by The Editors on July 12, 2007
Thanks to rain during qualifying for last week’s Pepsi 400 at the Daytona Speedway, Carlsbad’s favorite NASCAR driver Boris Said and the SOBE/No Fear number 60 car were out of last Saturday’s race. NASCAR rules state that all cars much finish their qualifying runs, or the race seeding will be based on current points. Even though Said had qualified, rain cancelled the runs after only 39 of the 53 cars had taken to the track, according to the North County Times.
“I’m just disappointed; we worked really hard and probably would have won the pole,” the 44-year-old driver explained, showing his frustration. “We would have backed-up last year’s pole and would have shown (potential sponsors) what we can do.”
No word on when Said and the SOBE/No Fear car will race again.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 11, 2007
A small plane crash at McClellan-Palomar Airport on July 3, 2007 will probably delay the planned August 4 full-scale opening of Carlsbad’s new municipal golf course, The Crossings at Carlsbad, according to City Officials quoted in the North County Times.
. . . A further complication is that the plane’s insurance company has informed the city that it is refusing to pay for the repair work, City Attorney Ronald Ball said. Company officials told Carlsbad that the employee who initially said the company would cover the work didn’t have the authority to make that decision, Ball said.
The City has approved $750,000 for environmental cleanup work and fairway and cart path repair (bringing the total cost of the course up to $63.5 million) and are now looking into the possibility of opening part of the course while repair work continues.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 11, 2007
In the mid-90s when ex-Marine Dan Caulfield left the Corp he began getting calls from members of his old platoon who were looking for jobs. He got them all jobs within the week, according to a story by Linda McIntosh in the San Diego Union Tribune.
One employer was so happy with the Marine talent, he sent Caulfield a check for $3,000. That check planted the seeds of Hire A Hero. . . It uses the social networking power of the Internet to help transitioning military get jobs,” said Caulfield, executive director of Hire A Hero.
McIntosh says the network includes 5,000 military-friendly employers nationwide, including about 650 in California. For more information on Hire A Hero or to become a corporate sponsor, please visit HireAHero.com.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on July 9, 2007
According to the North County Times State Lifeguards recused a woman surfer from the rocks on South Ponto Beach.
The incident was reported at 3 p.m., as the woman and a man she was surfing with were attempting to return to the south side of the shore, which required moving against the current, authorities said. A wave then crashed into the woman, knocking her into jagged rocks, state lifeguard supervisor Brian Ketterer said.
She reportedly had lacerations on about 70 percent of her body and was taken to Scripps Encinitas Hospital.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 8, 2007
Today’s Carlsbad Triathlon, which basically took over all of Carlsbadistan for the day, was won by a Canadian. Yes, blame Canada. Michael Simpson of Vancouver, B.C. Canada took the swim, bike, run with an unofficial time of 1:07:03, a full two minutes faster than last year’s time set by Luke Bell.
For triathletes unaccustomed to ocean surf the set waves can be a problem. And there was some surf action inside. “The waves smoked me,” Simpson said after the race. “I was in second pretty much the whole swim and then as we were coming in I looked over and saw Michellie go sliding past me on a wave. I thought, no way.”
But that didn’t slow Simpson. He rolled the bike course right where he wanted to be. It wasn’t until the run that he got worried. Caue Suplicy moved passed him on the sea wall just out of the transition. “He surged and I said, when he fades I’m going to go and not look back for half a mile. I didn’t want to leave it up to the end. It’s more entertaining for the spectators, but I didn’t want to put myself through that. When I finally looked back he wasn’t there.”
For women’s winner (defending champ, Olympic medalist, and 2006 Iron Man World Champion) Michellie Jones the hardest part about winning her sixth Carlsbad Triathlon was rolling past her house on the bike. “I went past my driveway twice and each time the bike just wanted to turn in,” said the Carlsbadistanian. “But some of my neighbors were out so they cheered me on. The spectators were awesome today. And that really helps.”
A journalist asked Michellie how much longer she was going to be doing triathlons, she nodded her head toward her husband/coach/agent Pete Coulson and said, “You better ask him.”
Pete answered back, “As long as she wants to.” Then, after a second thought, “Or as long as her sponsor keeps letting her.”
Click the continue for more photos from the day (click the images to see them larger) and elite unofficial results.
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by The Editors on July 7, 2007
According to the North County Times workers are still busy cleaning up after the twin engine plane crashed into The Crossings at Carlsbad golf course.
Repairmen with San Diego Gas & Electric Co. have completed rebuilding the transmission tower damaged in the 6 a.m. crash just west of McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad. On Friday, working high above the golf course, they strung high-tension cables between the repaired towers. They are expected to finish by Sunday, said SDG&E spokeswoman Rachael Laing.
Killed in the crash was George Swink, 57, of Escondido and another man who has not yet been identified. A National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash is due out today.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 5, 2007
At approximately 2:30 PM July 5, 2007 a City of Carlsbad vehicle was involved in a collision with a white motorcycle at the intersection of Jefferson and Tamarack Blvd. The truck appears to have been traveling south on Jefferson when it came in contact with the motorcycle. The rider was strapped to a backboard and transported by emergency medical personnel.
We will have more details as we get them.
by The Editors on July 3, 2007
We saw the Enron doccumentary The Smartest Guys In the Room, so we know what it means when the utility companies start warning about a “stressed California electric grid.” But today there were other reasons to worry. The small plane that crashed while taking off at McClellan-Palomar Airport ripped out high voltage lines that reportedly left thousands of homes without electricity. And oddly at nearly the same time, yet unrelated to the crash, The Encina Powerplant (icon of our blog and City) went off line and dropped even more power from “the grid.”
Now meteorologists say we’re in for even more hot weather through Thursday.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning through Thursday for the county. The hot dry weather means an increase in fire danger and the potential for power woes. . . San Diego Gas and Electric officials are urging people to remember this slogan: Turn it off, put it off and turn it up.
We, of course, will be forced to open our windows and let the cool ocean breezes in while Carlsbad’s eastern front swelters. Ah, beach living. . .
[Link: NBC San Diego]
by The Editors on July 3, 2007
This morning at 5:30 AM a private plane taking off from McClellan-Palomar Airport hit powerlines and crashed onto the new The Crossings golf course, killing two people on board. The crash also started two brush fires that were still burning two hours after the crash.
Brian Dillard, a 33-year-old San Clemente resident, had just dropped his wife at work on Aston Avenue near College Boulevard and was on College heading toward Palomar Airport Road when he saw the crash. “From the corner of my eye, I saw an object very quickly. I thought maybe lightning hit because it was very foggy and then I heard an explosion,” Dillard said. “It was huge. The way the fire exploded, it exploded up and then spread. The sound wasn’t nearly as bad as the fire itself. There was no shaking or anything like that but it was enough to rattle me.”
According to the Associated Press the “twin-engine Beechcraft 90 turboprop was registered to Southwest Consulting Group in San Diego. The company specializes in “mechanical and electrical forensic engineering.”
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on July 3, 2007
The 20-year-old operator of Legoland’s Skyscraper Climb fell 25 feet Friday June 29th and suffered a broken right ankle, a splintered left heel and a fractured back and right wrist, according to Dean Fryer, spokesman for the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
The accident happened just after 6 p.m. Friday when the employee climbed close to the top of the outdoor 28-foot-high climbing wall. Fryer said it is not clear if the worker’s safety harness broke or if it was not connected properly. The agency is investigating the accident, he said.
Hmm, we wonder if there was any “free-soloing” going on?
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
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