We’e been skipping out on the Thursdays On The Coast Art Walks lately and we’ve been missing out. Don’t follow our example this week. Get on the streets of Carlsbadistan from 5:30 – 8:30 PM Thursday April 29, 2010. It will be a good time.
For more info visit http://www.shopcarlsbadvillage.com.
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On Tuesday night (April 20, 2010) at about 8 PM a black man in his late 20s to early 30s used a handgun to rob The Pita Pit in the Carlsbad Village Faire, according to a story in the North County Times (they called it The
The man brandished a gun and demanded money, police said. . . When the man fled, the shop owner followed the robber, who got away in a white Cadillac. The shop owner followed the vehicle southbound on Interstate 5 until the car exited the freeway at La Costa Avenue. . . The suspect was described as a black man, about 25 to 35 years old, wearing a black and blue hooded sweatshirt and had a goatee, police said.
The man got out of the car on La Costa Avenue near Vulcan and ran away, according to the story. Police were able to arrest a “A 39-year-old woman behind the wheel was arrested on suspicion of robbery, conspiracy and commercial burglary and was booked into Vista jail on $50,000 bail,” according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
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On Sunday April 18, 2010 the California State Beach Lifeguards went in a little deep just north of Warm Waters and got stuck between some rocks and a soft space. See what happens when you drive on the beach kids?
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Shoppers in the Apple Store at the Forum At Carlsbad this afternoon (April 16, 2010) were startled by a shrill alarm seconds before seeing two white males in their late teens or early 20s run from the store.
“We saw them walk in and they looked a little bit sketched out,” one shopper said. “Then when I heard the alarm and saw them running it kind of made sense.”
The men ran south to the parking lot behind the Sur La Table store with several Apple employees in pursuit. Bystanders called out which way the robbers ran, but just as the employees got the parking lot, the men came speeding right back through the mall parking lot in their black primer Nissan where helpful citizen copied down the license number as the car passed.
Workers, who first believed the thieves had stolen a popular, new iPad, eventually discovered that only two iPhone 3GS had been ripped from a display table near the front of the store.
“They really were the worst criminals ever,” said one shopper. “But I’m glad no one got hurt.”
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Early Thursday morning (April 15, 2010) a 17-year-old girl driving a Ford F-150 truck plowed into these signs and into excavator on the closed portion of Historic 101 just south of the Hilton Garden Inn, according to a story in the North County Times.
About 1 a.m., police found the driver trapped in a Ford F-150 about 2100 feet past several closed road signs, Reno said. Without slowing, she had driven through orange barrel barricades and a chain link fence. Still going full speed, the truck dragged the fence before becoming lodged under a large excavator, he said. . . Carlsbad firefighters freed the teen, and she was taken by helicopter to Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, Reno said. Later Thursday, she was in stable condition but facing reconstructive surgery, the lieutenant said. Her name was not released.
As we were just telling a friend: there are very few good reasons to ever drive after midnight.
[Link: North County Times]
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Carlsbadistan’s power PR agency Bolt Public Relations (Caroline Callaway, Jesse Garner, Anne Carr, and Dana Flower pictured right) brought home the Agency of the Year Award at the first annual #influenceSD awards show held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Anthology in downtown San Diego. Bolt beat out 29 other San Diego agencies for the recognition.
Caroline Callaway, president of Bolt PR, explained, “One element in the new media space that intrigues us is one that has been a driving force in our agency’s PR services: the opportunity like never before to have a voice, spread a message, and communicate to thousands, if not millions, in real-time and on your own terms. Rather than relying on the tabloids to tell a story or doing damage control through a press conference, influentials can broadcast the message on their own terms through their Twitter feed, blog or Fan Page.”
We know Bolt is for real because they found us on Twitter and have been in constant contact ever since. And we’re not the easiest to get along with. Seriously. Congrats, you deserve it. [click to continue…]
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Holly Moyer (left) and Kitty McMahon sort through books to find the best of the best.
The Friends of the Carlsbad Library volunteers are busy lately sorting and pricing books in preparation for the group’s Spring Better Books Sale, according to Publicity Chairman Tiffany Porter.
The sale is set for May 1-2, 2010 in the Community Room of the Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive. It will feature the best of the best – hundreds of like-new volumes that have been culled from donations to the Friends of the Library used book store throughout the year. . . . “These books deserve a special look,” said Marianne O’Leary, coordinator of the event, as she prepared items for the sale, assisted by volunteers Kitty McMahon and Holly Moyer.
Without giving too much away let us say this: we know there will be some amazingly good books in this sale because we nearly cried when we dropped some of them off.
For more information on the sale follow the jump.
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It was windy on the Carlsbad 5000 course today as Ethiopia’s Ali Abdosh (2) and defending champ Bekana Dab (1) made Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge do all the work on the way down to the Tamarck Turn. They were probably hoping that it would tire him out. It didn’t.
Kipchoge was able to move out in front on the way back into town and by the time he made it to the turn onto Carlsbad Village Drive Kipchoge had the race well in hand. It wasn’t enough for a world road record, (Sammy Kipketer’s 13:00), but it was enough for the win and the confidence to know that the record is within reach.
Click here for full photo gallery or follow the jump for complete results and a short video. Better yet, do both.
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At 7:05 AM, under overcast skies, the 25th Annual Carlsbad 5000 kicked off its 2010 run with the Masters Men 40 and over. It was the perfect temperature for running in Carlsbadistan. A cool and crisp 55 degrees with a hint on blue skies.
There is still time to catch more of the action. Elite Men run at 12:15 PM. Follow the jump for all the official start times. Click here for a full photo gallery.
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Okay, maybe we do need The Flower Fields® for the 100,000 people who visit the “700 million flowers” that grow on our hillside. . .
[Link: via @Carlsbadcagov]
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