In the battle of the sports trading card giants it appears that Carlsbad’s Upper Deck has decided to terminate its tender offer for all outstanding share of Topps Co., Inc. . .
and added that the action of Topps made conditions precedent to the tender offer incapable of being satisfied. Further, Upper Deck said that all shares of Topps previously tendered and not withdrawn under the tender offer would be returned promptly in accordance with the terms of the tender offer.
Let’s just say that Upper Deck is not happy with the Topps board right now. And the deal is off.
When a man driving a Saab tried to elude police on a high speed chase down I-5 by exiting the freeway at Cannon road, he ended up slamming into the back of a Mercedes-Benz, which collided with a truck in front of it.
The Mercedes was pushed into the back of a truck which briefly caught fire. At least two other vehicles also collided after the chain-reaction crash, the CHP said.
The woman driving the Mercedes was taken to the hospital and the two children in the back seat were uninjured. The man driving the Saab was reported unhappy about his arrest:
He was shot with a Taser gun and was taken by helicopter to the hospital.
Every time a Saab driver gets Tasered we smile a little.
It couldn’t happen to a better company. Time Warner Cable has been operating it’s business in the City of Carlsbad for the past nine months with out a valid local franchise agreement. As much as we hate the idea of only having one choice when it comes to cable, it is good to know that the City is standing up for itself against the media giant.
The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego, is the latest step in a months long battle between Carlsbad officials and Time Warner over the franchise agreement, which allows Time Warner to use city rights of way to run its cable lines. The city contends Time Warner’s franchise contract expired Nov. 19 and has attempted to get the company to sign a new contract with higher franchise fees.
Then again, according to the North County Times as of January 1 the Public Utilities Commission handles franchise contracts for the entire state and Time Warner may not even need one.
The four-year-old boy who was found at the bottom of a pool by La Costa Spa and Resort guests has died six days after he was taken to Children’s Hospital.
Brennan Bostani of Los Angeles was pronounced dead at Rady Children’s Hospital last night, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office. . . Brennan is survived by his parents, Aileen and Arman Bostani.
After publishing reports of motorboaters’ rampant disregard for the “passive use/no motorboats” area on Carlsbad’s Agua Hedionda Lagoon we decided we should check it out for ourselves.
The buoys are back up (there are five of them). And, after watching for approximately 15 minutes on Saturday August 18, 2007 we found that the majority of the boaters were respectful of the buoys. We did however see one boat that seemed to be ignoring the no fly zone all together. Click the video below to see more:
Carlsbad’s Village Improvement Program is looking for board members.
The board will consist of nine members representing various groups. Among the categories are property owners, residents and retail business owners, as well as a representative each from the Carlsbad Village Business Association, the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and the Carlsbad Convention and Visitors Bureau.
If you know someone who would do a good job guiding the Village of Carlsbad down it’s road to the future, please visit http://friendsofthevillage.blogspot.com for a nomination form. And no, we’re not interested. But thanks anyway.
In classic old-school point-counter-point fashion the North County Times has paired two people up to answer the burning question: Is Carlsbad’s $68 million golf course a good investment? The pair is made up of sports editor Loren Nelson and staff writer Marc Figueroa. Would you believe the sports editor is in favor of the course? It is Figueroa, however, who makes the best point in the entire debate:
So when the city of Carlsbad trotted out its shiny, new $68 million track earlier this month, I couldn’t help but scratch my head. Why invest that much money in something that only a small percentage of people are going to use?
We agree. Let us know what you think: click the link below to post a comment.
After a Gold medal in the X Games Vert Skateboarding, Carlsbadistan’s extreme sports wünderkinder Shaun White rolled up to Portland, Oregon for the Vans Invitational stop of the AST Dew Tour and won his third Dew Tour event of the season.
I was just watching everyone else and, after my first run, I just focused and landed it,” said White, from Carlsbad, Calif. “I didn’t want to pull another X Games and wait to the last minute.”
Even after we warned everyone about the DUI trap, there were still six people who drove right into the Carlsbad Police Department’scheckpoint Friday night August 17 on Palomar Airport Road at El Camino and were arrested for driving under the influence (not too bad considering they checked 2000 cars). Police also nabbed two on felonies. If you see someone swerving around, call the police.
A new multiple-agency program is asking people with cell phones to be vigilant, look for swerving cars and other tell-tale signs of impaired motorists — then to call 9-1-1 when they spot a drunk driver, said Lynn Diamond of the Carlsbad Police Department.
Then again, The San Diego Police would rather you not dial 911 unless it is more serious.
Sgt. Kerry Tom, Watch Commander of the San Diego Police Department said that, although the idea is a good one, “people should steer away from using the 9-1-1 system unless it’s a life-threatening emergency.”
Apparently, drunk driving isn’t that big a deal downtown. . .
Last night, while strolling the Carlsbad Seawall at sunset, we crossed paths with an attractive woman in her fifties, sporting jogging clothes and headphones. She was singing along in the way people do when the volume on their iPod is a little too high. As she high-stepped past us, these were the words she was singing:
. . . and I lost my libido to a hysterectomy, yeah. . .
Now that’s a country song we’ve never heard before. . . nor are we all that interested in hearing it again. But the sunset? It was beautiful.
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In the battle of the sports trading card giants it appears that Carlsbad’s Upper Deck has decided to terminate its tender offer for all outstanding share of Topps Co., Inc. . .
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