device in the Tamarack day use lot.” We know that in the past there have been some issues with the Tamarack parking lot and that the City of Carlsbad has paid tens of thousands of dollars to keep if free.
California Parks and Rec filed for a permit to build a “mechanical fee collection device” in the Tamarack parking lot in 1997, but that application was postponed when the Coastal Commission met on May 13, 1997.
We’re hoping this “fee collection device” is simply a tactic being used by California State Parks to encourage the City of Carlsbad to ante up, because if the Tamarack Surf Beach becomes paid parking, all it’s going to do is push all those people up into the streets of Carlsbadistan and that is not something we’re looking forward to.
by The Editors on November 17, 2007
While it’s hard to imagine a time when Bud Lewis wasn’t the mayor of Carlsbad, apparently, way back in 1982 Mary Helen Casler was elected a served a four-year term. Casler died last week. She was 87. Her life is celebrated in an article in the North County Times.
As mayor, Casler was known for her work on Carlsbad’s landmark Growth Management Plan, which dictates how many homes and parks are built in Carlsbad to this day, colleagues said. Casler, a retired librarian, also helped establish Carlsbad’s Arts Commission served on the state Coastal Commission.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 17, 2007
The railroad tracks are getting new ties and this weekend they’re going in under the rails at Tamarack. For that reason Tamarack will be closed between Jefferson and Garfield from Friday the 16th at 9 PM until Sunday the 18th at 5 PM. And while we were a little bummed about the idea at first, now that it’s closed we kind of like the way it cuts Carlsbadistan off from all those outsiders. Now, if we could just shut down Carlsbad Village Drive and PCH we’d have a wonderful walking Village.
[Editors’ Note: The workers cranked it out so fast that the street was only closed one day. Thanks for all the hard work.]
by The Editors on November 13, 2007
Tonight, according to the North County Times, the “Trustees of Carlsbad Unified School District are expected to approve three high school design and construction contracts totaling more than $5 million.”
The contracts include: $4.28 million in design fees to the architectural firm Perkins + Will; $150,000 in preliminary construction planning to McCarthy Building Companies; $322,240 in preliminary construction planning to Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc.
This spending is all part of the the approved Proposition P that “authorized the district to sell $198 million in school construction bonds.” It’s nice to see money being spent on education, so go crazy with it.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 10, 2007
The San Diego Sheriff confirmed that an injured 28-year-old man was found near the tracks at Acacia Street in Carlsbad.
The Sheriff’s Department is investigating whether a man who was found seriously injured on the railroad tracks in Carlsbad was struck by a train. . . . The 28-year-old was found lying on the west side of the tracks near Acacia Avenue at 2:40 a.m. [November 10], a sheriff’s news release said. There is no railroad crossing where the man was found.
According to a Carlsbadistan news tipster the man survived, however, his arm had been severed.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on November 9, 2007
Talk about a case of bad gas:
A houseckeeper discovered two semi-conscious guests in a motel room Friday afternoon. The subsequent discovery of a carbon monoxide leak led firefighters to quickly evacuate the Marriott Residence Inn, said Battalion Chief Jeff Sprague of the Carlsbad Fire Department.
The out-of-state guests who were supposed to checkout of the Faraday Road Marriott this morning were found in their beds around 2 PM. It appears that a water heater vent pipe had come loose and filled their room with carbon monoxide. The couple were extremely disoriented when hospitalized, but “are expected to fully recover.”
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 7, 2007
We mentioned this story on October 21st, however, now the official news has been released. Legoland plans an expansion that will include a “two-story aquarium and Indiana Jones-like adventure in 1920s Egypt” according to a story in the San Diego Union Tribune.
Nick Varney, CEO of Legoland parent Merlin Entertainments Group, said yesterday that the Sea Life center will be a place that allows children to “explore, touch and ultimately gain empathy” with the underwater world.
Fish on, fish on. . .
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on October 31, 2007
The LA Times Daily Travel & Deal Blog is reporting that Legoland will be unveiling expansion plans in the “coming days” outlining a whole new section of the park called “Land of Adventure.”
Land of Adventure, set to open in March 2008, will feature four new family attractions:
* Lost Kingdom Adventure – The park’s first dark ride
* Beetle Bouncers – A bounce and drop tower ride
* Cargo Ace – Kids pilot their own plane
* Pharaoh’s Revenge – Jump and “catapult” into a foam ball pit (hopefully parents get to make the plunge as well)
This is in addition to the new aquarium that they’ve been asking permission to build. But will it still be the quaint little park we know and love?
[Link: LA Times]
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