Carlsbad News

Seventeen hotels and two restaurants in Southern California, including four in San Diego County, are recipients of the AAA Five Diamond Award for 2010, the Automobile Club announced Friday.

Two men were behind bars Thursday in connection with a $1.2 million investment fraud scheme that targeted non-English speaking Hispanics in Southern California and dates back to 2001, Carlsbad police announced Thursday.

A 67-year-old wheelchair-using resident of a homeless shelter was punched and robbed Tuesday, and his alleged assailant was arrested, Carlsbad police reported.

A hotel based on the tiny building blocks that form the foundation of a toy empire is in Carlsbad's future, after the City Council unanimously approved a proposed Legoland Hotel on Tuesday.

CARLSBAD, Calif. a " Border Patrol agents have arrested 20 Mexican nationals, including a documented gang member, as they arrived in a small boat on a San Diego County beach.Customs and Border Protection officers say the agents spotted the group on South Ponto Beach about 2:40 a.m. Monday during a routine patrol.They arrested 16 men and four women ...

It has been very discouraging in recent days to see articles, an editorial and letters to the editor and Daily Transcript articles on the attacks against Poseidon's Carlsbad desalination plant.

A former teacher from Pacific Rim Elementary School in Carlsbad will stand trial in January to face charges that he molested three third-grade students during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 school years.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. today announced the opening of its 90 th restaurant in Carlsbad, California, on October 26, 2009.

Investigators looked over a sweat lodge near Sedona, Ariz. Three people died after an Oct.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday for a La Costa man accused of beating and slitting the throat of his on-again, off-again girlfriend, a popular court reporter at the Vista courthouse.

There are new concerns about a proposed 2,700-home development in the North County called Merriam Mountains.

The Carlsbad City Council passed a moratorium Tuesday on coastal power plants and authorized city staff to study changing what could be built at the site of the Encina Power Station, on Carlsbad Boulevard just north of Cannon Road.

An allegedly drunk driver whose car slammed into and killed a motorcyclist from Eastham pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, a California television station reported.

A 29-year-old suspected illegal immigrant was arrested this morning after he crashed a car while fleeing Border Patrol agents in Carlsbad, authorities said.

Accident victim Wayne Francis is seen with traveling friend Ernie Largey during their motorcycle trip.

Jeremy Krefft, lead brood stock technician at Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute, fed small squid to large sea bass.

The focus of the investigation is on James Arthur Ray, now a "person of interest", and any other whose actions may have played a role in the deaths of two people at the Angel Valley retreat in Sedona last week.

The deaths of two people during a sweat lodge ceremony led by Carlsbad-based self-help expert James Arthur Ray are being investigated as homicides, authorities said Thursday.

The family of fisherman Wayne Francis is gathering today to support one another and grieve for the man killed early Saturday nearly 3,000 miles from his home, reports the Cape Cod Times .

Buying a Cup O' Joe Builds a Sustainable Business for Mayan Farmer Collective in Chiapas, Mexico CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct.