by The Editors on October 22, 2007
An unnamed, off-duty Carlsbad Police officer who was in Belleville, Illinois this past weekend witnessed a man on a street corner stabbing a woman. He jumped out took action.
Assistant Police Chief Roger Barfield said the officer from Carlsbad, Calif., was driving by the scene. “He witnessed the suspect on top of the victim making a stabbing motion,” Barfield said. He got out of his car and ordered the suspect to stop and the suspect did. . . . The arriving Belleville officer found a woman laying face up in the street, bleeding from her right arm and abdomen area, according to a statement released by Capt. Donald R. Sax.
Turns out the woman had money that she wanted to use to buy food, the man of course, thought it would be better to spend it on beer. When she wouldn’t give it to him he took out a knife and began slashing her. Thanks to the Carlsbad police officer the woman is still alive.
[Link: Belleville News-Democrat]
by The Editors on October 22, 2007
by The Editors on October 21, 2007
Carlsbad writer Lynn Alley is blowing out one of our secret lunch spots to the world in the San Diego Union Tribune with her nice write up of Pelly’s Fish Market.
When it’s time to grab a meal out in Carlsbad, the California Bistro at the Four Seasons Aviara might be my dining room of choice, but since I live in the real world, I’ve got little places that I turn to for a good, honest bite. . . . My current favorite is Pelly’s Fish Market.
While we’re not going to agree with her on the California Bistro tip (we prefer the Blue Fire Grill at La Costa), she’s dead-on with Pelly’s.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on October 21, 2007
While strolling through The Village Saturday morning we rolled into the twice weekly Carlsbad Farmers’ Market that is held in the parking lot on at 2930 Roosevelt Street between Grand Avenue and Carlsbad Village Drive. The market features delicious produce including the best tomatoes we’ve ever tasted (thanks for the samples) as well as fresh salsa, hand-made tortilla chips, locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables, and a large assortment of fresh flowers.
We all know it exists and that it’s been there for a while, however, it’s good every once in a while to refresh the memory with an in-person visit. The Farmers’ Markets are held “Rain or Shine” every Wednesday 1pm -5pm and Saturday 9am-1pm. Mom was right: fresh food is good food.
[Link: Carlsbad Farmers’ Market]
by The Editors on October 21, 2007
When the Carlsbad City Council meets on Tuesday October 23, 2007 Mayor Bud Lewis is expecting a large crowd to be on hand to voice their concerns about what is being called the Ponto Vision Plan, according to the North County Times.
Victor Ramirez, who lives in the Hanover Beach neighborhood, said Friday that the council can expect to hear from just as many public speakers as the planning commission did last month. . . “I think maybe even more,” he said, noting that his community has a Ponto meeting coordinator who is encouraging people to come. “I think they’ll have a full room and maybe overflowing.”
The mayor says the council will go until 10 PM and if they’re not finished it will be put off until next week. That sounds like a plan.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on October 21, 2007
Jim Courtney and Michael Pfankuch would like to take the one-acre lot that houses old Carlsbad Boat Club on the north shore of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon and put in a 26-unit, 40,500-square-foot time-share condominium complex, but according to a North County Times story they’re the only ones excited about the project.
Neighbors say they think a three-story condo complex would be completely out of character for the quiet community made up of luxurious single-family homes. . . .The city’s Planning Department appears to agree. Staff members are recommending that the Planning Commission deny the permit that the project will need to proceed.
Courtney and Pfankuch have an uphill battle. If they get past the Planning Commission and the City Council they still must have their plans approved by the Costal Commission.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on October 21, 2007
According to the San Diego Union Tribune a 31-year-old “San Diego Gas & Electric Co. worker suffered a severe electrical shock” while working on an “electricity distribution tower at Cannon Road and Faraday Avenue” at 10 AM yesterday.
The man was flown by helicopter to the burn unit of UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest, Carlsbad fire Battalion Chief Mike Kennedy said. . . The man was in stable condition when taken to the hospital, Kennedy said.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on October 21, 2007
Last night the heart of Carlsbadistan was getting all shook up thanks to what appeared to be test bombing at Camp Pendleton. You know the blasts are pretty heavy stuff when you’re sitting on the couch watching TV and you can feel the rumble right up through the floor. There were no media reports of increased activity on base, but we could certainly here the thunder and feel the blasts. Did you feel anything? If so, let us know in the comments.
by The Editors on October 19, 2007
From a business perspective this probably isn’t the greatest news in world, but according to a story in the North County Times Carlsbad office space vacancy rate is soaring.
Leasable office vacancy rates in the posh coastal city have risen to 24.2 percent in the third quarter, the report stated. That’s up from 21.2 percent in the second quarter and just 10.2 percent in the third quarter of 2006. “Leasable” refers to empty space that is on the market and leased space that is unused and could be rented to someone else. . . “Vacancy has continued to shoot up as construction has been outpacing absorption,” said John Hoffmann, a senior vice president at Burnham, a real estate research firm in San Diego.
Looks like this may have something to do with the recent softening of the real estate market in general. Sadly, we’re going to guess this vacancy number will go even higher in the short term.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on October 18, 2007
A memorial service for Sean Carter, the teenager who went missing after a PWC crash last week will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Elk’s Lodge according to a notice in the North County Times. Though an “intense rescue effort” from Oceanside to Carlsbad was made the boy’s body has still not been found.
Carter is presumed dead seven days after he and Doug Carter, his 21-year-old brother, crashed head-on into each other while riding Sea-Doos just south of the Oceanside Pier last Wednesday. Doug Carter reached his unconscious brother in the minutes after the crash, but could not save him from sinking. Although wearing wetsuits, neither brother was wearing a life jacket as required by California law.
[Link: North County Times]
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