Leucadia Wastewater District turns 50
On April 6, 1959, five residents gathered in a small home in Encinitas as part of the first official board meeting of what is now known as the Leucadia Wastewater District.
Within three years, the district had constructed a wastewater treatment plant and water recycling facility on the premises of its current site, located in the Albertson's Shopping Center at La Costa Avenue and El Camino Real.
Later this year, the district will open the doors of a new facility at the same site.
The project involves upgrading the district's existing headquarters, field services, workshop and storage facilities. The district collects, treats and disposes about 4 million gallons of wastewater daily, providing services to 60,000 residents in Leucadia, La Costa and northern Encinitas.
For more information, visit www.lwwd.org.
Valley named California Distinguished School
Valley Middle School has been named a 2008-09 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education.
It is one of only 261 elementary, middle and high schools throughout California to earn this recognition. The award is based on improvement in the Academic Performance Index; Valley's rose from 812 in 2007 to 830 in 2008.
Prior to this year, Valley was named a California Distinguished School in 1992-93 and 2001-02. It also was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2001-02.
For more information, visit www.carlsbadusd.k12.ca.us.
Schubach Aviation acquires private jet
Schubach Aviation, San Diego's leading on-demand air charter service company, has added a Gulfstream IV private jet to its fleet of 23 luxury aircraft.
The Gulfstream boasts an impressive record for technical performance, safety and reliability. A high-speed, high altitude aircraft, the jet is propelled by twin Rolls-Royce turbofans that provide high thrust output with lower than normal noise emission.
With a cruising speed of 530 miles an hour at an average altitude of 45,000 feet, the Gulfstream IV has set numerous records for speed and distance traveled around the world.
Schubach Aviation employs a team of 66 pilots, mechanics and support staff at its McClellan-Palomar Airport headquarters in Carlsbad. For more information, visit www.schubachaviation.com.
New products will cut counterfeiting
Life Technologies Corp. and Nanosys Inc. recently announced a cross-licensing agreement that will allow new products to be developed that will prevent counterfeiting worldwide.
Fluorescent nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots, will allow manufacturers to trace the source of their materials and manage and track product shipments. This will help stop counterfeit material use in pharmaceutical and diagnostic products, food, beverages and electronic goods, reducing counterfeiting of currency, documents, fine art and luxury goods.
Quantum dots are tiny fluorescent particles that are invisible to the eye. The dots emit intensely bright light when exposed to low-cost violet or ultraviolet light sources.
Quantum dots can easily be blended with polymers, gels or inks and printed onto most surfaces. The complexity of their manufacturing process also makes them almost impossible to counterfeit.
Carlsbad-based Life Technologies had sales of more than $3 billion in 2008 and has a presence in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.lifetechnologies.com.
Lee & Associates promotes Dalby, Pieratt
Randy Dalby and Greg Pieratt of Lee & Associates' Carlsbad office have been promoted from senior associate to principal.
Dalby joined Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate in 2006 and specializes in retail/landlord representation, leasing, sales and development. His established relationships with national, regional and local tenants have helped the strategic expansion of Lee & Associates within the Orange County, Los Angeles and San Diego markets.
Pieratt specializes in all areas of industrial, office and investment transactions, including tenant and landlord representation. With Lee & Associates since 2004, Pieratt has successfully completed multiple industrial building sales and office leases throughout North County, as well as successful off-market sales transactions across the region.
For more information, visit www.lee-associates.com.
La Costa real estate firm changes name
La Costa Resort Villas recently changed its name to La Costa Resort Real Estate and has expanded its offices in the heart of the world-class La Costa Resort and Spa.
With its centralized, on-campus location, the office and its prize listings are perfectly poised to attract the attention and interest of some 300,000 well-to-do guests who stay at the resort each year. The full-service firm focuses on residential properties throughout San Diego County and also specializes in Southern California desert living.
For more information, visit www.lacostaresortrealestate.com.
SensorWave's Lang receives recognition
Kendell Lang, CEO and chairman of SensorWave, was featured in the January issue of San Diego Magazine as one of "50 People to Watch in 2009."
Along with athletes, politicians and activists, Lang made news in the magazine as someone who is making an impact. Prior to joining SensorWave, Lang was chief technology officer for the North American Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention.
SensorWave is a Carlsbad-based company that provides world-class remote video monitoring services and turnkey surveillance systems. For more information, visit www.sensorwave.com.
Book lands at No. 1
The week before its official release date, "The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them" made the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list and landed at the No. 1 position on Amazon's list of sales books.
The new book from Sandler Training reveals the sometimes shocking truth about business relationships. Prior to the book, the rules, which were created by company founder David H. Sandler, were available exclusively to Sandler Training clients in seminars, private training sessions and reinforcement coaching.
Sandler Training, based in Carlsbad, is the leading provider of sales and management training. For more information, visit www.ag.sandler.com.
Bankers association names Paul Rodeno as new president
Last month, Paul Rodeno, president and CEO of Security Business Bank of San Diego, was appointed president of Community Bankers of California, or CBC.
Rodeno will serve a one-year term. He has been active on the CBC board of directors for the past four years.
The nonprofit association, comprised of California banks and companies that serve that sector, seeks to advance community banking in California by providing a forum for peer involvement and information exchange. Rodeno has more than 20 years of experience in business and retail/private banking at all levels and has served in a variety of senior management positions during the last 15 years.
Founded in 2002, Security Business Bank operates three San Diego locations, including Carlsbad, Carmel Valley and downtown offices. For more information, visit www.securitybusinessbank.com.
Tri-City receives seismic extension
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development recently agreed to give Tri-City Medical Center until 2030 to repair or replace its five-story south tower, which must be done to meet seismic safety mandates.
Without the extension, Tri-City may have faced closure by 2013. The hospital district, which services a large portion of North County, also is working to get a similar extension for its central tower.
According to state law, all hospitals must meet certain seismic performance ratings by 2013 or they will be forced to rebuild or retrofit. However, the huge price tag for construction has put many hospitals across the state in danger of closing.
Earlier this year, Assemblyman Martin Garrick, R-Carlsbad, and Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, introduced Assembly Bill 411, which the Assembly Health Committee approved April 28.
The bill would allow district hospitals, including Tri-City, more time to comply with the mandate, provided they meet certain criteria. The bill will move on to be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee in the next few weeks.
For more information about Tri-City, visit www.tri-citymed.com.
On April 6, 1959, five residents gathered in a small home in Encinitas as part of the first official board meeting of what is now known as the Leucadia Wastewater District.
Within three years, the district had constructed a wastewater treatment plant and water recycling facility on the premises of its current site, located in the Albertson's Shopping Center at La Costa Avenue and El Camino Real.
Later this year, the district will open the doors of a new facility at the same site.
The project involves upgrading the district's existing headquarters, field services, workshop and storage facilities. The district collects, treats and disposes about 4 million gallons of wastewater daily, providing services to 60,000 residents in Leucadia, La Costa and northern Encinitas.
For more information, visit www.lwwd.org.
Valley named California Distinguished School
Valley Middle School has been named a 2008-09 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education.
It is one of only 261 elementary, middle and high schools throughout California to earn this recognition. The award is based on improvement in the Academic Performance Index; Valley's rose from 812 in 2007 to 830 in 2008.
Prior to this year, Valley was named a California Distinguished School in 1992-93 and 2001-02. It also was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2001-02.
For more information, visit www.carlsbadusd.k12.ca.us.
Schubach Aviation acquires private jet
Schubach Aviation, San Diego's leading on-demand air charter service company, has added a Gulfstream IV private jet to its fleet of 23 luxury aircraft.
The Gulfstream boasts an impressive record for technical performance, safety and reliability. A high-speed, high altitude aircraft, the jet is propelled by twin Rolls-Royce turbofans that provide high thrust output with lower than normal noise emission.
With a cruising speed of 530 miles an hour at an average altitude of 45,000 feet, the Gulfstream IV has set numerous records for speed and distance traveled around the world.
Schubach Aviation employs a team of 66 pilots, mechanics and support staff at its McClellan-Palomar Airport headquarters in Carlsbad. For more information, visit www.schubachaviation.com.
New products will cut counterfeiting
Life Technologies Corp. and Nanosys Inc. recently announced a cross-licensing agreement that will allow new products to be developed that will prevent counterfeiting worldwide.
Fluorescent nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots, will allow manufacturers to trace the source of their materials and manage and track product shipments. This will help stop counterfeit material use in pharmaceutical and diagnostic products, food, beverages and electronic goods, reducing counterfeiting of currency, documents, fine art and luxury goods.
Quantum dots are tiny fluorescent particles that are invisible to the eye. The dots emit intensely bright light when exposed to low-cost violet or ultraviolet light sources.
Quantum dots can easily be blended with polymers, gels or inks and printed onto most surfaces. The complexity of their manufacturing process also makes them almost impossible to counterfeit.
Carlsbad-based Life Technologies had sales of more than $3 billion in 2008 and has a presence in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.lifetechnologies.com.
Lee & Associates promotes Dalby, Pieratt
Randy Dalby and Greg Pieratt of Lee & Associates' Carlsbad office have been promoted from senior associate to principal.
Dalby joined Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate in 2006 and specializes in retail/landlord representation, leasing, sales and development. His established relationships with national, regional and local tenants have helped the strategic expansion of Lee & Associates within the Orange County, Los Angeles and San Diego markets.
Pieratt specializes in all areas of industrial, office and investment transactions, including tenant and landlord representation. With Lee & Associates since 2004, Pieratt has successfully completed multiple industrial building sales and office leases throughout North County, as well as successful off-market sales transactions across the region.
For more information, visit www.lee-associates.com.
La Costa real estate firm changes name
La Costa Resort Villas recently changed its name to La Costa Resort Real Estate and has expanded its offices in the heart of the world-class La Costa Resort and Spa.
With its centralized, on-campus location, the office and its prize listings are perfectly poised to attract the attention and interest of some 300,000 well-to-do guests who stay at the resort each year. The full-service firm focuses on residential properties throughout San Diego County and also specializes in Southern California desert living.
For more information, visit www.lacostaresortrealestate.com.
SensorWave's Lang receives recognition
Kendell Lang, CEO and chairman of SensorWave, was featured in the January issue of San Diego Magazine as one of "50 People to Watch in 2009."
Along with athletes, politicians and activists, Lang made news in the magazine as someone who is making an impact. Prior to joining SensorWave, Lang was chief technology officer for the North American Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention.
SensorWave is a Carlsbad-based company that provides world-class remote video monitoring services and turnkey surveillance systems. For more information, visit www.sensorwave.com.
Book lands at No. 1
The week before its official release date, "The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them" made the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list and landed at the No. 1 position on Amazon's list of sales books.
The new book from Sandler Training reveals the sometimes shocking truth about business relationships. Prior to the book, the rules, which were created by company founder David H. Sandler, were available exclusively to Sandler Training clients in seminars, private training sessions and reinforcement coaching.
Sandler Training, based in Carlsbad, is the leading provider of sales and management training. For more information, visit www.ag.sandler.com.
Bankers association names Paul Rodeno as new president
Last month, Paul Rodeno, president and CEO of Security Business Bank of San Diego, was appointed president of Community Bankers of California, or CBC.
Rodeno will serve a one-year term. He has been active on the CBC board of directors for the past four years.
The nonprofit association, comprised of California banks and companies that serve that sector, seeks to advance community banking in California by providing a forum for peer involvement and information exchange. Rodeno has more than 20 years of experience in business and retail/private banking at all levels and has served in a variety of senior management positions during the last 15 years.
Founded in 2002, Security Business Bank operates three San Diego locations, including Carlsbad, Carmel Valley and downtown offices. For more information, visit www.securitybusinessbank.com.
Tri-City receives seismic extension
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development recently agreed to give Tri-City Medical Center until 2030 to repair or replace its five-story south tower, which must be done to meet seismic safety mandates.
Without the extension, Tri-City may have faced closure by 2013. The hospital district, which services a large portion of North County, also is working to get a similar extension for its central tower.
According to state law, all hospitals must meet certain seismic performance ratings by 2013 or they will be forced to rebuild or retrofit. However, the huge price tag for construction has put many hospitals across the state in danger of closing.
Earlier this year, Assemblyman Martin Garrick, R-Carlsbad, and Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, introduced Assembly Bill 411, which the Assembly Health Committee approved April 28.
The bill would allow district hospitals, including Tri-City, more time to comply with the mandate, provided they meet certain criteria. The bill will move on to be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee in the next few weeks.
For more information about Tri-City, visit www.tri-citymed.com.