by The Editors on June 28, 2008
Leave it to a crew of “home-school” Hawai’ian kids from Elite Element to squeak by Carlsbad High School Surf Team in the finals of the NSSA National High School Surf Championships.
Elite Element — which is a home-school program — defeated Carlsbad (Calif.) High in the final. The finals were run in 3- to 4-foot waves at Lower Trestles.
Congrats, CHS. It’s a shame we can’t all live in Hawaii and go to school only when we don’t feel like surfing.
[Link: Honolulu Advertiser]
by The Editors on June 28, 2008
She was sippin’ water and suckin’ throat lozenges most of the set, but that didn’t keep blues diva Javina Magness and her band from rocking the crowd all the way to the outfield at Stagecoach Park last night, for concert two of Carlsbad’s TGIF Jazz in The Park 2008.
We didn’t catch the first bit of Magness’ show because, as usual when we venture that far into Carlsbad’s Eastern Front, we got lost. From the looks on the faces of the packed baseball field everyone was enjoying Javina’s efforts.
The new baseball diamond venue may lack a little of the flavor of the old location, but it sure makes it easy for all the picnickers. And that new jumbo-sized dance floor seemed to be extremely popular.
Follow the jump for all the photos.
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by The Editors on June 27, 2008
We’ve been keeping tabs on the construction going on at The Forum Shopping Center in Carlsbad because it will soon be home to Apple’s newest retail store.
Right now it’s just a big black box. While we were hoping that this location would be open in time for the iPhone 3G launch on July 11, a sneak peek inside the store suggests that we’ll all be waiting a little longer than that.
Then again, who knows. Apple has worked magic in the past and we are talking about the launch of the Jesus Phone 3G with GPS. So anything is possible.
[Editors’ Note: Always click the photos to super-size them.]
by The Editors on June 27, 2008
People strolling the seawall this evening saw some strange happenings in the surf just north of the Power Station. A group of guys had what looked like a snowboard box out in the waves and surfers were repeatedly trying to boardslide and 50-50 it.
We’re not exactly sure what was up, but we saw a Volcom van and a Transworld Surf truck, and from the looks of the number of cameras around it would appear that someone was filming for either a TV show or a movie.
by The Editors on June 27, 2008
One month ago administrators of the Carlsbad Unified School District thought they would have to trim $5.6 million from the 2008-2009 budget, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Now, thanks to being reclassified as a “basic aid” school district (because of high local property values) the district adopted a $96.6 million budget with only $2 million in cuts.
Carlsbad joins several other coastal North County districts – Del Mar, Solana Beach and Encinitas – that are designated as basic aid because property values are so high there. Only about 80 of California’s more than 1,000 public school districts are basic aid districts. . . . That means that over the next fiscal year, Carlsbad Unified is expected to have $3.1 million more to spend than it otherwise would have had as a revenue limit school district.
We don’t exactly understand all the technical details, but smaller-than-expected budget cuts on education are always a great thing.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on June 27, 2008
The sign on the roof at 377 Carlsbad Village Drive is all that’s left of Mariah’s Restaurant. Though the owners of the long-time Carlsbadistan breakfast spot tried fine dining and even went online last fall in hopes getting funding to give the business an upgrade, they just couldn’t pull it off and had to call it quits.
But it’s not all bad news for the old space. A new upscale “quick serve” tacos and beer restaurant (which may be called Grubby’s Tacos) is set to open within the next few weeks. The new restaurant is owned and operated by the same team responsible for Oceanside’s Los Tacos and Grubby’s Diner. They have completely renovated the space (it’s looking solid) and will be kicking down good food (including breakfast with a Mexican groove) and what just might be Carlsbadistan’s largest selection of Mexican beer on tap.
We’ll keep you posted.
by The Editors on June 27, 2008
by The Editors on June 27, 2008
by The Editors on June 26, 2008
This evening (June 26, 2008) at approximately 5:12 pm, traffic on the 4900 block of El Camino Real slowed down in both North and South lanes after two silver Toyotas collided in front of Bobby’s Hideaway Cafe.
The driver of the Carolla, a woman in her 20s, was unhurt, however, the driver of the Matrix, a woman who appeared to be in her late 60s was a bit shaken by the crash and was “pretty shaken up by her airbags” according to one witness.
Carlsbad Fire, Paremedic, and Police units responded within minutes.
by The Editors on June 26, 2008
According to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune the City of Carlsbad is still kicking when it comes to the California Department of Parks and Recreations plans to charge beach visitors $8 a day for parking in the lot at Tamarack.
Mayor Bud Lewis announced Tuesday that the City Council voted 4-1 in closed session, with Councilwoman Julie Nygaard dissenting, to possibly sue the state Coastal Commission for allowing the parks department to install a fee machine.
We didn’t think the City Council had it in them, but we appreciate their seemingly better-late-than-never attention to the issue.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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