After more than two hours of debate and public testimony — and 17 years of processing — the Glickman Hillel Center for Jewish Life was unanimously approved in San Diego City Council chambers on Oct. 3. District 1 City Council member Barbara Bry made the motion to support staff recommendations to...
A plan is in the works to manage the vegetation along Coast Walk and Torrey Pines Road, and ultimately, restore public access to the Coast Walk Bridge. The City previously said there were no plans to re-open the bridge after it closed in March, but has since changed its tune. A temporary bridge...
Four San Diego City Council members issued a memorandum Sept. 18 addressing proposed short-term rentals (STR) policies and strategies, offering alternative regulations to the ordinance recently drafted by District 1 Council member Barbara Bry. Bry’s ordinance defines “short-term occupancy” as “any...
The LJP&R board voted to support the bocce ball court concept, and tasked La Jolla resident Vito Formica with researching the specifics and returning with a plan.
Brigitte Noel sits on a portable chair on the rocks at La Jolla Cove, Sept. 19. She concentrates on a male and female sea lion surrounded by pups. Lots of voices have chimed in on this hot-button La Jolla issue. One that’s decidedly missing is that of the sea lions themselves. Noel, an animal psychic,...
Enhance La Jollaannounced it would work with the La Jolla Community Foundation to create a “master plan” for beautifying The Village
During his visit to La Jolla last summer to give an art lecture at UC San Diego, multi-media artist Kota Ezawa visited the Salk Institute and was struck by the Louis Kahn-designed architecture. “It left an impression on me,” he said. Just over a year after that visit, Ezawa’s La Jolla-inspired...
La Jolla will be crawling with costumed creatures this month, with Halloween events from Bird Rock to The Shores, and across San Diego that are so fun its scary.
You could call it her mission, or you could call it her passion. Whatever you call it, Pacific Beach resident Patricia Benesh is determined to change the face of aging through her company, 7 Memories. Benesh has written three books on the subject and started the company to get more senior citizens...
Turning the big three digits doesn’t suck for everyone. Norman Smith reaches the milestone on Oct. 12. The former La Jolla resident is still tack-sharp and — other than the knee arthritis that put him in a wheelchair — isn’t falling apart physically, either. “It feels about the same as 90,” Smith...
The 73-year-old surfer, an icon to local tube-seekers since gracing the cover of Surfing magazine in 1964, is rapidly submitting to ALS.
More than 50 audience members jammed the La Jolla Town Council meeting on Sept. 14 to hear a proposed City ordinance that would place limitations on short-term La Jolla rentals. They did not like what they heard. The proposal, from District 1 City Council member Barbara Bry's office, would allow...
The number of Watches has jumped to 44, and the La Jolla-area groups have refined their approach and seen a reduction in burglaries
Cindy Greatrex is accused of making out company checks made payable to herself or cash, and cashing these checks by her through (bank) accounts
Improved enforcement. A “three strikes” rule. An overall ban on whole-house rentals. These were some of the suggestions that came forward (some repeatedly) during the standing-room-only town hall meeting on short-term vacation rentals at La Jolla Community Center, Aug. 30. District 1 City Council...
Prospect Street residents who live near La Jolla Rec Center showed up en masse at the La Jolla Park & Rec (LJPR) board meeting Aug. 23 to voice their opposition to a skateboard park being considered as part of the playground renovation plans. Details of the renovation project were also discussed...