Carlsbad News

“It's the highest-attended New Year's in the history of the park”

Order a copy of this photo Visit our Photo Gallery New Year's parties packed -- In Carlsbad and Escondido, festivities filled with family-friendly fun By: DAVID GARRICK and BARBARA HENRY - Staff Writers NORTH ... via North County Times

Carlsbad Community Theatre classes set CARLSBAD ---- Carlsbad Community Theatre is offering a "Disney's High School Musical" workshop and beginning acting classes. via The Californian

From a veteran Padres pitcher to an author of "chick" literature, our list of 50 local notables worth watching in the coming year is a diverse group in terms of gender, ethnicity and occupation. via San Diego Magazine

“If the administrators find out they get paid more, they'll say, 'Gee, I can get even more than my contract.' It will motivate them to really get in fights and make everybody buy them out and pay a lot of money”

A watchdog citizen can sue the MiraCosta College District and its former president, Victoria Muoz Richart, to overturn the $1.6 million settlement reached during Richart's departure this summer. via San Diego Union-Tribune

“Foursquare probably already has the support to go ahead on their project”

A California company has bought the Bellevue Center mall, probably signaling that plans to rejuvenate the struggling property are close to taking off. via The Robertson County Times

Camp Pendleton authorities today released the name of a 22-year-old Marine killed Monday night when a train struck the sports utility vehicle he was in. via North County Times

“In this documentary about a documentary, the viewers will be seeing us and how we react”

By: PHILIP K. IRELAND - Staff Writer Carlsbad High youths seek survivors, sponsors for trip to Germany CARLSBAD -- Fourteen budding journalists with Carlsbad High School's award-winning television news program ... via North County Times

A delay in a psychologist's report forced postponement Thursday of sentencing for a Carlsbad man who violated his estranged wife's restraining order and later led police on a chase through San Diego County. via XETV San Diego

“There were requests for $41,000 and we only had $25,000 to give”

A private school that plans to make a mosaic mural, a circus that expects to perform at ArtSplash and several theater programs will receive part of $25,000 in grants that Carlsbad's Cultural Arts Office is ... via North County Times

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a traffic collision that led to the death of a Fallbrook woman. via The Californian

“It's going to be a long-term investigation”

By: CRAIG TENBROECK - Staff Writer Group arrested after allegedly robbing pizza shop Authorities are investigating four Oceanside residents for possible involvement in up to 14 robberies in North County over ... via North County Times

“It looks like a very nice design, very comfortable”

Carlsbad firm targets market for cheap business jets By: BRADLEY FIKES - North County Times Makers of aircraft hope to be wave of future travel CARLSBAD -- Making air travel fast and cheap is the goal of ... via North County Times

A team of undercover detectives staking out a group of robbery suspects watched Thursday night as the foursome pulled up to a Domino's Pizza in San Marcos - but they weren't there to pick up dinner. via San Diego Union-Tribune

“We believed a robbery had just occurred. As the vehicle fled from the scene, we heard a robbery did in fact occur inside the Domino's.”

An armed robbery ends in a pursuit crash near Interstate 5 in Carlsbad. It all started Thursday night during a multi-agency task force surveillance at the robbery suspect's apartment complex. via KFMB-TV San Diego

The City's public review and comment of the draft of Phase I of the Carlsbad Heritage Tree Report for the Historic Village District, and the corresponding Impacts Memorandum on addressing the reports ... via City of Carlsbad

PUBLIC ASKED TO CALL 911 TO REPORT DRUNK DRIVERS Carlsbad Police Department will be holding a DUI/Driver's License checkpoint on Friday, December 21, in conjunction with the national "Drunk Driving. via City of Carlsbad

“It's a very old document ... it's time”

By: BARBARA HENRY - Staff Writer Document guides planning in sprawling coastal city CARLSBAD -- The document that guides everything from how many parks Carlsbad has to where the roads wend will be overhauled ... via North County Times

“Some mountains and some hilltops (could see rain), but the system will be mainly to the north and to the east”

By: SARAH WILKINS - Staff Writer Cold front could bring light rain today NORTH COUNTY -- A fleeting storm that scattered rain throughout North County late Tuesday and early Wednesday contributed to what is ... via North County Times

“Right now, they're coming in hot and heavy -- we get four (orders from ships) a week”

Carlsbad to keep its floral trade center through March 2009 By: BARBARA HENRY - Staff Writer Plans in the works for replacement location nearby CARLSBAD -- The folks who sell everything from anthuriums to ... via North County Times