• n  a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits

News & Articles

• New city manager ready to embrace challenges
  By Carissa Marsh cmarsh@theacorn.com It took six months of searching across the country to find him, but Simi Valley has a new city manager who officially took the reins at City Hall May 16. A Colorado native, Eric Levitt came to town by way of Janesville, Wis., where he’d been the chief executive for more than four years. read more
  June 14, 2013 - Simi Valley Acorn
• Lebanon School Board Looks to Fill Vacancy
  Lebanon — The Lebanon School District is encouraging city residents to apply for a vacant position on the School Board. District Clerk Martha MacDonald said that the vacancy was caused by the resignation of Carissa Means.
  June 13, 2013 - Valley News
• Poppe, Carissa Megan
  HASTINGS - Carissa Megan Poppe, 21, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Community Memorial Hospital, Burke, S.D., as the result of a one vehicle traffic accident on State Highway 44 north of Burke.
  June 9, 2013 - Grand Island Independent

Quotes

• Megan Abubo in Global Surf News
  I grew up watching Carissa develop as a surfer,Abubo said. "She's only 14-years-old and I think she is the most progressed female surfer even at that age. She's actually very competitive and savvy, she has surfed a lot of heats in her...
• Ted Kulongoski in San Diego Union Tribune
  I don't think anybody's coming from California just to see the New Carissa,Kulongoski said, characterizing the wreck as an eyesore. "I just don't think that's something that you want on the Oregon beach. And I think most of the citizens of...
• Ben Bridwell in Boston Globe (registration)
  With Carissa, we'd gotten to the point where we could see the fork in the road,Bridwell says from Seattle. "We'd put in so much time, and never achieved what we could. So yes, it's unexpected."