by The Editors on April 16, 2008
A 20-year-old man died last night at about 7 PM when the car he was riding in “left the road and struck a telephone pole” on the “6500 block of Avenida Encinas, near the Poinsettia Coaster Station, according to the North County Times.
A passenger in the back seat of the car suffered major head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, Kennedy said. Two other men, a driver and a passenger in the front seat, were taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla with minor injuries. . . . The name of the man who died was not released Tuesday night. Carlsbad police were investigating the crash and said it was unclear why the car left the road.
Now the San Diego Union-Tribune is claiming the two other passengers in the car are using the classic “the other guy was driving” DUI defense.
The two other men, also between 20 and 30 years old, were hospitalized, Rawson said. Rawson said each is claiming the other was the driver. . . . Beer cans were in found the car, Rawson said.
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 16, 2008
In the April 16, 2008 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Peter MacLaggan, Senior Vice President of Poseidon Resources Corp., (the company that hopes to put in “the largest and most technologically advanced [desalination plant] in the Western Hemisphere”) in our lagoon has written an Op-ed piece titled From Sea To Tap, as a response to Mindy McIntyre’s Op-Ed of April 10, 2008 titled The SUV of Water.
California’s water supply system is based largely on pumping water from environmentally sensitive watersheds in Northern California and the Colorado River over hundreds of miles to Southern California through an elaborate and costly network of dams, canals and reservoirs. But proven desalination technology now allows us to produce higher-quality water along the coast, where the majority of the state’s population resides, at a comparable cost and without damaging the environmentally sensitive upstream habitats.
No matter what you think about the Carlsbad desalination factory, both of these opinions are good reading.
[Link: LA Times]
by The Editors on April 15, 2008
Carlsbadistan.com stickers are perfect for placing almost anywhere including, but not limited to: your computer, skateboard, bike, car, refrigerator, office cubicle, door, desk, binder, tool box, cat, scooter, surfboard, or locker. Each sticker is three inches in diameter (there are three in the image above) and features our lovely Encina Power Station, the seawall along with a lifeguard tower and if you look closely, you’ll see a lifeguard Jeep in the Tamarack parking lot.
To get some FREE stickers just click here and email us your mailing address and we’ll send you an envelope full of stickers (while supplies last).
by The Editors on April 15, 2008
We let our last poll run for way, way too long. As a reminder we asked readers “What do you call home?” And here’s how the results stacked up based on a mind-numbing 78 votes:
- Carlsbadistan and proud 60%
- Far away 17%
- The Eastern Front (suburban Carlsbad) 9%
- La Costa 8%
- A town nearby, but not Carlsbad. 6%
It appears that we have nailed our targeted demographic pretty dead-center. Kudos to us. We’re also happy with the “Far Away” numbers because that means many who love Carlsbadistan (but can’t live here full time), are using our site to keep tabs on their favorite beach Village. And for that we say thanks.
For poll number five, we’ve decided to ask Carlsbadistan how you feel about your cable company? You know, the one with the metropolitan cable monopoly. We have had some problems with our Time Warner On-Demand service, but at this point, we’re really not interested in getting it fixed (even though Time Warner Cable San Diego’s VP of Public Affairs Marc Farrar has been nice enough to offer to “resolve the On Demand issue” not once, but twice.)
So this week we’re asking our readers to finish the following sentence: Time Warner Cable is. . .
Please look to the right-hand column (under the words “What Do You Think?” and let us know.
by The Editors on April 15, 2008
If you’re wondering why all the clocks on your appliances were blinking today when you got home, it’s because at approximately 11:08 AM Carlsbadistan power went out thanks to a “suspected problem in the overhead electric system” on circuits AG01 and 0781 according to San Diego Gas & Electric.
Nearly 4,500 SDG&E customers were effected by the morning outage. (Click the image at right for full detail.)
These kinds of outages make it very difficult for us to catch up on the latest episode of The Hills.
[Link: SDG&E Outages]
by The Editors on April 14, 2008
First it was the Mastodon fossil found at El Camino Real and Canon Road. Now, a second discovery has been made at the new Robertson Ranch development.
Late last month, paleontologists monitoring the excavation of Robertson Ranch, which is being developed for homes, spotted a skeleton of a giant ground sloth as earthmovers were grading. . . “We know we have part of a pelvis, part of a front leg and part of a back leg,” Deméré said of the sloth discovery. “There were two ribs we could see and part of a vertebra. . . . They’d been held together a couple of hundred thousand years by mudstone.”
While this giant sloth roamed the Carlsbadistan area approximately 120,000 to 200,000 years ago, experts believe it was likely not one of Mayor Bud Lewis‘ pets.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 14, 2008
Steven Russolilo of the Dow Jones Newswires checks in with Callaway Golf. Will the company’s “relatively wealthy customers” save it from the perils of a tanking golf market?
The consumer wasn’t super strong last year, yet Callaway couldn’t keep its $499 driver in stock because there was such high demand for it,” said Bill Chappell, an analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. Callaway’s 2007 net sales rose 10 percent, to a record $1.12 billion. . . . Despite Callaway’s growth drivers, its sales could take a hit as consumers struggle with rising gas prices and paying their mortgages. . . . It’s very easy for a consumer to say they have enough golf clubs sitting in their garage that they may realize they don’t need a new set of Callaways,” said John Shanley, an analyst at Susquehanna Financial Group.
While reading this story we were reminded that market analysts are professional guessers. But yet, we all seem to care what they have to say when it comes to business. Why is that?
[Link: Chicago Tribune]
by The Editors on April 13, 2008
The only way things can get any better than this is if the water would warm up a little. Otherwise, another perfect day in Carlsbadistan. We’d say “Wish You Were Here,” however, from the crowd on the beach (and the car-lined streets) we’d say you already are. (Click the photo to see if full size.)
by The Editors on April 13, 2008
He’s the author of Redneck Words of Wisdom, but tonight at Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub & Grill Jaimie Muehlhausen will show that in addition to being a talented writer, artist, and graphic designer, he is also a great musician who can kick down both kinds of music: county and western. Starts at 8 PM right after the free movie.
[Link: Hensley’s Pub]
by The Editors on April 10, 2008
When Carlsbad’s Marty Ummel decided to sue her Real Estate Agent Mike Little because she felt she had paid too much for her home, most thought she was crazy. Now a North County jury has agreed with them, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
North County real estate agent who was sued by a Carlsbad couple for allegedly duping them into overpaying for their $1.2 million home was vindicated Thursday by a Superior Court jury that found the Realtor had not failed his clients. . . The 10-woman, two-man jury wasted no time deliberating, arriving at a unanimous verdict within two hours.
The jury forewoman Wendi Bricks said that ultimate responsibility for the price of the house rested with the Ummels because they signed the contract. Well Marty, it was a great effort.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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