by The Editors on April 17, 2008
The north-bound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway came to a near standstill this evening (April 17, 2008) at approximately 6:30 PM after a two-car collision at the corner of Carlsbad Boulevard [aka PCH] and Juniper Avenue.
Apparently, the driver of a white Ford Ranger truck turned left from the south-bound turn lane directly into the front left quarter panel of a while Chevrolet Impala as it travelled north on Carlsbad Boulevard.
“I guess the driver of the truck just thought she could make it,” said one witness. “I was over on the seawall standing by my truck and heard the whole thing. You can’t believe how loud it was.”
Though the Impala’s driver-side airbag deployed (breaking the car’s front windshield) there were no injuries in either car.
by The Editors on April 17, 2008
The Carlsbad Education Foundation is holding its 1st Annual poster art content and they are looking for artists of all ages to create poster art depicting Carlsbadistan’s The Flower Fields®. The deadline for entry is April 21, 2008 which means there are only four days left. Better get that art rolling.
Here are all the rules:
- The original art for 2008 will depict The Flower Fields®.
- Entries will be received by April 21, 2008.
- Entries will be brought to the Carlsbad Unified School District Office, 6225 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA, 92009.
- All entries will be submitted as a 12” x 18”print with a completed official entry attached to the back.
- No entry fee is required, there is no limit on entries, and the contest is open to all ages.
- Art work that is not selected will be returned to the artist.
- Art work will be judged by a qualified panel based on originality and visual appeal.
- Winning art and all rights (including copyright) will become the property of the Carlsbad Education Foundation. All other submissions will be returned to the artist with our thanks.
- The selected art work will be produced into a poster that is ready for framing and will be sold for one year by the Carlsbad Education Foundation to raise funds solely for the Carlsbad Unified School District.
- The artist will be requested to autograph the posters at key events on May 2nd& 3rd.
For more information, contact the Carlsbad Education Foundation at (760) 929-1555.
by The Editors on April 17, 2008
The winners of the 2008 City of Carlsbad Recreation Department’s Fourth Annual Battle of the Bands, The Funky Kicks will be playing a free show at the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium as part of the Rock The Library teen concert series at the Carlsbad City Library at 1775 Dove Lane tonight, April 17, 2008 at 7 PM
The Rock The Library Concert series plays each week through May 29.
Follow the link for all the details on future shows.
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by The Editors on April 17, 2008
This Friday night (April 18, 2008), Floggy Molly, the band which features Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub & Grill owner Matt Hensley on accordion, is playing on the Jay Leno Show.
And to celebrate this occasion Hensley’s is staying open for the show @ 11:30pm.
Guests even have the chance to win a Flogging Molly skateboard signed by the band and Jay Leno himself. Does this mean it’s a late night out at the Pub?
[Link: Hensley’s Pub]
by The Editors on April 16, 2008
The California State Parks (the arm of government that would like to charge $8 for parking at Tamarack) is hosting a local “beach clean-up” day on April 19, 2008 at Tamarack State Beach from 10 AM to 2 PM.
According to their flyers:
Events of this caliber are essential in educating the public with hopes of raising awareness and generating support for coastal preservation and stewardship.
While we’re not exactly sure what “caliber” this event is going to be, we are happy that we can all get out and celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up our front yard. Just please, don’t make us pull weeds. We’re not down with that at all.
by The Editors on April 16, 2008
Elisa Williamson, the President of the Board of Trustees of the Carlsbad Unified School district is encouraging and inviting everyone who supports Carlsbad public education to get out Friday, April 18, 2008 at 4:45 PM to send the message “Enough is Enough…No Cuts to Education!”
The idea is to have people with signs and placards (with slogans like “No Cuts to Education” and “Education Cuts Don’t Heal.”) on main freeway and highway overpasses in Carlsbadistan. Hopefully, this won’t lead to any accidents on the freeways. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.
For all the details, follow the jump.
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by The Editors on April 16, 2008
A 20-year-old man died last night at about 7 PM when the car he was riding in “left the road and struck a telephone pole” on the “6500 block of Avenida Encinas, near the Poinsettia Coaster Station, according to the North County Times.
A passenger in the back seat of the car suffered major head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, Kennedy said. Two other men, a driver and a passenger in the front seat, were taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla with minor injuries. . . . The name of the man who died was not released Tuesday night. Carlsbad police were investigating the crash and said it was unclear why the car left the road.
Now the San Diego Union-Tribune is claiming the two other passengers in the car are using the classic “the other guy was driving” DUI defense.
The two other men, also between 20 and 30 years old, were hospitalized, Rawson said. Rawson said each is claiming the other was the driver. . . . Beer cans were in found the car, Rawson said.
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 16, 2008
In the April 16, 2008 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Peter MacLaggan, Senior Vice President of Poseidon Resources Corp., (the company that hopes to put in “the largest and most technologically advanced [desalination plant] in the Western Hemisphere”) in our lagoon has written an Op-ed piece titled From Sea To Tap, as a response to Mindy McIntyre’s Op-Ed of April 10, 2008 titled The SUV of Water.
California’s water supply system is based largely on pumping water from environmentally sensitive watersheds in Northern California and the Colorado River over hundreds of miles to Southern California through an elaborate and costly network of dams, canals and reservoirs. But proven desalination technology now allows us to produce higher-quality water along the coast, where the majority of the state’s population resides, at a comparable cost and without damaging the environmentally sensitive upstream habitats.
No matter what you think about the Carlsbad desalination factory, both of these opinions are good reading.
[Link: LA Times]
by The Editors on April 15, 2008
Carlsbadistan.com stickers are perfect for placing almost anywhere including, but not limited to: your computer, skateboard, bike, car, refrigerator, office cubicle, door, desk, binder, tool box, cat, scooter, surfboard, or locker. Each sticker is three inches in diameter (there are three in the image above) and features our lovely Encina Power Station, the seawall along with a lifeguard tower and if you look closely, you’ll see a lifeguard Jeep in the Tamarack parking lot.
To get some FREE stickers just click here and email us your mailing address and we’ll send you an envelope full of stickers (while supplies last).
by The Editors on April 15, 2008
We let our last poll run for way, way too long. As a reminder we asked readers “What do you call home?” And here’s how the results stacked up based on a mind-numbing 78 votes:
- Carlsbadistan and proud 60%
- Far away 17%
- The Eastern Front (suburban Carlsbad) 9%
- La Costa 8%
- A town nearby, but not Carlsbad. 6%
It appears that we have nailed our targeted demographic pretty dead-center. Kudos to us. We’re also happy with the “Far Away” numbers because that means many who love Carlsbadistan (but can’t live here full time), are using our site to keep tabs on their favorite beach Village. And for that we say thanks.
For poll number five, we’ve decided to ask Carlsbadistan how you feel about your cable company? You know, the one with the metropolitan cable monopoly. We have had some problems with our Time Warner On-Demand service, but at this point, we’re really not interested in getting it fixed (even though Time Warner Cable San Diego’s VP of Public Affairs Marc Farrar has been nice enough to offer to “resolve the On Demand issue” not once, but twice.)
So this week we’re asking our readers to finish the following sentence: Time Warner Cable is. . .
Please look to the right-hand column (under the words “What Do You Think?” and let us know.
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