La Jollans love their pets. They seem to take them everywhere — including where they are not legally allowed to. We sent a 'La Jolla Light' reporter to investigate whether anyone would question whether the family dog he walks around Vons and Whole Foods is a service animal.
Guest Commentary / Opinion: We have been reporting on the Federal Aviation Administration 's (FAA) NextGen Metroplex rollout and the resulting flight path and procedure impact studies commissioned by the San Diego Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) and the FAA. This is the latest update. Aug....
LET'S REVIEW: At age 93, La Jolla artist Faiya Fredman well deserves being called the matriarch of San Diego's contemporary art scene, which is how Mark-Elliott Lugo, who curated her new exhibition at Oceanside Museum of Art, refers to her. The show, titled "The Steel Goddess," features 70 of her...
With floor-to-ceiling decorations — and festivities spilling onto the sidewalk — the official hand-off of Barbarella restaurant at 2171 Avenida de la Playa in La Jolla Shores was celebrated in true Barbara Beltaire fashion, Sunday, Sept. 16. Outgoing owner Beltaire announced last month she would...
As a service to readers, La Jolla Light has compiled a guide to the numerous, "alphabet soup" acronyms for La Jolla's 14 organizations that help guide community life. 1) La Jolla Town Council (LJTC) • Purpose: Having served the residents and businesses of La Jolla for more than 50 years, LJTC is...
By all other accounts, La Jolla Elementary School third-grader Jake Weiss is just like any other 8-year-old — barely able to resist spinning in a swivel chair, having a few new teeth growing in and enjoying boundless energy. But this 8-year-old is shaping up to be one of the top young tennis players...
Car break-ins up in The Shores At the Sept. 12 La Jolla Shores Association meeting, San Diego Police Community Relations Officer (CRO) Larry Hesselgesser and San Diego Fire & Rescue Marine Safety Lt. Rich Stropky were on hand to update the board on safety issues pertaining to the area. Hesselgesser...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Scott Ashline is a wealth management advisor at Northwestern Mutual in the La Jolla/UTC area, who said he's guided by The Golden Rule of Finance: "Don't advise a client to buy a product or implement a solution that you wouldn't use for your own family." This conviction has enabled...
Over the Labor Day weekend, some tennis-playing La Jollans served up charitable acts in Mexico through the Build A Miracle program. On Sept. 1, 17 San Diegans traveled across the border for the first of what will be three trips to build and furnish a home for a family in need. The modest house...
The 25th anniverary Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational for the Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health was held Aug. 19, 2018 on the beach at Scripps Pier. The event began with dozens of returning wave-catching giants (including Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, Jock Sutherland, Jericho Poppler...
Next week, La Jolla native Giovanni Doemeny will complete the last leg of his 636-mile bike ride to raise funds and awareness for testicular cancer causes; scheduling a stop in La Jolla Sept. 24 and departing to the Mexico Border the next day to complete the trip.
The La Jolla Cluster Association had its first meeting of the new school year, Sept. 13 at Muirlands Middle School, to outline priorities for the year, chiefly, a concept known as “vertical integration,” in which there is consistency in the educational concepts students understand as they progress...
Following some serious changes to litter-reduction and trash pick-up along Avenida de la Playa — and just in time for famed oceanographer Walter Munk’s 101st birthday — the La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) launched efforts to make their community a beacon of eco-friendliness. During the board’s...
The design phase for the Princess Street beach access project got a $38,000 boost from the California Coastal Conservancy this month, giving the Environmental Center of San Diego the green light to proceed with the next big step toward reopening the long-closed access that starts alongside 7957...
La Jolla to host culinary hall-of-fame induction The first Disciples Escoffier International Induction and Celebration Dinner in Southern California will take place Oct. 8 at The Marine Room in La Jolla. The event is sold out. The organization, an esteemed culinary hall of fame in France, will...
At the Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA)’s Sept. 12 meeting, president Alisha Hawrylyszyn Frank said the LJVMA received “a lot of great resumes” in response to its opening for executive director and that there will be an announcement “hopefully by our next meeting.” Frank previously announced...