Lead Story
City clerk announces council intentions
CARLSBAD — While many look forward to the retirement years, Lorraine Wood has an eye on a 2012 Carlsbad City Council seat. Although Wood’s term of city clerk ends in 2014, she recently retired as records manager at the city of Carlsbad. Wood, 62, has been city clerk for more than 11 years. With additional [...]
City OKs permit to slow traffic on Crest Road
DEL MAR — City Council granted an encroachment permit to residents of Crest Road at the Oct. 3 meeting, paving the way to complete a traffic-calming project that was approved more than three years ago. Several years ago, prompted by concerns from residents about speeding and cut-through traffic, the city studied options for slowing down [...]
Local sisters fighting hunger
ENCINITAS — While their peers are busy keeping up with celebrities, Gabrielle (“Gabri”) Posard and older sister, Camille, are focused on a more serious issue — hunger in the United States. Camille, 17, is a senior at Carlsbad High School. While producing a story for her broadcast journalism class, CHSTV, she became aware of the [...]
Green beach fair draws hundreds
CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA — Despite the unpredictable weather, hundreds of participants descended on Seaside Reef for the annual Cardiff Surf Classic and Rerip Green Fest, which began Sept. 17. The weekend-long event, presented by the Cardiff 101 MainStreet and Rerip, was packed with vendor booths hawking environmentally sustainable products, wellness services, environmental education opportunities and local food [...]
General plan draft draws criticism
ENCINITAS — The vision of the city’s five distinct communities was released in draft form and delivered to the City Council Sept. 14, but over a dozen speakers expressed dissatisfaction with the contents of the massive document. Earlier in the week, Mike Andreen, executive director of the New Encinitas Network, sent out an e-mail blast [...]
Commission considers proposed placement for renowned mosaic
ENCINITAS — As part of the public art community action plan, the city’s Arts Commission discussed a process to include the “Save The Ocean,” a.k.a. the “Surfing Madonna” mosaic Sept. 12. Mark Patterson, who created the mosaic and has received national attention for placing the artwork, without permission under the railroad crossing at Encinitas Boulevard [...]
First draft of general plan ready to view
ENCINITAS — After two years of planning and gathering public input, the city released its first draft of the general plan update on Sept. 1. The arts was front and center in the massive document as the city planning department said it intends to highlight various sections in the coming months as a way to [...]
Parking improvements slated for train station
SOLANA BEACH — If all goes as planned, $25 million in parking improvements at the Solana Beach train station could be implemented by the end of the decade, a move that many consider a springboard for a long-planned mixed-use development at the site. When the California Department of Transportation earlier this summer selected the least [...]
Solana Beach to keep its redevelopment agency
SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach is the latest city that has chosen to keep its redevelopment agency should the state Supreme Court uphold two recently passed laws to eliminate the organizations. Council unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance at the Aug. 24 meeting opting into the Voluntary Participation Act, which exempts the redevelopment agency [...]
Tamarack avenue closed this weekend
CARLSBAD — Tamarack Avenue will be closed to cars and pedestrians throughout the coming weekend as Amtrak rail construction crews work to place a second main track for the LOSSAN coastal rail line across Tamarack Avenue in Carlsbad. Construction is expected to begin at 8 p.m. Aug. 26, and will continue around the clock until [...]
