Free events at MiraCosta College to mark Year of the Dragon

Gotta love free events. Are you planning to go to any of these? OCEANSIDE — MiraCosta College is holding free community events Jan. 27 to Feb. 7 to herald in the Year of the Dragon, considered by some to be the luckiest in a 12-year cycle. •Alternative Healing and Energy Healing Workshop: Dan Haun, licensed acupuncturist, and Fay McGrew, certified qigong instructor, teach how to improve your health and well-being noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 31 in the MiraCosta College Student Center (Bldg. 3400), Room Aztlan A, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. •Chinese Knot Workshop: Learn how to make Chinese traditional decorative knots and sample Chinese snacks 4:30-5:30...

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Spring Intersession Fun Camps!

Spring Intersession Fun Camps! Now enrolling for Spring Intersession Fun Camps for kindergarteners (through age 6) when public schools are closed. Dates available are April 2-13. Call nationally accredited La Costa Valley Preschool and Kindergarten, 760-436-2797 to learn about all the fun and to register, or visit www.lacostavalleypreschool.com. Chamber members receive priority and a discount. For more details on the fun camps, click he...

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Unemployment in Carlsbad: Numbers Continue Downward Trend

This is great news, but I know there is still a lot of unease when it comes to unemployment. How are your families faring in the recession? The unemployment rate in Carlsbad dropped for the fifth month in a row in December, falling below 6 percent for the first time since April 2009. The jobless rate in Carlsbad dipped to 5.9 percent last month, down from 6.1 percent in November, according to figures released Friday by the California Employment Development Department. Last year Carlsbad’s unemployment rate peaked in July at 7.1 percent. The numbers continue to drop across the United States. San Diego County’s unemployment rate in December...

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Carlsbad city residents report 'record-setting' happiness in survey

Why live anywhere else? Our city is awesome. This survey proves it! People are far more satisfied than they have ever been about their quality of life in Carlsbad and the caliber of their local government services, new survey results find. The city's residents have long been a fairly happy bunch ---- they've been telling researchers year after year in annual community satisfaction surveys that they have little to complain about. In fact, last year, City Council members joked that Carlsbad comes out looking like the fictional "Lake Wobegon," where everyone is above average. But in the latest survey, which was conducted in fall 2010, Carlsbad...

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