by The Editors on September 12, 2008
by The Editors on September 12, 2008
Two male Oriental fruit flies (Bactrocera dorsalis) have been spotted in Carlsbad, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
In Carlsbad, state agriculture workers will begin eradicating the Oriental fruit fly Friday within a 8.7-square-mile area of where the flies were trapped, using pesticide-laced food for the insect; people are urged to not move fruits and vegetables out of the area.
But that’s not the biggest news. The larger issue is that 1,181-square miles of San Diego County has been “placed under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid” a.k.a. Diaphorina citri.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on September 12, 2008
It’s not often that you get to party at the Post Office, but on today September 20, 2008 at 9 AM the Carlsbadistan Post Office will celebrate Date Meets Zip Day. The way it works is that today is 9-20-08 the same as the local Zip Code. Get it?
Join the Mayor, Carlsbad High School’s Cheerleaders, Miss Carlsbad, The Army and Navy Academy Atkinson Warrior Marching Band, Carlsbad Post Office Employees and others in celebration this once-in-a-century event with specially designed postcards and cancellation, balloons, cake and other silly stuff.
The Party runs for 20 minutes 8 seconds from 9:00 AM until 9:20:08 AM.
by Richard J. Riehl on September 12, 2008
The biggest challenge facing Carlsbad’s leaders in the near future will be to agree on spending priorities without the safety net of an ample reserve fund.
The city’s yearly budget surpluses may soon disappear because of the planned opening of new city facilities and a reduction in new development as the city reaches build-out.
Enter the Carlsbad Six, City Council candidates ranging in age from 19 to 74.
Their campaign Web sites suggest they can be divided into three groups: the Insiders, the Outsiders, and the Long Shots.
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by The Editors on September 10, 2008
Carslbadistan pro surfer Taylor Knox gave it a charge at Trestles in the Boost Mobile Pro, the continental US’s biggest surf event. He made it past Timmy Reyes this morning, but in his next heat against current world champion Mick Fanning he got stuck waveless for the last half of the heat.
Sadly, he is now out of the contest along with Carlsbad’s Ben Bourgeois who was knocked out by Bobby Martinez in heat number five of round three.
[Link: Boost Mobile Pro]
by The Editors on September 9, 2008
A Vista Firefighter who saw a surfboard “sticking up in the water” around 5PM tonight rescued a surfer who was apparently knocked out according to a story on Sign On San Diego.
The surfer may have hit his head on the ocean bottom off a stretch of city beach between two jetties south of Agua Hedionda Lagoon, Carlsbad police Lt. Marc Reno said. . . The firefighter tugged on the board’s leash, pulling the surfer up from the bottom, and started CPR.
The surfer was revived before being transported from Canon Park at 6 PM by San Diego’s copter 1 to a hospital.
[Link: Sign On San Diego]
by The Editors on September 9, 2008
This afternoon a man in his “30s or 40s” apparently tried to throw himself under a Coaster train at the Carlsbad Village Station at approximately 3:40 PM on September 9, 2008, according to a story on Sign On San Diego.
It was an attempted suicide, it appears from witness accounts,” said Carlsbad Police Cpl. Rob Shelton. . . .“He contorted his body and he threw himself at the train,” said Chris Wood, who was standing on the platform about 100 feet away.
Firefighters were able to get him out from under the train and transport him to Scripps Memorial Hospital. This is the same location where Jeffrey Samora, 24, killed himself by jumping in front of an Amtrak train on Monday April 21, 2008.
[Link: Sign On San Diego]
by The Editors on September 9, 2008
After a great year on the WQS Carlsbadistan surfer Ben Bourgeois is back on the WCT tour for the first time since 2001 and North County Times writer Michelle Esposito caught up with him to get his view on competing at the Boost Mobile Pro this week at Trestles.
Bourgeois will be among 48 of the world’s top surfers competing in the men’s World Championship Tour event at Lower Trestles. The Boost Mobile Pro, which began Monday and continues through Saturday, is the only WCT event on the U.S. mainland. . . . “I’m looking forward to Trestles because it’s right here and I know the break pretty well,” Bourgeois said. “I definitely just want to get a good result here. For me, it would mean a lot so I could jump up in the ratings. That’s my goal right now.”
Benny made it out of his first round head against Adrian Buchan and Tiago Pires. Carlsbad’s Taylor Knox surfs in Heat 15 today. Follow them both while you work, click here to watch the Boost Mobile Pro live on the Internet.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 9, 2008
For the first time in 13 year the American’s have won the girls’ junior U.S. Open Championships. And that’s all thanks to Carlsbadistan’s Coco Vandeweghe winning over Venezuela’s Gabriela Paz 7-6 (3), 6-1, according to the New York Times.
After a competitive first set, Vandeweghe took control almost immediately in the second, breaking Paz in her first service game to take a 2-0 lead. After holding serve, Paz then double-faulted to give Vandeweghe a second break and a 4-1 lead. Vandeweghe was never in danger from there and went on to break Paz a third time to win the match on a sizzling forehand winner down the line.
She’s the first to ever win it as a wildcard entrant and the word is Coco is just beginning to hit her tennis stride. Congrats, Coco.
[Link: New York Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on September 9, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s satellite products company ViaSat Inc. has just signed a $50 million deal to “intall land-based ‘gateways’ to connect European broadband subscribers to the Internet via satellite.”
The contract was awarded by Skylogic, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications of Paris. ViaSat will install 10 broadband gateways in Europe linked to the KA-SAT satellite, which is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2010.. . . “This is the first network infrastructure award resulting from our transformational broadband initiative and leverages ground system economies of scale because it can be used for both high-capacity satellites — KA-SAT and ViaSat-1,” said Mark Dankberg, chairman and chief executive officer of ViaSat.
Yeah, what Mark said. We’re hoping someone got a nice fat bonus for this one.
[Link: San Diego Business Journal]
Things just aren’t looking too sweet at Carlsbadistan’s once booming golf clothing manufacturer Ashworth Golf Company. 
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