by The Editors on April 22, 2010
On Tuesday night (April 20, 2010) at about 8 PM a black man in his late 20s to early 30s used a handgun to rob The Pita Pit in the Carlsbad Village Faire, according to a story in the North County Times (they called it The
The man brandished a gun and demanded money, police said. . . When the man fled, the shop owner followed the robber, who got away in a white Cadillac. The shop owner followed the vehicle southbound on Interstate 5 until the car exited the freeway at La Costa Avenue. . . The suspect was described as a black man, about 25 to 35 years old, wearing a black and blue hooded sweatshirt and had a goatee, police said.
The man got out of the car on La Costa Avenue near Vulcan and ran away, according to the story. Police were able to arrest a “A 39-year-old woman behind the wheel was arrested on suspicion of robbery, conspiracy and commercial burglary and was booked into Vista jail on $50,000 bail,” according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 21, 2010
We’re probably the last of the Carlsbadistan four-eyed to discover William Stevenson’s Hot Shots Eyeware Repair located downstairs in the Village Professional Center at 690 Carlsbad Village Drive. But damn, can this guy fix glasses.
The shop, in a building we never even knew existed, was packed like a Kaiser ER waiting room when we arrived. William, wearing his Hot Shots apron, stood in the middle of the sparsely decorated room when we arrived explaining to a customer why there would be no charge for the repair he’d just performed.
We grabbed one of the two empty chairs and asked the woman next to us how long Hot Shots had been around. “I’ve been coming here for a couple years,” she said. “And I drive all the way from San Diego. I don’t know how he does it. I’m always stepping on my glasses and he keeps fixing them.”
On the wall behind the glass counter, prices for all the different repairs Stevenson performs are hand lettered in erasable marker next to their corresponding parts on a four-by-five foot white board that features a schematic of a pair of glasses. There are pieces to glasses that we didn’t even know had names, but for between $5 and $15 Stevenson will fix pretty much anything that can break on a pair of glasses.
After disappearing with our frames into his “restricted area” workshop it was only a matter of minutes before our glasses were on the counter, sparkling, and as close to perfect as possible. Thankfully we didn’t need new $100 lenses and we didn’t have to wait. The charge? $5.
We’ll definitely, be back. There is no reason to go anywhere else.
[Link: Hot Shots Eyeware Repair]
by The Editors on April 21, 2010
It’s been 13 months since Carlsbadistan’s Aviara Resort owner BRCP HEF Hotel Tenant LLC first tried to get out of its management contract with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in what we called the Battle of Aviara. BRCP claimed Four Seasons was not living up to its contractual obligations and Four Season disagreed.
Now, after lockouts, and checkpoints, and accusations from both sides it appears that arbitration has worked, according to a story on the San Diego News Network. Four Seasons is out and Hyatt Hotels is in.
Hyatt Hotels has been selected to take over management of the Aviara Resort in Carlsbad from Four Seasons Hotels, it was announced Tuesday. . . Hyatt plans to brand and manage Aviara Resort as part of its luxury Park Hyatt group on June 21, when it will become the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, according to the company.
According to the story, the arbitration panel agreed with Four Seasons that no management agreements were broken, however they apparently decided that Four Seasons should no longer be involved with the property.
For the entire BRCP HEF Hotel Tenant LLC press release regarding the change please follow the jump.
[Link: San Diego News Network]
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by The Editors on April 19, 2010
On Sunday April 18, 2010 the California State Beach Lifeguards went in a little deep just north of Warm Waters and got stuck between some rocks and a soft space. See what happens when you drive on the beach kids?
by The Editors on April 16, 2010
Shoppers in the Apple Store at the Forum At Carlsbad this afternoon (April 16, 2010) were startled by a shrill alarm seconds before seeing two white males in their late teens or early 20s run from the store.
“We saw them walk in and they looked a little bit sketched out,” one shopper said. “Then when I heard the alarm and saw them running it kind of made sense.”
The men ran south to the parking lot behind the Sur La Table store with several Apple employees in pursuit. Bystanders called out which way the robbers ran, but just as the employees got the parking lot, the men came speeding right back through the mall parking lot in their black primer Nissan where helpful citizen copied down the license number as the car passed.
Workers, who first believed the thieves had stolen a popular, new iPad, eventually discovered that only two iPhone 3GS had been ripped from a display table near the front of the store.
“They really were the worst criminals ever,” said one shopper. “But I’m glad no one got hurt.”
by The Editors on April 16, 2010
Early Thursday morning (April 15, 2010) a 17-year-old girl driving a Ford F-150 truck plowed into these signs and into excavator on the closed portion of Historic 101 just south of the Hilton Garden Inn, according to a story in the North County Times.
About 1 a.m., police found the driver trapped in a Ford F-150 about 2100 feet past several closed road signs, Reno said. Without slowing, she had driven through orange barrel barricades and a chain link fence. Still going full speed, the truck dragged the fence before becoming lodged under a large excavator, he said. . . Carlsbad firefighters freed the teen, and she was taken by helicopter to Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, Reno said. Later Thursday, she was in stable condition but facing reconstructive surgery, the lieutenant said. Her name was not released.
As we were just telling a friend: there are very few good reasons to ever drive after midnight.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on April 16, 2010
Carlsbadistan’s power PR agency Bolt Public Relations (Caroline Callaway, Jesse Garner, Anne Carr, and Dana Flower pictured right) brought home the Agency of the Year Award at the first annual #influenceSD awards show held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Anthology in downtown San Diego. Bolt beat out 29 other San Diego agencies for the recognition.
Caroline Callaway, president of Bolt PR, explained, “One element in the new media space that intrigues us is one that has been a driving force in our agency’s PR services: the opportunity like never before to have a voice, spread a message, and communicate to thousands, if not millions, in real-time and on your own terms. Rather than relying on the tabloids to tell a story or doing damage control through a press conference, influentials can broadcast the message on their own terms through their Twitter feed, blog or Fan Page.”
We know Bolt is for real because they found us on Twitter and have been in constant contact ever since. And we’re not the easiest to get along with. Seriously. Congrats, you deserve it. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on April 14, 2010
Holly Moyer (left) and Kitty McMahon sort through books to find the best of the best.
The Friends of the Carlsbad Library volunteers are busy lately sorting and pricing books in preparation for the group’s Spring Better Books Sale, according to Publicity Chairman Tiffany Porter.
The sale is set for May 1-2, 2010 in the Community Room of the Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive. It will feature the best of the best – hundreds of like-new volumes that have been culled from donations to the Friends of the Library used book store throughout the year. . . . “These books deserve a special look,” said Marianne O’Leary, coordinator of the event, as she prepared items for the sale, assisted by volunteers Kitty McMahon and Holly Moyer.
Without giving too much away let us say this: we know there will be some amazingly good books in this sale because we nearly cried when we dropped some of them off.
For more information on the sale follow the jump.
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by Thomas K. Arnold on April 14, 2010
I want to get the proverbial ball rolling early in Carlsbad for a massive, citywide Christmas-slash-“holiday” celebration centered on the beloved village.
I know December is a long way off. And I realize there are other, much bigger issues of civic concern, including building a long-promised pool complex, unraveling the Village H disaster, and reining in those overblown public-employee benefits.
But can’t we all take a little time out and stage something truly memorable? We’ ve already dropped the ball completely with the Fourth of July. Carlsbad has no parade and no public fireworks display. The closest thing we’ve got is fireworks at Legoland, and the citizens of Carlsbad are so hungry for something, anything even remotely celebratory, that each year they crowd into the business parks west of Legoland to watch the 10-minute show, creating a huge traffic jam.
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by The Editors on April 11, 2010
It was windy on the Carlsbad 5000 course today as Ethiopia’s Ali Abdosh (2) and defending champ Bekana Dab (1) made Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge do all the work on the way down to the Tamarck Turn. They were probably hoping that it would tire him out. It didn’t.
Kipchoge was able to move out in front on the way back into town and by the time he made it to the turn onto Carlsbad Village Drive Kipchoge had the race well in hand. It wasn’t enough for a world road record, (Sammy Kipketer’s 13:00), but it was enough for the win and the confidence to know that the record is within reach.
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On Tuesday night (April 20, 2010) at about 8 PM a black man in his late 20s to early 30s used a handgun to rob The Pita Pit in the Carlsbad Village Faire, according to a story in the North County Times (they called it The
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by Thomas K. Arnold on April 14, 2010
I know December is a long way off. And I realize there are other, much bigger issues of civic concern, including building a long-promised pool complex, unraveling the Village H disaster, and reining in those overblown public-employee benefits.
But can’t we all take a little time out and stage something truly memorable? We’ ve already dropped the ball completely with the Fourth of July. Carlsbad has no parade and no public fireworks display. The closest thing we’ve got is fireworks at Legoland, and the citizens of Carlsbad are so hungry for something, anything even remotely celebratory, that each year they crowd into the business parks west of Legoland to watch the 10-minute show, creating a huge traffic jam.
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