by The Editors on May 7, 2008
We’re glad that after looking far and wide for a new Carlsbad City Manager that the best person for the job was already doing it.
Lisa E. Hildabrand, 52, has been the interim city manager for the past eight months but now she’s official.
Hiring a City Manager is one of the few hiring decisions that the City Council gets to make, and we are proud to announce that we have selected Lisa Hildabrand as Carlsbad’s City Manager,” wrote Lewis in an e-mail to city staff on Wednesday, May 7. “We have been continually impressed with her steady, thoughtful leadership. Lisa has the intellect, personality, and enthusiasm to lead Carlsbad’s staff through the challenging times that lie ahead,” said Lewis.
“The City Council believes Lisa will provide the direction the City needs now and in the future. Lisa’s appointment will enable the City to continue its legacy of sound financial management, stable leadership and forward-thinking programs and policies that have made Carlsbad great.”
Congratulations, Lisa.
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by The Editors on May 7, 2008
Carlsbad-based “eco-friendly” fashion footwear company Tsubo was just purchased by Deckers Outdoor Corporation for $6 million according to a report on Just-Style.com .
Angel Martinez, Deckers president and chief executive officer, said the acquisition “represents an ideal complement to our existing portfolio of lifestyle brands,” which includes Teva, Simple and Ugg.
Tsubo sales for 2007 were reportedly around $10 million, so it looks like Deckers is getting a pretty good deal. Sometimes just buying the company is easier than luring the designers away.
[Link: Just-Style.com]
by The Editors on May 6, 2008
Ever since the Ski Dubai snow dome opened we’ve been looking for a reason to visit what many describe as the most luxurious desert city in the world. Now we’ve got one more reason: a new Legoland theme park.
Merlin Entertainment, the British company that owns our Legoland California has agreed to build an monstrous theme park in the United Arab Emirates country of Dubai.
LEGOLAND Dubailand offers families a unique opportunity to let their imaginations run free and be immersed in LEGO® experiences with its mix of kid-powered rides, cool building challenges, spectacular LEGO models, interactive attractions, family-friendly coasters, and shows that pull the audience into the action. All these elements, which bring millions of visitors to LEGOLAND Parks in North America and Europe, will be part of the LEGOLAND Dubailand experience. . . . LEGOLAND Dubailand is scheduled to open at the end of 2011, and will be a 3 million square-foot theme park project forming part of DUBAILAND™, the world’s most ambitious tourism, leisure and entertainment destination.
In celebration of this announcement Carlsbad’s own Master Model Designer Eric Hunter has created a 17-foot-tall Lego replica of Burj Dubai that was unveiled yesterday. When completed The Burj Dubai will be the tallest in the world when it is completed. Everyone loves building in Dubai because there seem to be no budget restrictions for anything.
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by The Editors on May 5, 2008
We didn’t make it to the Carlsbad Street Faire this year, but we know tens of thousands did because we heard the streets of Carlsbadistan were lined with cars, again.
Luckily, for all of us, the North County Times was there.
Now in its 34th year, the street fair is, according to the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, the largest one-day street fair in the nation, boasting more than 100,000 visitors.
“It’s actually so popular that we get calls from out of state from people who’ve been to it before and want to plan their vacation around it,” said Angela Holman, director of communications for the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, organizers of the event.
Funny thing: we planned our vacation around it, too. But we planned to be gone. Let us know if we missed anything good.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on May 5, 2008
Jimmy E. Henriquez, 43, of Carlsbad was found dead inside his vehicle in Fontana, California according to a story in the San Bernardino Sun .
Fontana Sgt. Jeff Decker said Monday the death is “suspicious” but is not being treated as a homicide until a cause of death is determined. Jimmy E. Henriquez was found about 4 p.m. inside of his vehicle with “obvious signs of death,” according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner release.
[Link: San Bernardino Sun]
by The Editors on May 5, 2008
NAMM, the 107-year-old Carlsbad-based music trade association has created their own version of American Idol for people who’ve always wanted to make music, but never pursued their dream. It’s call the ‘Say You Wanna Play‘ contest and it’s being hosted on YouTube.
The contest is part of NAMM’s first annual National ‘Wanna Play Music Week,’ May 5-9, along with an array of activities to raise public awareness about the vital role that music and music education play in people’s lives, and how even recreational music making can directly affect the health and social well-being of people in all stages of life. The weeklong event is part of the association’s national ‘Wanna Play?’ public awareness campaign created to communicate the benefits of playing music to people of all ages.
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by The Editors on May 5, 2008
The biggest, most important tech conference (if you judge it by its attendees), D: All Things Digital will be back in Carlsbad at the Aviara Four Seasons Resort May 27-29, 2008.
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft. News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch. Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner. Yahoo’s Jerry Yang. . . . All of them engaged in roiling Internet deal-making of late and all of them in just three weeks on the same stage–but not, thankfully, at the same time.
Looks like this is going to be an even better party to crash than last year.
[Link: D: All Things Digital]
by The Editors on May 4, 2008
Carlsbad’s Ben Bourgeois slipped past the field of APS World Qualifying Tour surfers to snag the Nike 6.0 at Trestles yesterday.
“I was able to squeak by in the quarters and semis, but everything was coming my way and I was in good rhythm in the final,” he said afterward, in a calm tone you’d expect from a veteran who’d spent years on the Assn. of Surfing Professionals’ qualifying circuit.
Congrats, Benny.
[Link: LA Times]
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by The Editors on May 4, 2008
North County Times writer Sarah Gordon checks in with Amtrak Engineer Mike Guyer, who has been behind the control when his train has hit and killed nine people in the last 13 years, most were suicides like Jeffrey Samora.
Guyer said he tells engineers who are thinking of taking a job on the coastal line what nobody told him: “You’re moving to a place where you’re going to hit a lot of people. Know that the thing is going to take a little piece of you.”
Click the link to read the engaging, well-researched story. It will be worth your time.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on May 4, 2008
Carlsbad-based outdoor furniture maker Maku was recently listed in the Chicago Tribune as number 6 on a list of 20 ways to live green “Make the green scene part of your daily life with ideas that are both practical and chic”:
6 TAKE IT OUTSIDE: Maku, the Carlsbad, Calif.-based maker of contemporary earth-friendly outdoor furnishings of sustainable woods, is now here at Orange Skin, Chicago.
Congrats. It’s good to see local companies getting press for doing things well.
[Link: Chicago Tribune]
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