by The Editors on April 6, 2008
Master’s Women (40 and over) were the second to go this morning on a perfect Carlsbadistan day. Racers who worried yesterday about overcast and cloudy skies had nothing to fear today other than five kilometers of asphalt.
With the pro men getting out of the start at 12:15 there is still time to see history made as American mile record holder Alan Webb, 25, starts on his Road to Beijing in the Carlsbad 5000 (click the link for the USA Today Story). He’s hoping to grab a world road record. And it looks like today might be the day.
“I wanted another go in a longer race on the road before the start of the track season,” said Webb, who ran the 1,500 meters at the Athens Games in 2004 but didn’t make it out of the first round. “I know the world record on the road was set here. I’ve heard about it over the years, and winning it is a big deal. It’s not a local 5K. It’s a pretty big deal.
And it will be an even bigger deal if Webb can shatter the record. For more photos follow the jump.
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by The Editors on April 5, 2008
The 2008 Carlsbad 5000 weekend kicked off this morning (April 5, 2008) at 8 AM with the 12-year-old start for the Junior Carlsbad.
According to race officials approximately 3,500 kids were registered to fun the one-mile race up Grand Ave, out Coast Highway then back down Carlsbad Village Drive to the finish at State Street.
Follow the jump for all the photos.
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by The Editors on April 5, 2008
The “world’s fastest 5k” returns to Carlsbadistan Saturday April 6, 2008. Expect a lot of trucks like this selling magical liquids that will increase health, fitness, and raw sex appeal. Of course those who know will just hang around until the race is over and then drink the sexiest fitness drink in the world in the Pizza Port Beer Garden with all the body-jocks who are all high on endorphins.
Here’s pretty much everything one needs to know about the race:
STARTING TIMES APRIL 6, 2008
6:00 am Registration Opens
7:05 am Masters Men, 40 & over
8:00 am Masters Women, 40 & over
8:50 am Wheelchair Invitational
9:25 am Men 30 – 39
10:20 am Women 30 – 39
10:25 am People’s Walk
11:30 am Men & Women 29 & Under
12:15 pm Men’s Invitational
12:17 pm Women’s Invitational
Note to racers: If you’re going to park in our neighborhood please be quiet in the morning. Carlsbadistanians like to stay out late on Saturday nights and they often wake up grumpy and hung over, so please keep the noise down and don’t block any driveways. Remember, you are guests in our Village.
[Link: Carlsbad 5000]
by The Editors on April 4, 2008
Time Warner Cable apparently announced today that we’ll be getting six new high definition channels in our lineup starting Tuesday April 8. While we’d be much happier with “OnDemand” that functioned (though after calling four times and having the box replaced twice we’ve pretty much given up on that), more HD is always good.
The new channels include: CNN HD, channel 726; Discovery HD, channel 743; Animal Planet HD, channel 764; Food Network HD, channel 751; HGTV HD, channel 753 and The Learning Channel HD, channel 755.
“By increasing our HD channel offerings, Time Warner Cable ensures customers can get the most out of their HDTVs and watch what they want, when they want, in HD,” Marc Farrar, vice president of public affairs for TWC’s San Diego division, said in a statement.
We don’t know about the most, Marc, but we’ll definitely have six more channels. Thanks.
[Link: Multichannel News]
by The Editors on April 4, 2008
Obviously not the brightest criminals, two masked men “smashed doors at Sears at Westfield Plaza Camino Real before the store opened Friday and stole jewelry from several display cases” according to a story on SignOnSanDiego.com.
Carlsbad police Lt. Matt Magro said the men, shown on store surveillance camera tapes, were wearing all-black clothing and ski masks when the robbery occurred shortly before 6 a.m. . . .Magro said the men emptied several display cases. The exact loss was still being determined, but he said it was in the thousands of dollars.
Yeah, if they were lucky. Probably hundreds, right? If they’d been after tools, or a Ty Pennington Style Orange Foliage Design Vase Collection they would have been in the right place.
[Link: SignOnSanDiego.com]
by The Editors on April 4, 2008
Carlsbad resident Bill Lignante, 82, spent 26 years doing courtroom sketches for ABC TV, yesterday he was profiled in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
If you watched ABC network news coverage of high-profile trials such as those of Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, Rodney King and Patty Hearst, you saw Lignante’s work. . . . Lignante, who graduated from the prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1949, illustrated popular comics, including “The Phantom” and “Ozark Ike,” and worked on well-known television cartoons such as “Scooby-Doo” and “Johnny Quest” for Hanna-Barbera. He drew the famous portraits of celebrities that hang on the wall of The Palm restaurant in Los Angeles.
He says the O.J. Simpson trial ended the careers of many courtroom artists. We kind of miss those drawings. It’s good to know we have someone in Carlsbad who can still whip them out.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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]
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