We’ll be honest. We’re happy with the results of the 2008 presidential election. We like the idea that we helped move the first African American into the highest office in the nation. We have hope. And we know we can. But we still just don’t really understand all the emotional, crying-in-the-aisle hoopla. America voted him in. What is all the surprise about?
To check out the front pages of newspapers around the world, click the link.
[Link: Guardian UK]
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At 9:55 PM and only 13 of 77 Carlsbadistan precincts reporting it looks like Ann Kulchin and Keith Blackburn are in the lead. The surprise to us is that Glenn Bernard is actually running in fourth place currently. Hard to believe.
We have a sneaking suspicion this is how this election is going to turn out, however, we’re not experts.
[Link: Sign On San Diego]
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Our favorite Carlsbad-based life sciences company Invitrogen is getting a new name. After the company’s $6.7 billion purchase of Applied Biosystems goes throught the new company will be called Life Technologies, according to a story on GenomeWeb News.
CEO Greg Lucier said in a memo sent to employees last night that the leadership teams of the two firms said that as they were “working together to define the identity and vision of our combined organization … one word became prominent in our discussions. That word was ‘life’ — a word that we believe truly symbolizes the promise of our combined company,” he wrote.
Sounds like a name straight out of a Philip K. Dick novel, but we like it.
[Link: GenomWeb Daily]
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The Village of Carlsbadistan is getting a great new market and wine shop in early 2009 when Vigilucci’s Gourmet Market & Catering opens at 2943 State Street. H. Gladstone For Men And Women has apparently downsized their clothing store to make room for the new market.
We’re getting hungry already.
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A light fall mist didn’t stop voters from hitting the polls early this morning in Carlsbadistan. Voters armed with umbrellas stood in line on Garfield for their chance to weigh in. Polls are open until 8 PM tonight so there is still time to make your voice heard.
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A 76-year-old man and his 77-year-old wife were beaten by a 53-year-old neighbor last night in a fight that started over a Prop 8 election signage, according to a story in the San Diego Union Tribune.
The resident of Sandcastle Drive was jailed on suspicion of elder abuse and battery causing great bodily injury, police Lt. Neil Gallucci said.
The dispute allegedly began when the neighbor placed a No on 8 sign in front a Yes on 8 sign the couple had placed on their lawn. The couple confronted the neighbor and that’s when the younger man reportedly struck the other couple in the “face and head.”
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Wedbush Morgan Securities recently lowered their opinion of Callaway Golf from “hold” to “sell” with a target of $8.
We believe 2009 results could fall meaningfully below current Street consensus forecasts.
And that’s why Barron’s said, “Callaway Swinging The Blues.”
[Link: Barron’s]
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Don’t know what it was about the Carlsbadistan Street Faire, but today we actually had fun. The streets were packed, the sun was out, then it rained to cool things off a little, and then the sun came back out again.
Sure, many of the booths were stacked full of junk we wouldn’t even haul to the Goodwill, but it was so good seeing the streets filled with smiling faces that not even a fire-and-brimstone street preacher could bring us down.
We didn’t count, but it looked a lot like the biggest and best Street Faire ever. Follow the jump for all the photos.
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According to a report released this week by the San Diego Association of Governments, crime in North County is on the run. Violent crime in Carlsbadistan is down 46 percent and property crime was down 6 percent, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The agency found that property crime across the county dropped in the first half of 2008 compared with the same period last year. Most North County cities mirrored the regional crime trends.
But just wait. With all the hard economic times experts say crime is bound to rebound.
Carlsbad Police Department spokeswoman Lynn Diamond said she was worried that people would become complacent about locking doors and windows because of the region’s continued drop in crime. She agreed with SANDAG that the poor economy could cause an increase in crime.
So remember: lock your doors. There are going to be some desperate holiday shoppers this season.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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The Sea Life Aquarium that just opened at Carlsbad’s Legoland on August 11, 2008 is shutting down on November 11, 2008 and will remain closed until December 26, 2008 while the park “updates” the attraction.
Modifications being made to the Aquarium include adding an interactive LEGO sand castle building area; enhancing the LEGO animation in the Lost City of Atlantis display; adding décor to the Lake Tahoe area; remodeling the front and Park-side SEA LIFE entrances; and improvements to the interactive audio/visual technologies currently being used throughout the Aquarium.
Sounds like someone didn’t get this project done right the first time.
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