A couple of spring events: Piazza Carmel’s Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday, April 4th from 12 - 3 P.M. See the Piazza Carmel Events Page for details. At the CV Rec Center Spring Egg Hunt (Saturday, April 11, 2009, 9:00 - 11:00am), the egg hunt times are by age: 0-2 years, 9:30am; 3-4 years, 9:45am; 5-6 years, 10:00am; 7-8 years, 10:15am; 9 & up, 10:30am. See the last page of the Rec Center Brochure for details.

April’s free family music program sponsored by The Friends of the Carmel Valley Library will be presented on Wed., April 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the library’s community room. It will feature flutists Janet Parish-Whittaker and Ted Parker performing duets by Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Ghent, Georg Phillipp Telemann, W. F. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, and Paul Hindemith. The program will last 45 minutes. See the Library Concert Page for more info.

Here is the agenda for the Carmel Valley Recreation Council which meets on Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 PM at the Carmel Valley Library: (more…)

Here’s the agenda for the CV Planning Board’s Regional Issues Subcommittee meeting, which is on Wednesday, April 1, 4:30, at the Carmel Valley Library: (more…)

I’ve updated the Carmel Valley Recreation Center Gym Schedule Calendar with information from April 2009. Find the information on the Rec Center page (near the bottom) or the Gym Schedule page.

Students in the San Dieguito High School District (including the middle schools) can earn extra credit for attending the San Diego Science Festival (SDScienceFestival.org ) at Balboa Park is on April 4, 2009 from 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM. There will be 200 different organizations creating over 300 different hands-on activities. Check out music performances, solve puzzles, build structures, look at the teeny tiny! Best of all, learn about the science all around you as you explore. Reservations not required, arrive any time you want.

Officer Gaylon Sells reminds us about local police phone numbers:

I wanted to make sure everyone knows the proper number to call when you need to have an officer dispatched to investigate an incident. The proper number to call is 858-484-3154. This will connect you to our Communications Dispatch. What I am unfortunately experiencing is people are leaving messages on my direct line instead.

In addition, Officer Sells has also provided a police phone list. There is a quick link at the top-right on the main page, just in case you ever need it.

If you’re a community minded individual, you might be interested in the information posted by Randy in one of the comments:

There is a program put on by the SDFD called Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). Basic training for you to be able to take care of your family, neighbors and CV in case of a real emergency!

See the CERT Website for more information.

From the City: Boil Water Order CANCELLED for Northwestern Communities (PDF: 15K). The City of San Diego and the State Department of Public Health have cancelled the “boil water” order (PDF: 19K) for the communities of Torrey Pines, Torrey Hills, Del Mar Mesa, Carmel Valley and Pacific Highlands Ranch. All drinking water in the City is safe and there is no longer a need for the public to take any further safety measures.

I finally found complete information on the Boil Water Order from the City, in the form of a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document. The document includes instructions on what you can do with tap water, and what you need boiled water for (largely just eating, brushing teeth and washing fruits and vegetables). There’s also an updated UnionTribune Article with more information. Here’s the text of the document: (more…)

The CV Library has updated their calendar with all sorts of things for April and May. See the CV Library Page for details.

I see lots and lots of stories on our water issue, including the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle and the Fresno Bee! Here are the better articles I’ve found:

• NBC San Diego story
  
• Union Tribune story
  

It sound like the City hasn’t actually detected any bacteria in the water, the boil-water order is precautionary. Better safe than sorry.

There appears to be a chance that the water boiling order will last for THREE DAYS (72 hours). Yuck. See the UnionTribune Story on Water Boiling for more information, including information on restaurant closures.

I’m told that there are lots of people buying bottled water at the grocery stores, but all is well because they have lots of water on the shelves. Remember that this is a very local issue. If your store is out of water, drive to Solana Beach or Penasquitos.

While you’re thinking about emergency water, what would you do if this was a county-wide problem and you couldn’t find water in the stores? Do you have enough emergency water to last you 3 or 4 days? I have 40 gallons in my garage, but I’ll have to admit that I haven’t changed it in quite a while… We should all use this event to update our emergency supplies.

The Solana Beach School District website says this:

In response to the water contamination notification received from San Diego Water Authority; Solana Highlands, Carmel Creek and Solana Pacific schools have blocked all drinking fountain access. Emergency water supplies are available at all schools. Students have been asked to bring personal-sized bottled water. Child Nutrition services will adjust the lunch menu accordingly.