A man who was “walking his dog” by driving in his car while holding his german shepherd by a leash on Haymar Drive near El Camino Real got his dog snatched by someone who didn’t appreciate the man’s dog-driving techniques, according to as story in the San Deigo Union-Tribune.
At about 5:35 p.m., a man approached the dog owner and told him what he was doing was illegal. The man then grabbed the dog, put him in his pickup and told the owner to contact Oceanside police if he wanted the dog back, police said. The man then drove away with the German shepherd, valued at $1,200, police said. Officers contacted Oceanside police, who did not have the dog.
The dog napper was described as a 30-year-old white guy with brown hair driving a “newer-model” truck with a camper shell. Well, that narrows it down. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Carlsbadistan police department.
[Update March 12, 2010: The stolen dog was found Friday evening roaming a neighborhood a few miles from the owner’s home, according to the North County Times.]
Volunteers will be planting flowers in the Village of Carlsbadistan on Friday March 12, 2010 according to Carlsbad Farmer’s Market Manager Christy Johnson.
We’ll be going around the Village and planting beautiful spring flowers in pre-selected planter boxes that need some TLC! This is slightly physical and slightly messy…so come prepared. . . .If you can’t make it to plant the flowers…Sponsor a flower for $1 each. You can pay at the Farmers’ Market Wed. 3/10 from 1-5pm, 2930 Roosevelt Street or call Christy the Farmers Market Manager at 760-687-6453.
Last night, Friday, March 5, 2010 at approximately 9:45 PM Steven Anthony Kelley, 18, of Carlsbad was hit and killed by a car on El Camino Real near Cassia Road, according to a story on Fox 5 San Diego. The car did not stop
Carlsbad police officer on patrol at 9:45 p.m. Friday saw a man lying in the road at El Camino Real and Cassia Road. He thought a certain vehicle had just run over the man, so he stopped the driver and called for paramedics. . . .Accident investigators later determined that the victim had been struck first by some earlier, unknown motorist, police Lt. Jarlath Eppel said.
Kelley was transported toward McClellan- Palomar Airport for an Lifeflight to a hospital but was pronounced death along the way, according to the story. Our thoughts are with Steven’s family and friends. Anyone with information should contact investigators at (760) 931-2197.
NBC San Diego investigates a possible cancer cluster in Carlsbad. But the North County Times says that California Health officials say there is nothing unusual about the number of cancer cases in Carlsbad.
Officials released that information Wednesday, after word spread that local parents are mounting a new campaign to get the state and the county to test soil, water and air conditions in some parts of the city. . . “Each (state) assessment concluded that there was no evidence of any usual pattern of cancers compared to the rest of San Diego County,” August wrote.
Remember those Tamarack Surf Beach pay parking warnings we mentioned earlier this week? One of our readers got one last Saturday. “The employee who left it on my car would not confirm that there would be a grace period, he said. “When asked about the newspaper and TV reports he said, ‘That’s what the media is saying.’
And from the looks of this warning, the media is right. Two more weeks of free parking at least.
Just a little reminder from the Carlsbad Municipal Water District: thanks for being nice and conserving more than the eight percent that was requested. You know, the water has a long journey to get here and we should treat it well.
Carlsbad relies on water from the Colorado River and Northern California for 100 percent of its supply. California has faced severe water shortages due to a prolonged drought and legal restrictions on water pumped from Northern California. Recent local rain doesn’t help much because most of it runs off into the ocean and cannot be captured for future use.
Barbara Henry explores the issues surrounding the City of Carlsbadistan’s employee pensions and how the recently announced mayorial candidate stand on the issues in a story in the North County Times.
Councilman Keith Blackburn and Councilman Matt Hall —- have opposing viewpoints on the pension issue.
Hall, whose candidacy is backed by the city’s current longtime mayor, has said the city needs to rethink its annual pension expenditures before they come to dominate the city’s budget. Blackburn, a former Carlsbad police officer expected to be endorsed by the city’s labor groups, has said the city needs to proceed cautiously and not be among the first in the state to try to restructure its system.
Seems everyone agrees on the old cliché: if you want to keep good employees you need to pay them. It’s exactly how that is done that gets sticky.
After some good old-fashioned social engineering, the victims of the February 4, 2010 Reckless Lexus hit and run on Garfield believe they have found the vehicle responsible for the collision. And they found it at a local Carlsbadistan body shop.
After notifying the Carlsbad Police Department and providing officers with the matching paint and several missing car parts, the police were finally convinced enough by the victim’s detective work that they have reportedly impounded the vehicle as evidence in their criminal investigation.
Another reminder of what is possible when people do a little work on their own.
Today marks the beginning of week two of the California State Park systems charging for parking in the Tamarack Surf Beach parking lot. With “iron rangers” stationed at both the North and South ends of the parking lot more and more people are figuring out that free parking at Tamarack is definitely over.
“The parking lot was looking comparatively empty on Saturday afternoon,” said one Carlsbadistan reader. “Made me wonder if everyone is using the free neighborhood parking or if it was just the weather?”
When people realize they have to pay to park most will probably end up crowding out the already packed streets near the beach. “A friend of mine comes down everyday to take a short walk on the beach,” one man said. “But now I think she’ll either park up on the free streets or stop coming all together.”
According to the City of Carlsbadistan the State will be giving beach visitors a one-month warning period after which they will begin issuing parking tickets to those who do not properly display their paid parking stub in their window.
State Park Peace Officers and other state staff will distribute warnings and courtesy notices to visitors during the first month of the program. At the end of that period, vehicles not properly displaying a current pass or receipt will be issued a citation and fined up to $64.
The fees to park in the lot are currently $2 a hour or $10 a day, but don’t worry about paying until at least March 14, 2010.
Tell us how these fees will affect you by voting in our Carlsbadistan Poll in the right hand column just below the weather.
Gerald Ball, Jason Salinas, and Winner Prashant Bhat (pictured above) were recently selected as Carlsbad Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year finalists and Bhat was awarded the title and a $1,000 scholarship.
Currently a senior at Carlsbad High School, Prashant is destined to make a positive impact on a national or global level. He became involved with the Club because he wanted to raise environmental awareness, and structured a recycling program for the La Costa Branch. “The friendly nature of everyone at the Club is welcoming to any stranger. The bonds I have created with my Club “family” will stay strong even when I go off to college. I am so grateful for these relationships.”
Ball and Salinas both won $500 scholarship. For the rest of the details follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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