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In today's newsletter:

  • Will Oceanside’s ambulance move leave northwest Carlsbad waiting longer for help?
  • How a Carlsbad grad became a defensive star and scholar standout
  • How did a Carlsbad skate shoe brand lose its cool so fast?

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  • Thursday: Partly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 70 and low of 43 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading

1. Fire station staffing shuffle may affect Oceanside-Carlsbad response times (sandiegouniontribune.com) — Carlsbad officials are warning that Oceanside’s decision to move an ambulance farther inland could slow emergency response times in northwest Carlsbad and cost Carlsbad up to $300,000 in added staffing and overtime next year. Under a regional agreement, both cities share thousands of cross-border calls, and Carlsbad leaders say the shift will push more workload onto their crews while Oceanside insists overall coverage remains strong.
   

2. Oredigger Quartet Earn Scholar All-Region Honors From United Soccer Coaches (minesathletics.com) — A Carlsbad native, defender Rouse, has been honored as one of four Colorado School of Mines women’s soccer players earning Scholar All-Region recognition for standout academic and athletic performance. She started all 21 matches, logged a team-high 1,909 minutes, and anchored a defense that posted nine shutouts, while also scoring five goals as a graduate student in operations research nuclear engineering.
   

3. The Rise and Fall of Airwalk: History, The Vic & Payless (ballerstatus.com) — Carlsbad gets a brief but important nod as the birthplace of Airwalk, the skate shoe brand that once defined 90s counterculture before sliding into discount retail. The story walks you through how a local startup’s durable skate shoes, edgy ads, and star skaters made global waves—and how overexpansion and mass-market deals ultimately eroded its cool factor.
   

4. Rancho Bernardo's new youth services librarian loves to entertain (sandiegouniontribune.com) — Carlsbad gets a nod in the background of Helene Idels, the new youth services librarian in Rancho Bernardo, who previously worked part-time in Carlsbad and other county libraries. She’s now bringing her love of costumes, kids’ programming, and big citywide reading challenges—like January’s Winter Reading Challenge with museum passes and prizes—to one of San Diego’s busiest branches, potentially inspiring similar offerings across North County.
   

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