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Blog entries concerning Carlsbad, California.

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April Fools Day shooter found guilty

Could get life in prison for killing Carlsbad man

Joseph Robertson Verkade has been declared guilty of murder, in the shooting death of a man in his Carlsbad garage ...

The ShakeDown Bar welcomes Anilee Griffin to the driver's seat

Former Flying Elephant manager takes over at Midway rock and roll dive

Infamous for their emphasis on “Booze, Bikes, Bands, Broads, and Rods,” The ShakeDown Bar on Midway is changing hands about ...

Obamacare and My Left Hip

My left hip announced its early retirement last month. I'd been favoring it for months to prolong its years of ...

Christians and Seashells

From 4220feet: If there are fossilized seashells in my garden, somehow others of my faith are challenged. God made the ...

The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper

It appears the San Diego U-T's $12 million purchase of the North County Times six months ago is turning out ...

New name, same beer at Arcana Brewing Company

Carlsbad brewery owner picks a new moniker for his nano operation

Nanobrewery owner and fermentationist Daniel Guy admits to being a bit scared. But his apprehensions are all based on the ...

Seascape at New Village Arts

Edward Albee's evolutionary comedy won the Pulitzer in 1975. Must've been a slow year on the prize circuit. It's a ...

Home Ownership- Not for the Faint of Heart

I painted my own fence. My twenty five year old double sided made of cheap wood that has knot holes ...

A Park By Any Other Name

City Councilman Mark Packard wants to rename Alga Norte Community Park. He claims a "small group" of his constituents told ...

There was no answer at the front door, so burglars went around to the back

Neighbors in Carlsbad no longer at ease after home invaded

A fifteen-year-old girl was home when two intruders went around to the back of the house in Carlsbad and kicked ...

Pair accused in doggie-door-burglary are due in court today

Cops say experienced criminals from Vista came to Carlsbad

It was 9:33 a.m. on a Wednesday morning almost a year ago, on June 20 2012, when a woman phoned ...

Prosecutor wants life without parole for alleged April Fools Day shooter

Carlsbad man was killed by shotgun blast in his own garage

Jury selection is set to begin Monday, for a man accused of gunning down a homeowner in his own garage ...

Gifts and Guns: One Stop Shopping Comes to Carlsbad

A week ago the owner of an online gift shop located in Carlsbad's Planned Industrial Zone told Carlsbad's city council ...

Carlsbad underwriting firm charged with fraud

Investors defrauded in municipal bond offering, says SEC

The federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today (April 29) charged the Carlsbad finance firm of Kinsell, Newcomb & DeDios ...

Escondido man arrested in Carlsbad for drug possession

Prior convictions for robbery and stolen vehicle are alleged

When Michael Crain Grandys, 29, was arrested on Loker Avenue in Carlsbad he had a bindle of meth on him, ...

Carlsbad to begin enforcing overnight RV parking ban

The City of Vista has become the latest in the region to take on the issue of recreational vehicles parked ...

The Name Game: Sam Adams vs. Fezziwig's

The Boston Beer Company claim rights to Carlsbad brewery's name

What’s in a name? This is the question Fezziwig’s Brewing Company (5621 Palmer Way, Carlsbad) begged when approached by the ...

Ethiopian Sweep in Carlsbad

No new records in Carlsbad but there was a rare three-peat.

The results from the Carlsbad 5000 are in. Concerning the elite fields, it was one of the slower runnings of ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at New Village Arts

A rebel with a cause. In Ken Kesey's novel and its younger sibling, the Paul Newman movie Cool Hand Luke, ...

Charter School's Uncharted Course

Since opening its first charter school in Chino four years ago and another in Mission Viejo two years later, the ...

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