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.
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?
Shoppers in theApple 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.”
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.
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…]
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.
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. [click to continue…]
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.
At 7:05 AM, under overcast skies, the 25th Annual Carlsbad 5000 kicked off its 2010 run with the Masters Men 40 and over. It was the perfect temperature for running in Carlsbadistan. A cool and crisp 55 degrees with a hint on blue skies.
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TK Arnold Dreaming Of The Right Christmas
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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