Officials with Poseidon Resources are celebrating after the California State Land Commission granted the final permit needed to build the first desalination plant of its kind in the county.

A North County softball coach took advantage of his position when he had sex with one of his underage players last fall, prosecutors said Aug. 28.

Operators of a proposed power plant held an open house to inform the public about the latest plans. The new power facility will be located on the property of the existing facility along Carlsbad Boulevard.

A judge ruled this month that the Environmental Impact Report, or EIR, for the Ponto Beach area needs more work. A portion of the report concerning traffic, which is required under the California Environmental Quality Act, must be amended before any development plan can move forward.

Carlsbad police arrested 35-year-old Rafael Chavez in a stabbing-carjacking case that involved two victims.

The Carlsbad City Library Learning Center celebrated its grand opening Aug. 23. The new facility, located at 3386 Eureka Place, unites two longtime library services — the Adult Learning Program and the Centro de Informacion.

Carlsbad Unified School District has been delayed in the building of a new high school on the nearly 60-acre site at College Boulevard and Cannon Road.

The state of the city is strong, despite the recent economic downturn, city officials said.

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.