City Council was given an update Aug. 12 on plans for a proposed power plant to be built by NRG West on the property of the current power plant along Carlsbad Boulevard, and members once again voiced their opposition to the plans.

Several area families enjoyed one last night of summer vacation at the city’s annual Snores and S’mores family campout Aug. 16.

Chances are if you’ve grown up in Southern California, you’ve tried your hand, or rather your foot, at soccer. While some of us owe our dribbling skills to leagues such as Lightning or Surf, others have opted for Rec. To up our game, summer soccer clinics are often attended. Coast to Coast, or C2C, soccer camps, however, are not bent on turning kiddies into Beckhams and Hamms over night. C2C wants to “let the kids play” and play they did Aug. 15 at Poinsettia Park.

It was standing room only as more than 100 residents of the Rancho Carlsbad community turned out for the Aug. 5 City Council meeting in an effort to show the council how serious they were about the need for additional flood control measures in their mobile home community.

Dozens of lifeguards dove into the water Aug. 2 to save U.S. Marines, but not because any of them were in danger. It was the fourth annual Lifeguard Games sponsored by the American Red Cross, and members of the United States Marine Corps volunteered to act as drowning victims. The lifeguards participated in events such as submerged victim tow, shallow water back-boarding, two-man CPR, obstacle courses and inner tube races.

The city of Carlsbad has joined the list of cities up and down the coast to ban smoking on its beaches, parks and trails.

Six hundred miles. Seven days. More than $1.3 million to be raised.

City Council on July 22 decided to postpone moving forward with plans for a long-awaited park in the southeastern part of the city.

Longtime councilwoman and three-time Mayor Pro Tem Ann Kulchin announced recently that she would seek re-election once again.

Local resident J.P. Theberge took home the gold for the United States last month in the Triathlon World Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia. The “swim, bike, run” competition attracted athletes from all over the world.

The city is looking for input from the community to help envision the future of Carlsbad.

The city held a final public meeting June 30 to examine allowable uses for some of the last remaining open space in the city.

On June 25, law enforcement agents from around the county converged in the city of Carlsbad in an effort to increase summer highway safety.

Karl Russell testified he thought the lights of heaven opened up for him two years ago when he was involved in a fatal accident in Carlsbad.

Plans for a new power plant, on the coastal property of the existing Encina Power Station, are moving forward despite attempts from the city to have the plant moved further inland.