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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 ...

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 ...

Smart vs. Dumb Growth

The Carlsbad City Council faces a classic dilemma Tuesday night. Will they approve a plan to build 656 housing units ...

Why Carlsbad Doesn't Need a Charter School

After Carlsbad's Board of Education rejected its plan to open a charter school campus in the city, the Oxford Preparatory ...

A Fairy Tale for the Fortunate

Once upon a time in The Land of Pink-tiled Roofs, the landed gentry of the Village- by-the-Seawall were unhappy. The ...

City Leaders Envision Carlsbad in 2025

At its annual retreat last Tuesday Carlsbad's City Council decided to forego listening to the usual parade of reports from ...

Carlsbad to Remain RV-friendly

At its January 29 meeting, the city council will vote on a new ordinance that would offer free parking permits ...

Better Than Red-Light Cameras?

I'm a fan of red-light cameras, despite cursing them for the $600 they cost me for a San Diego intersection ...

Sandy Hook Can Happen Here

It could happen here. In fact, it did happen here two years ago, on October 8, 2010, when a mentally ...

North County Flunks a Charter School Twice in One Year

A San Bernardino County charter school failed for the second time this year to win approval to open a campus ...

Escape from U-T San Diego

My name is Richard and I'm a recovering newspaper junkie. After trying the more fat, less filling version of U-T ...

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