When the Reuters new agency sent out their “rising oil price” wire story to the world they were kind enough to include a photo showing what many in the US consider outrageously high gas and diesel prices. That photo was taken in at our local Carlsbadistan Exxon station. Because we’re probably paying more for gas that everyone else in the nation.
No, we don’t consider it a blessing.
[Link: Montreal Gazette]
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If the California Supreme Court decision stands then on June 17, 2008 same-sex marriages licenses will be streaming out all over the state, according to a story in Today’s Local News. This comes as great news for a long-time Carlsbad couple.
Carlsbad residents Linda Sanders and Evelyn Thomas, who will celebrate their 18th year as a couple June 30, plan to get their marriage license in San Marcos on June 17. The couple plan to be among the first to wed under California’s new same-sex marriage ruling. . . . “We’re going to get our license the very first day they’ll let us,” Sanders said. “We figured that we should get it done right away because we know there’s going to be an effort to stop it.”
Eighteen years is long time to wait to make it legal. We guess we’ll see what happens. There are some pretty rich people against it.
[Link: Today’s Local News]
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Now you can read Carlsbadistan.com while loading up on caffeine at the Carlsbadistan Starbucks.
Starting today anyone who uses a Starbucks reward card at least once a month will get two free hours of Wi-Fi every day. But that’s not all. Card users also get free refills on brewed coffee and a free coffee drink each time they buy coffee beans. Not bad, actually.
So bring your laptop, grab a cup of coffee and then send us a news tip.
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Carlsbad based Case Financial, Inc. (which used to provide litigation funding to attorneys but as of February 2008 is “developing uranium claims in the State of Wyoming”) has signed an exploration agreement with Trio Gold Corp to provide $4 million dollars to explore 29 gold claims near Elko, Nevada.
According to Case Financial, Inc. CEO Michael Schaffer “The Carlin Trend is the most prolific gold area in North America and hosts as many as 30 gold producing mines and development projects, on which over 100 million ounces of gold production and inventory have been identified, including world class deposits such as Newmont Mining’s Carlin mine and Barrick Gold’s Meikle mine.”
At $882 an ounce, gold mines are looking better and better, aren’t they. Follow the jump for all the details.
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Carlsbadistan students who are planning on getting a post-secondary degree in hospitality and tourism management can apply with the Carlsbad Convention and Visitor Bureau for their chance to win one of three cash scholarships worth approximately $1,300.
These scholarships are a long time coming,” commented Kurt Burkhart, the bureau’s Executive Director. “Our desire has always been to do this in partnership, and we feel fortunate to have found a partner with the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and, to the best of our knowledge, we’ll be the first tourism bureau in San Diego County to directly award cash scholarships to students.”
With the cost of college these days, it looks like these scholarships could go a long way toward the average college student’s beer tab, at least for a quarter. Entries are due July 15, 2008. Follow the jump for all the details.
[Link: Visit Carlsbad]
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People began gathering at the Tamarack railroad crossing at 10:30 AM today as word spread through Carlsbadistan that an “old-time steam engine” was on it’s way down the track.
That steam engine was the historic exSanta Fe 3751 which pulled the last steam passenger train between Los Angeles and San Diego in 1953. It is currently owned by the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society.
This historic engine will be steaming back to Los Angeles today and is scheduled to leave the Santa Fe Station in downtown San Diego at 2:30 PM. Those interested in seeing it on its way north should be at the Carlsbad tracks between 3:10 and 3:40 PM.
[Link: The San Diego Steam Special]
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