🌱 Patch AM: Carlsbad bomb scare leads to arrest after fake devices found

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In today's newsletter:

• Carlsbad bomb scare leads to arrest after fake devices found
• How a Carlsbad professor turned secret KGB encounters into a new book

Also on today's calendar: 2026 LeucadiART WALK and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 65.
• Tuesday: Very warm and humid, with a high of 86 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• San Marcos man arrested over fake explosive devices in Carlsbad (sandiegocountynews.com) — Carlsbad police evacuated part of the 5900 block of El Camino Real after three fake explosive devices were found outside a building, prompting road closures and a bomb-squad response before the items were deemed non-explosive. A 42-year-old San Marcos man was arrested, and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact Carlsbad police.
   

• Secret codes, KGB interrogations and sheet music: This CSU San Marcos professor's new book is a true Cold War thriller (sandiegouniontribune.com) — A Carlsbad-based music professor at Cal State San Marcos is sharing her real-life Cold War spy story in a new book, "Notes of Deception." Merryl Goldberg recounts how her klezmer band used coded sheet music to meet Soviet refuseniks, evade the KGB, and help bring their stories to the world, blending local life with global history.
   

📸 Around Carlsbad

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Carlsbad

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30
• 2026 LeucadiART WALK →
  860 N Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday August 23
• Sunday Morning Metaphysics at Center Spiritual Living Carlsbad →
  3320 Monroe St, Carlsbad
  10:30 am
Tuesday August 25
• Carlsbad Republican Women August 25th meeting →
  Holiday Inn, 2725 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad, CA, 92009
  11:00 am
Wednesday August 26
• Volunteer Training & Welcome
  La Costa Heights Elementary Carlsbad, CA 92009
  8:00 am
• Art Gallery Exhibit: Disparate Vectors →
  MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside
  12:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Back to School Night
  Kelly Elementary Carlsbad, CA 92008
  5:00 pm
• START SMART
  La Costa Canyon High Learning Commons
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• MiraCosta College Jazz Faculty Recital →
  MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside
  12:00 pm
• Leo Carrillo Ranch Film Festival →
  Leo Carrillo Historic Park, 6200 Flying Leo Carrillo Ln, Carlsbad
  5:30 pm
Friday September 4
• Leo Carrillo Ranch Film Festival →
  Leo Carrillo Historic Park, 6200 Flying Leo Carrillo Ln, Carlsbad
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 5
• Labor Day Weekend →
  2100 Costa Del Mar Rd, Carlsbad
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Family Movie Night →
  Stagecoach Park, 3420 Camino De Los Coches, Carlsbad
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• To the neighbor who brought my misdelivered package to my door last night, thank you!
  I did go around the neighborhood to see if I could find it but I could not. Thanks for the neighborly kind gesture! (Nextdoor San Pacifico)
• This was the best $200 I ever spent!
  My 16 year old AC was not working well. On WedI called the company I have a contract with and they said they could come in a week! Also, when they… (Nextdoor Rancho Carlsbad / Sunny Creek)

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🗞 Nearby News

Vista

• Your Business Can Shine at Our Golf Event - (thevistapress.com)
• Day of the Dead Festival (sandiegomagazine.com)
• Vista Mayor Franklin's departure puts two challengers in the spotlight (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Encinitas

• New e-bike restrictions under consideration in Encinitas (sandiegouniontribune.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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