by The Editors on April 4, 2008
Carlsbad desert racer Adam Pfankuch is currently tied with Bakersfield’s Cory Boyer for the “Overall and Class 1-2/1600 points after two rounds of the five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series,” according to a story on WhoWon.com.
While admittedly off to a great start, both Boyer and Pfankuch are continuing to decide on a race-by-race basis if they will be able to push through to November’s season-ending 41st Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Obviously being up front in their Class point standings makes it an easier decision and an easier task of finding the sponsors needed to press forward. Both will have a second driver at the SCORE Baja 500, Cory will have has father Rick and Pfankuch will team with veteran Rick St. John, Carlsbad, Calif..
From dust to glory.
[Link: WhoWon.com]
by The Editors on April 4, 2008
Deepak Chopra, the author, speaker, Carlsbadistanian, and founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing at the La Costa Resort & Spa has a new book out. This one is about something he calls the Cosmic Jesus. It is titled: The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore.
“I said to myself, ‘Why not write a book that takes Jesus’ teachings —- and it doesn’t matter if you’re Christian or not —- and learn from this and improve your life?'” he told The Associated Press at the Chopra Center and Spa in midtown Manhattan.
Seems nothing is more profitable these days than offering up happiness solutions by blending the East and the West into something that we all can feel good about. And no one does it better than Deepak.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on April 4, 2008
Carlsbad Reads Together, a community-wide reading program has recently chosen the best-selling novel The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by AlexanderMcCall Smith.
A highlight of the program will be an evening with Alexander McCall Smith on Thursday, April 24 at 7pm. The event will take place at Carlsbad City Library’s Schulman Auditorium at 1775 Dove Lane. Seating is limited and tickets will be required. Free tickets, limit two per person, will be given out at Schulman Auditorium beginning at 6pm on April 24. The talk will be followed by a signing and books will be available for purchase, with a percentage of proceeds going to the Friends of the Carlsbad Library.
The library is also featuring free films about Africa on April 9, 16, 23, and 30. For more information about Carlsbad Reads Together click the jump or visit www.carlsbadlibrary.org.
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by The Editors on April 3, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune writer Michael Burge gets on the Tamarack Surf Beach parking fee story that we wrote about yesterday with a few additional details.
Technically, a parking fee isn’t new at Tamarack. From 1994 to 2000, the state had permits to charge users, but drivers didn’t know it. The city paid the state about $36,000 a year to cover the fees and maintain the free parking, Jantz said. . . . The City Council hasn’t yet taken up the proposed parking issue, but the delay will give it time to address it, he said. . . . Ketterer said the Tamarack lot can generate $200,000 annually in fees. Part of that revenue will go the state’s general fund, and part to the parks upkeep budget.
The California Coastal Commission’s hearing on the fee request has been tentatively postponed until May 7-9, 2008 when the group will meet in Marina del Rey at the Marina del Rey Hotel. “The State Parks and the City of Carlsbad have requested a postponement on the issue so when it’s really up to them to decide when it gets presented to the Coastal Commission,” said Toni Ross, a coastal planner with the San Diego office of the California Coastal Commission.
When we spoke to Rob Houston with the Carlsbad City Manager’s office he implied that people from the City of Carlsbad are planning attend the hearing and speak out against the proposed parking fees. “We’re checking from the City side,” he said. “But citizens should be heard as well.”
As the Commission members prefer to get comments via the US Postal Service, click here for their addresses and be heard.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 2, 2008
As North County Times staff writer Pam Kragen says, “Describing “Frozen,” a play about a pedophile serial killer, as “beautiful” may sound like an oxymoron, but not to Stephen Elton, who directs a reading of Bryony Lavery’s drama in Carlsbad on April 7.’
Frozen” won London’s Barclay Award for Best New Play in 1998. It’s the story of an American research psychologist named Agnetha, who travels to London to interview Ralph —- a British pedophile imprisoned for the rape and murder of seven young girls, including 10-year-old Rhona, over a 25-year period. Agnetha is working on a thesis that serial killers are ill, not evil, and she meets with Ralph to test her theories.
The reading stars “multi-award-winning actor” Ron Choularton as Ralph. If you’re in the mood to spend Monday evening with a pedophilic serial killer, then bring your $5 to the New Village Arts theater at 2787B State St., Carlsbad. Frozen begins at 7:30 PM.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on April 2, 2008
Each summer, we’d look forward to pretending that Carlsbadistan is an Ivy League city by donning our tennis whites and attending a slew of tennis matches at the Acura Classic at the La Costa Resort & Spa. So last year we learned that the event had been sold to the Women’s Tennis Association, we were bummed. Now it all makes sense.
The WTA Tour purchased the event from Raquel Giscafre and Jane Stratton, the officers of Promotion Sports Inc., whose rationale in divesting themselves of the tournament was that they thought they had taken it as far as they could. Having acquired the Acura, the WTA, acting to realize the vision of Larry Scott, its chairman and CEO, sold the tournament to tennis interests in Beijing.
How do you say, “Cool,” in Mandarin?
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 2, 2008
On Thursday April 10, 2008 the California Coastal Commission was scheduled to hold a hearing (and vote) regarding the The California Department of Parks and Recreation‘s request to install a “mechanical fee collection device at Carlsbad State Beach Parking lot” at Tamarack Surf Beach where State Parks hopes to charge a flat rat of $8.00 per day to park in the lot. The hearing has now been postponed according to the Coastal Commission .
We mentioned this the first time on November 17, 2007 when the pending permit notice went up on the Tamarack sign. Now, it looks like it will proceed, as the Coastal Commission staff is recommending approval.
Staff is recommending approval of the project with various special conditions. . . Special conditions include the requirement for a monitoring program to document any impacts to public access, or the development of additional public trails down the coastal bluff. A further special condition has been recommended to approve the parking fees on a trial three year basis.
Obviously, we believe this is a terrible idea for several reasons, most importantly being that it is going to simply push all the people up into Carlsbadistan. When parking on the streets is free and it costs $8.00 to park at the beach, where are people going to park? That’s right: in our neighborhood. We think it is completely selfish of the California State Parks to try to raise funds by packing our streets even more than they already are.
We have contact the Carlsbad City Managers office and will report back as soon as we have any more information.
by The Editors on April 2, 2008
In a recent list of the 100 Best Places to Live and Launch Fortune Magazine listed Carlsbadistan as number 32 (right between Leesburg, Virginia and Hamden, Connecticut) as a great place to live and launch a new business.
Carlsbad’s fun-based economy includes booming tourism, thanks to LegoLand, adventure sports outfitters, and major manufacturing of golf equipment. . . . Biotech and golf-related ventures dominate the list of businesses in the self-proclaimed “golf manufacturing capital of the world,” but action sports companies like Reef and No Fear have recently relocated to the area.
On the con side they said we had “an aversion to growth.” And it’s true. Luckily, we have the Pacific Ocean to protect us on the west side.
[Link: CNNMoney.com via City of Carlsbad]
by The Editors on April 1, 2008
Carlsbad, CA (April 1, 2008) After only seven months in business and weeks of negotiations with civic leaders the City of Carlsbad has decided to take The Crossings At Carlsbad private.
“We just weren’t seeing enough revenue,” said Carlsbad Mayor Bud Louis. “Math mistakes were made. At currently usage and pricing ($100 a round) it would have taken us nearly 147 years to break even. And obviously that is not a workable solution. It’s an unfortunate necessity of the times.”
What had once been hailed as the finest municipal course in the world will now cost more than $120,000 to join and upwards of $350 a month to play. But that is not seen as a problem by The Crossing’s management. “The majority of Carlsbad residents don’t even golf, but they do enjoy driving by the rolling grassy fairways, and dinning in our award winning Canyon’s Restaurant,” said General Manger Geoff Parry. “None of that will change.”
Many are happy about the change. “There were just too many hacks out on the course,” said course pro Stevie Von. “A $75 million course is wasted on the average golfer, so I’m glad we’re kicking them out.”
Cec Vaurnet has lived in Carlsbad for 14 years and he couldn’t care less. “Golfers are a–holes,” he says “If the City can take more money from those idiots I say go for it. Then they can take the money and build a proper skateboard park near the Village.”
The Crossings at Carlsbad becomes The Crossings Country Club on April 15, just into time for taxes.
by The Editors on April 1, 2008
Carlsbad, CA (April 1, 2008): After nearly ten years of entertaining the kids, a popular Carlsbad theme park has teamed up with Vivid Entertainment on a new 17 acre, $28 million themed attraction whose main thrust will be adults.
Modeled after the back streets of the San Fernando Valley, the all-new 18-and-over Pornoland, will feature rides and services to thrill even the most hardened theme park aficionado. “After several market research studies we found that while people will spend a hell of a lot of money on their kids, they will spend even more on sex,” said Liam Andleson, VP of Product at Mervin Entertainments. “What better way to succeed than by collaborating with the leading brand in adult entertainment.”
Vivid sees this as just one more way to legitimize their business. “We are very excited to have been chosen to help design and staff this new park feature,” said Steve Hirsch, President of Vivid Entertainment. “Like us, the park’s staff have proven that they know the ins and outs of the business and are deeply interested in satisfying their customers.”
While many of the new attractions will remain under cover until opening day, Carlsbadistan has seen tentative plans for several of the new rides.
In one feature called “Coed Pool Party” visitors will float in condom-shaped canoes down a river lined with dioramas (made entirely out of colorful interlocking blocks) re-inacting scenes from some of Vivid’s most memorable videos. Another attraction called “Bangkok Nights” will celebrate the street markets of Thailand, while giving visitors a chance to interact with (and even film) some of the park’s hottest characters.
“When it all comes down to it, we have bent over backwards to provide quality entertainment,” Andleson said. “Now, with attractions for the adults we’ll no longer be known as just a kids park. With Pornoland we’ll be able to focus on the family.”
The park plans to open June 9, 2008.
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