• LEGOLAND California has opened Pirate Reef, it’s new ride. Read the stories from Carlsbad Patch and  the Los Angeles Times. • Here’s some news about grants for and from ArtSplash, which is being held in September. (From Carlsbad Patch). • The North County times has a profile of Cesar Morales, the principal of Sage Creek High School, the Carlsbad Unified School District campus that will open next year. • California State University San Marcos has a wrap of its recent graduation ceremonies.