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CARLSBAD: Poinsettia Park ballfield named for former player
CARLSBAD ---- The signs may be small indicating the new name for a ball field at Poinsettia Park, but, if community members have their way, they mark big changes in the lives of some Carlsbad youths.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:15 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: Former news anchor arrested
A former Pittsburgh news anchor was arrested in Carlsbad for failing to serve drunken driving sentences in two Pennsylvania cases.
Nov 19, 2009 | 11:30 am | Loading…
CARLSBAD: Firefighter wins Volunteer of the Year
CARLSBAD ---- Out of 1,500 registered volunteers, Carlsbad firefighter Jeff Chumbley, 43, won the Burn Institute's Pamela R. Kelly Volunteer of the Year award for 2009.
Nov 13, 2009 | 8:15 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: State releases assessment of power plant project
The state Energy Commission released an 828-page assessment of a proposed power plant project in Carlsbad on Thursday afternoon, declaring that the proposed plant appears to meet state and local standards.
Nov 12, 2009 | 4:55 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: Longtime philanthropist Leichtag mourned
From the newest public school in San Marcos to the Women's Health and Birth Pavilion at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas, Andre "Toni" Leichtag left a philanthropic legacy in North County that touched the lives of countless people, friends and colleagues said this week.
Nov 12, 2009 | 9:50 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: CUSD saves money with energy program
CARLSBAD ---- The Carlsbad Unified School District saved an estimated $178,000 over the last six months with the help of an energy conservation program it started last year, officials said this week.
Nov 12, 2009 | 9:50 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: 112 apply for police chief's job, city says
Carlsbad has received 112 applications from police chief hopefuls, nearly twice as many as in 2003 when the top cop job was last open. Phone interviews were scheduled to start Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said.
Nov 11, 2009 | 6:15 pm | Loading…
REGION: Preferred ocean plan named
A state task force on Tuesday set the stage for closing 9 square miles of kelp beds off Encinitas to commercial fishing, potentially devastating the northern San Diego County lobster industry and the Oceanside Harbor that serves as its home port.
Nov 10, 2009 | 9:05 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: City Water District to keep summer restrictions
Although summer is over, Carlsbad Municipal Water District customers won't have to shift to a once-a-week, wintertime watering schedule as originally planned, officials said Tuesday.
Nov 10, 2009 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: ATM recovered after high-speed pursuit
A two-hour pursuit of a pickup carrying a stolen ATM yanked out of a CVS pharmacy in Mission Viejo ended when authorities flattened its tires on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad on Tuesday and arrested the driver and a passenger.
Nov 10, 2009 | 3:45 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: District to consider easing water restrictions
All those shorter showers and cutbacks on landscape irrigation are affecting local water consumption, representatives for the Carlsbad Municipal Water District said in new district staff report.
Nov 08, 2009 | 8:00 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: Dove Library hosts miniature golf fundraiser
With golf club in hand Mara Greenfield, 6, chases her golf ball, leaving Tony Beckerman, on Sunday at the Dove Library in Carlsbad during the Carlsbad Library and Arts Foundation's 10th anniversary fundraiser where they turned the library into a miniature golf course. There were 18 holes …
Nov 08, 2009 | 6:55 pm | Loading…
NORTH COUNTY: Salvage yards gain many cashed-in 'clunkers'
When the federal car-buying incentive program "Cash for Clunkers" began in July, local auto salvage yard operators knew they would soon be flush with new inventory, ready to be dismantled and sold for parts.
Nov 07, 2009 | 6:20 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: Adobe art
San Diego resident Don Freymuth paints an adobe building at the Leo Carrillo Ranch on Saturday morning during a class given by Encinitas artist Ron Lemon.
Nov 07, 2009 | 8:50 pm | Loading…
CARLSBAD: Bringing home the gold
Sporting her gold medal from the 2008 Olympics, Rachel Buehler, a member of the U.S. Women's National soccer team, leads the Pledge of Allegiance on Friday at Pacific Rim Elementary in Carlsbad. Buehler, who graduated from Torrey Pines High School and played collegiately at Stanford, was …
Nov 06, 2009 | 9:40 pm | Loading…
