As we’ve mentioned many times before, but we hate it when people park their RVs out on the street for days, weeks, and months on end. We dislike it even more when they park them, live in them, and then repeatedly relieve themselves in nearby foliage. It’s ugly and the stink of urine and feces is both noxious and unsanitary.
Luckily, after years of complaints, the City of Carlsbad is attempting to do something to regulate these miscreant interlopers. They’ve created a draft city ordinance to outline when, where, and for how long RVs can be parked on our streets and they’d like you to read it over and comment on it. Granted, few things in life are more boring than reading city ordinances, but if you care either way on this issue (yes, that includes those who would like to continue planting their hulking, aluminum sided rigs anywhere they like) please read the ordinance and respond.
A draft of the ordinance is available on the city website and at the Transportation Department, 1635 Faraday Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008. Members of the public interested in providing feedback about the ordinance are asked to put comments in writing and send via email to transportation@carlsbadca.gov or to the address above.
For the official (and more polite) information directly from the city (minus all urine and feces talk) please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
The City of Carlsbad has a new city attorney. The City Council hasn’t voted on Celia A. Brewer’s appointment yet, but don’t let that stop the City from announcing her hiring. Brewer’s past work has included being interim attorney for the Port of San Diego, and assistant general council for the San Diego Water Authority.
“Celia’s diverse experience and collaborative style will be a great fit for Carlsbad,” said Mayor Matt Hall. “Her legal expertise coupled with strong leadership and communication skills will be invaluable as the city faces future challenges and opportunities.” . . Brewer will succeed City Attorney Ron Ball, who is retiring Dec. 31 following 26 years of service to the City of Carlsbad.
Brewer is scheduled to official start work on January 22, 2013. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
Early in the morning (2:36 AM) of December 14, 2012 a 6.3 earthquake rattled the Pacific Ocean. The epicenter was located 250 km southwest of Catalina, according to the US Geological Survey.
The December 14, 2012 M 6.3 earthquake . . . occurred as a result of shallow normal faulting within the oceanic lithosphere of the Pacific plate. This event is located some 400-450 km west-southwest of the plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates – the San Andreas fault system in southern California – and is not associated with that fault system. Instead, this earthquake represents intraplate faulting along northeast-southwest trending normal faults within the crust of the Pacific plate, just to the west of California’s continental shelf. The causative fault is not known at this time. At the location of this event, the Pacific plate moves to the northwest with respect to the North America plate at a velocity of approximately 54 mm/yr.
Schick is Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego and a Consulting Artist in Percussion at the Manhattan School of Music. He was the percussionist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars of New York City from 1992-2002, and from 2000 to 2004 served as Artistic Director of the Centre International de Percussion de Genève in Geneva, Switzerland. Schick is founder and Artistic Director of the percussion group, “red fish blue fish,” and in 2007 assumed the post of Music Director and conductor of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus.
Ticket for the performance cost $100 and can be purchased online right here. Following the performance there will be a reception at the Beach Terrace Inn. St. Michael’s by the Sea is located at 2775 Carlsbad Blvd. in Carlsbad.
Carlsbad surfer Taylor Jensen, 28, won his “second consecutive ASP World Longboard surfing title, defeating Hawaiian veteran Ned Snow, 30, to secure the CITIC PACIFIC ShenZhou Peninsula Pro hosted by Wanning in China today, November 29, 2012. Jensen had to fight through the flu, but the sickness didn’t stop him apparently.
“I didn’t know how bad my sickness was going to be, but it knocked me flat for 48 hours,” Jensen said. “It was touch and go as to whether I was up to surfing, my first heat was sketchy. It all came together. I got better everyday as the contest went on. You hear guys like Kelly Slater talk about building momentum through contests, and how the guy with the highest heat total usually loses in the next round. So I knew that getting through heats wasn’t a bad thing, I felt like I hadn’t surfed my best yet and that there was still something left in the tank. . . “It doesn’t seem real yet,” Jensen said. “My win in Italy just set in last week. It was always a goal to get more than one ASP World Longboard Title to solidify the first one, but to go back-to-back and now have two is amazing. I’m speechless. I haven’t even realised it happened yet.”
Congrats to another talented Carlbadistan surfer. Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
On December 1, 2012 celebrate the beginning of the holidays with the City of Carlsbad’s Annual Holiday at the Rancho celebration at Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic State Park.
Enjoy the tree lighting ceremony, cookie decorating, face painting and pony rides. Write your own letter to Santa and create wooden gift tags, ornaments and more. Get some holiday shopping done at the craft boutique or tour the Hacienda. The evening will also feature a very special visit by Santa himself, who will light the 14-foot tree. Bring a blanket and a chair and finish the evening gathered around the giant outdoor movie screen for the classic film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
The festivities begin at 5 PM. Tickets for this magical Carlsbad holiday tradition are $8 at the door or $5 if you buy them before November 29, 2012 at one of the Carlsbad Community enters. Click here for photos from years past (2008, 2009), or follow the jump for the official information. [click to continue…]
Purchasing a Hilton Carlsbad Oceanfront Resort & Spa “Preferred Neighbor Card” from the Carlsbad Education Foundation brings discounts on nearly everything at the resort and helps raise money for Carlsbad Schools.
“CEF is excited about the new partnership, which is a win-win for everyone involved,” said Valin Brown, CEO of the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. “The Hilton property will gain many new customers and receive added exposure within the area, while CUSD students will receive much-needed funding for programs and initiatives that otherwise could not be provided.”
Oh, we love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty Anything ragged or rotten or rusty. . . and it appears we’re not the only ones. The City of Carlsbad has planted six different styles of garbage cans in the Village of Carlsbad this week and they what your help deciding which style of trash receptacle you’d most like to see around town.
The trash receptacles are all located on State St. between Carlsbad Village Dr. and Grand Ave., with one by the fountain at State and Grand. Voting is open until November 30. . . The cans were either donated or loaned by various street furniture manufacturers. The goal of the contest is to determine which cans the public likes best and which perform the best — and ultimately to upgrade the existing receptacles throughout the Village.
Each can has a card on it explaining exactly how to vote. For complete info follow the jump [click to continue…]
Mary Laver, the wife of tennis legend Rod Laver, died Monday, November 12, 2012 in their home in Carlsbad, according to a story on News.com.au. She was 84.
The Lavers were married for 46 years and had one son, Rick, who was born three weeks after Laver won the grand slam in 1969, claiming all four singles majors in the same year. . . “We had a wonderful life together,” Laver said. “We did a lot of travelling, a lot of tennis tournaments, tennis events.”
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