Here’s the agenda for the CV Planning Board’s Regional Issues Subcommittee. The Subcommittee meets on the first Wednesday of each month, 4:30 PM at the Carmel Valley Library to review local and regional projects before they are sent to the full CV Planning Board: (more…)

Due to the lack of Agenda Items, the September 2, 2008 Carmel Valley Recreation Council meeting will be canceled. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 7:00pm at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center.

The Northwestern Division of the San Diego Police Department (Carmel Valley Station) will host a Community Information Forum on Thursday, Sept. 18 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center (3777 Townsgate Drive.) Join your neighbors and the Police Department to discuss crime issues in your community, such as: Juvenile Crime, Traffic Issues, Graffiti, Home & Car Burglary and Crime Prevention.

The Carmel Valley Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) is a subcommittee of the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board. It meets regularly on the first Tuesday of each month, at 4:30 PM at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center. Here is the agenda for the CV MAD meeting on Tuesday, May 6 at 4:30 PM: (more…)

Flutist and saxophonist Adrienne Nims accompanied by keyboardist Jim Lair will perform a program of contemporary and Latin jazz, and global music at the Carmel Valley Library on Wednesday, September 10 from 7:00 to 8:00 PM. For additional information, see Adrienne’s Website or the Carmel Valley Music Page.

The 2008 Fall Program brochure is now available at the CV Recreation Center. In-House Program Registration begins on Saturday, September 6th at 9:00 AM. Line numbers will be issued beginning at 7:00 AM, see the brochure for details. Also, the Rec Center Gym has been closed to resurface the floor. The facility will reopen Monday, August 25. An updated Gym Schedule for the end of August and all of September is available now.

There will be a local group participating in the California Coastal Cleanup Day, Saturday, September 20 from 8:30 AM to Noon. You must register for the event at www.cleanupday.org. The group working with Scott Peters (Council District 1) to cleanup Torrey Pines State Beach Park and Los Peñasquitos Lagoon will meet at Torrey Pines State Beach, at the parking lot off Carmel Valley Road. There are lots of other sites, too. See the Cleanup Day Sites for more. This is a kid-friendly community event. Free parking is provided in the beach parking lot during clean up hours. Gloves and trash bags are provided, and refreshments will be served.

Summer is just about over and it’s time for school to start once again. All the public schools start on Monday, August 25. The Jewish Academy starts Wednesday, August 20, and Cathedral Catholic starts on Monday, August 25. In addition, all the fall sports are starting up, so the parks are full of soccer players and the cross country runners are out on the sidewalks. Please drive carefully and watch for children. You might want to avoid the Town Center at lunch hour, too (the high school students add to the parking woes of the center.)

MCAS Miramar will be conducting required night time helicopter operations on Thursday, August 21st from 7 PM to midnight and again on Wednesday, August 27th from 9 PM to midnight. Their information release notes that this is the time of year that weather conditions typically propagate aircraft noise and you may experience varying degrees of noise and vibration within adjacent communities.

The Piazza Carmel shopping Center will be holding their annual Taste of Piazza event on Wednesday, September 10th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The event includes live music, with Greg Young and the 2nd Street Band playing Jazz R&B and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Piazza Carmel is located at the corner of Valley Center Drive and Carmel Creek Drive, adjacent to SR-56.

SeaWorld San Diego will be hosting it’s last Electronic Recycling Event of the year on Sept. 13th from 8 am - 12 noon. Bring in your computers, TVs, cell phones, monitors, laptops and more. Where: SeaWorld’s east parking lot (H1), with convenient access to South Shores Road entrance via Sea World Drive.

The Carmel Valley Library’s Summer Reading Program runs through August 15. The last day to collect reading incentive prizes is Saturday, August 23. Please go to the Summer Reading Program station that is located near the Children’s Reference Desk to collect all prizes.

ArtWalk runs two outdoor art shows each year: one in Little Italy in April, and one on the Marina in September. The September event is called ArtWalk on the Bay, and is on September 13 & 14, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Embarcadero Marina Park North. I enjoyed the artwork last year.

Looking at the Del Mar TV Calendar, there will be a Powerhouse Park concert on Tuesday, August 19 at 7:00 PM. The concert will be a CSN&Y retrospective. This is a great way to relax and enjoy a sunset down by the beach, although it does get a bit crowded. If you have more of an athletic bent, the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau Calendar lists the La Jolla Rough Water Swim on September 7th. The swim includes 1 mile and 3 mile courses. You still have most of a month to train for the swim. Or, try the America’s Finest City Half Marathon this weekend (Sunday, August 17th).