by The Editors on April 23, 2008
At approximately 3:05 PM today (April 23, 2008) a woman in her mid to late-20s was hit by a car while crossing the street in front of the Vons Supermarket in the parking lot of the Vons shopping center at the corner of Aviara Parkway and El Camino Real.
According to a witness, a woman driving a green Nissan Pathfinder turned the corner in the Vons parking lot and struck the pedestrian before even seeing her.
“She just came around the corner and hit her,” said the witness. “She didn’t even see her until after she had knocked her to the ground.
The woman was placed on a backboard and transported via Carlsbad Fire Department ambulance. The Carlsbad Police responded as well. We’ll have more as information becomes available.
by The Editors on April 23, 2008
A ski mask-wearing bandit wielding a “small sword” robbed a man at the ATM of the Washington Mutual Bank Branch at 699 Grand Ave. at 6:30 AM yesterday in the VIllage of Carlsbadistan.
The victim withdrew $100 from the Washington Mutual Bank branch at 699 Grand shortly before 6:30 a.m. and was accosted by the robber, said Carlsbad police Lt. Jay Eppel. . . .The man demanded the cash as he threatened the victim with the sword, and the victim complied, Eppel said.
The robber was described as white, about 30 to 40 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a dark-colored hooded sweat shirt and baggy jeans.
The robber ran away and the robbery victim was not injured.
[Link: 10news.com and The San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 22, 2008
Employees and teamriders from IPATH, a Torrance, California-based action sports footwear company, joined The Surfrider Foundation on Monday morning to help clean up Carlsbad State Beach on Earth Day.
“Going green isn’t a fad, it’s a movement IPATH has been a part of since our beginning and we’re thrilled others are joining us,” said Bruce Gordon, IPATH’s general manager.
We’re glad, too. We like clean beaches.
by The Editors on April 22, 2008
As an assistant director Carlsbad’s Jack Roe helped create some of Hollywood’s best loved films. Sadly, he died April 6, 2008 of heart failure, according to a story in Variety.
A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 27 at El Camino Country Club, 3202 Vista Way, Oceanside. Born in Omaha, Neb., Roe served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. . . . After joining the Director’s Guild in 1963, he worked as a assistant director on films such as Funny Girl, Paint Your Wagon, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Sunshine Boys, The Bad News Bears, Silver Streak, The Goodbye Girl, and The In-Laws.
In all he worked on more than 50 feature films. Our thoughts are with Mr. Roe’s family and friends.
[Link: Variety]
by The Editors on April 22, 2008
On Monday April 21, 2008 at approximately 6:30 PM Jeffrey Samora, 24, of Oceanside stepped in front of a speeding Amtrak train near the Carlsbad Village Station and was killed, according to a story on NBCsandiego.com.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said the man who was killed was trespassing on the tracks at the time of the accident.
The death has now been ruled a suicide.
Witnesses said the man, in his 20s, jumped from the Carlsbad Village Drive station platform onto the tracks about 6:20 p.m. and stood there until he was hit by a train going about 60 mph.
[Link: NBCsandiego.com and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 22, 2008
Three of the 55 applicants for the position of City Manager for the City of Carlsbad have made it to round two of the interview process according to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times.
“We screened six,” the mayor [Bud Lewis] said, as he discussed an all-day, closed-to-the-public interview session the City Council held last week. “And we’re coming back for three (finalists) we’re going to look at again. . . “Hopefully, within the next few weeks we’re going to have a city manager,” he added.
Current acting City Manager Lisa Hildabrand, 52, is still in the running for the job, but the names of the other two have not be released.
Seems like a pretty nice way to make over $200,000 a year.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on April 22, 2008
A Carlsbad man, Dr. Jackson Streeter, is working on an investigative light therapy that he says can help save injured brain cells, specifically in cases of nerve and spinal cord injuries, as well as Parkinson’s disease. The company is called PhotoThera and it’s device works like this:
A hand-held probe delivers an infrared energy signal into the brain. It stimulates mitochondria, which provide energy to each living cell. The mitochondria in neurons shut down when the brain is injured. “When that energy transfer takes place, it keeps cells alive inside the brain that might otherwise die,” Dr. Streeter says.
We wouldn’t mind trying to rescue some of our damaged brain cells. Streeter hopes to get FDA approval by next year.
[Link: New4jax.com]
by The Editors on April 20, 2008
While we may not be so sure about “The Triathlon of a New Generation” a.k.a. the Ultimate Boarder 2008, (contest in which athletes compete in snowboarding, surfing, and skateboarding with combined scoring), we are absolutely sure that the right guy won.
Carlsbadistan’s Aaron Astorga (you may have seen him driving around town in the Hurley sprinter van) edged out pro snowboarder and ESPN commentator Todd Richards and rolled away with a check for $30,000.
It was an amazing event and everyone had a great time” said Ultimate Boarder champion, Aaron Astorga. “The contest organizers did an unbelievable job of bringing all of the surfers, skaters and snowboarders together and I know a lot of us are already looking forward to next year’s contest.”
Aaron, thanks for showing the world that Carlsbadistan remains action sports central. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Follow the jump for all the details.
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by The Editors on April 20, 2008
Thanks to a crew of volunteers Carlsbad’s Hosp Grove now has 200 more trees as part of its Centennial Celebration, according to a Leigh Ann Dewey story in the North County Times.
The celebration offered the community a chance to observe the birthday of the grove, planted 100 years ago by F.P. Hosp & Partners, which hoped to sell the wood to the Santa Fe Railroad for railroad ties. The wood proved too brittle, so the trees remained. Through a vote of residents in 1987, 53 acres of the grove were acquired by the city of Carlsbad and the entire 74 acres — bordered by Hosp Way, Marron Road, and Jefferson and Monroe streets, became parkland and open space.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on April 20, 2008
Moments after landing at Carlsbad/Palomar airport on Saturday just after 10AM a small jet, “owned by California Natural Products,” skidded off the runway. There were four people aboard and none were injured according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
It is unclear what caused the Cessna Citation to veer off the side of the runway after landing, said Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
According to a witness, a woman driving a green Nissan Pathfinder turned the corner in the Vons parking lot and struck the pedestrian before even seeing her.
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