Police made an arrest in the case Sunday around 9:25 p.m. during a traffic stop on southbound Intestate 5 near Cannon Road after witnesses identified the shooter, Williams said. . . . He is being held without bail in Vista jail. He also is facing charges of assault with a firearm, participating in a street gang and violating probation, police said.
Amber Dubois didn’t come home on February 13, 2009. The 14-year-old girl was last seen at 6:15 AM near Escondido High. These posters were placed near the beach in Carlsbad. Anyone with information should contact Police or her Parents at 760 803-5073 or 619 889-6857.
An 18-year-old man was shot in the head “near a party” in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to a story in the North County Times.
Officers responded to the 2300 block of Pio Pico Drive shortly after 12:25 a.m. and found numerous possible witnesses. Police later learned the victim had been taken by companions to a local hospital. They said the shooting took place in the street. . . . Detectives early Saturday morning were interviewing witnesses and examining the scene. No information about any suspects was provided in the statement.
The name of the victim was not revealed because police suspect the shooting may be “gang-related.”
Last night was a big night in Carlsbadistan business and though we were graciously invited (thanks, Angela) we sadly didn’t make it. It’s hard to go undercover when all the heavy hitters are in the room. What did we miss?The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Awards Dinner at The Four Season’s Aviara. And our favorite Carlsbad-based life sciences company CEO Life’s Greg Lucier was the big winner. Here’s how it went:
• Businessperson of the Year – Greg Lucier, CEO of Life Technologies Corp.
• Small Business of the Year (1-15 employees) – E-World Recyclers.
• Medium Business of the Year (16-99 employees) – AKT, LLP.
• Large Business of the Year (100 or more employees) – Legoland California.
• Lifetime Achievement in Business – Jim Smith, owner of Jim Smith Realty.
• Entrepreneur of the Year – Brett Hanley, president and CEO of SeaShell Awnings USA Inc.
• Community Leadership – Julie Nygaard.
In addition, two special awards of recognition also were given out:
The winners got engraved crystal awards (which we don’t have pictures of) and everyone got to check out the new Aptera Motors car and watch famous whale painter Wyland paint whales on a wall. Let’s put it this way: we’re not going to miss this event next year. [click to continue…]
A friend of ours snapped this photo at the Action Sports Retailer Show at the San Diego Convention Center last month. Apparently, these girls are all from Carlsbadistan and were at the show to load up on free stuff. Looks like they did a pretty good job.
As stated in the letter, Caltrans’ flexibility to construct the I-5 North Coast Corridor widening project is severely limited by surrounding land uses. The impetus is on NRG West, the power plant company, to demonstrate how the area can accommodate both a widened freeway and a new power plant. The letter also states that the I-5 widening project will remove existing landscaping and berm, creating significant visual impacts should both projects go forward.
We can’t help but laugh to ourselves at the ecological irony in the letter. This is probably the first time in our lives that we’ve wanted to make sure there was enough room to add more lanes to an already monstrous freeway. It’s almost like the pavers are the good guys if they keep another power plant out of Carlsbadistan.
The Gemological Institute of America announced today that it is cutting 71 employees from their Carlsbadistan office in a nine percent cut across the company according to a story on National Jeweler.
A GIA spokeswoman said the cuts, announced on Wednesday, would impact 103 GIA employees in the United States, 71 at the company’s Carlsbad, Calif., headquarters and 32 at its New York offices. . . . The GIA employs a total of 1,143 workers in the United States. . . . In addition, all salaried employees will take a pay cut of up to 20 percent, while hourly employees will lose workdays. . . .The company’s pension plan is frozen, the spokeswoman said.
Carlsbadistan’s Calvin Toms and Chris Perret (pictured above) ended up on Pete Thomas’ LA Times blog for catching some pretty nice fish while angling from their stand-up surfboards.
Stand-up fishing has new meaning for a couple of Carlsbad anglers, who recently visited Rancho Leonero in Baja California’s East Cape region and tackled several big-game species while atop surfboards designed for stand-up paddling. . . . That’s Calvin Toms (above) with a nice roosterfish, and Chris Perret (below) with a very impressive sierra mackerel, which presumably was prepared as ceviche for an afternoon snack by the sleepy resort’s chef.
Wonder if Toms and Perrit know that for a little more money could buy a boat with a motor and stand up and fish in it any time they wanted? They must, right?
This Thursday, February 19, 2009 the Carlsbad Education Foundation is holding a special Carlsbadistan “red carpet premiere” of the Carlsbad High School student produced Holocaust documentary We Must Remember: This film chronicles the experience of 16 Carlsbad High School students as they research, conduct interviews, and learn about the Holocaust. The premiere will take place at the MovieMax Theater (we call it the Plaza Camino Real 4) located at 2385 Marron Road, Carlsbad. Tickets are $9.50 each.
In recognition of Trader Joe’s opening their first Carlsbadistan location at Bressi Ranch today at 9 AM, here is a little of what we all can look forward to thanks to Carl’s Fine Films.
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