The La Jolla Historical Society took one of the two pergolas that once fronted the Museum of Contemporary Art and moved it to the La Jolla Historical Society back terrace, to ultimately provide a centerpiece around which a small park could be built.
Talk about academic achievement! La Jolla Cove — one year after being listed No. 5 with a “D” grade on Heal the Bay’s annual “Bummer Beach” list (those with the worst water quality in California) — this year got an “A.” Experts say the cleaner water is likely due to decreased rainfall over the...
During La Jolla Town Council’s (LJTC) June 14 meeting, president Ann Kerr Bache reacted to Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s proposed short-term vacation rental (STVR) regulations. Leaked to the media earlier that day, the proposal is a compromise that, reportedly: • allows homeowners to rent their primary...
La Jolla Parks & Beaches advisory group got an update on local efforts to get the Children’s Pool landmark listed on the National Register of Historical Places during its June 4 meeting at La Jolla Rec Center. Carried forth by La Jolla Historical Society preservation chair Diane Kane, with the...
A mission to a long-abandoned slab of California's original road, El Camino Real, leads to a journey of discovery about life.
Lifeguards rescue, medics revive struggling swimmer Lifeguards were able to rescue an unresponsive man from the ocean between the beaches at Marine Street and WindanSea June 9, who was later resuscitated at a local hospital. Marine Safety Lt. Rich Stropky explained that a man from Texas jumped...
GUEST COMMENTARY: I am pleased to announce the completed acquisition of The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and publications across the California News Group, which includes the La Jolla Light. My family and I are honored and privileged to now assume stewardship of these storied...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: In a jungle of communication choices growing thicker and increasingly difficult to navigate, AmeriSat is a friendly outpost. "We take technology and boil it down to where it's more of a human experience," says Chris Dudley, president of the San Diego-based technology retailer....
It sure looked like a dog show at The Lot, Thursday, June 7, as fancy pooches overran the movie theater’s dining patio and adjacent parking lot for La Jolla Veterinary Hospital’s 5th annual Paws & Pints benefit.
Tarane Sondoozi’s only job, for the past 17 years, has been to advise employees across the Scripps Health system — to provide assessment, referral and a compassionate ear when professional and personal problems develop. Then, two years ago, the staff psychologist’s own turn came. “I kept going...
For the ninth straight year, La Jolla High School (LJHS) swimming and water-polo coach Tom Atwell has run 100 miles around the school track. This year, he began at 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5 and finished at 2:30 p.m. the next day — just before LJHS students commenced their Teens For A Cure run...
Oceanographer Walter Munk honored in France Veritable La Jolla saint Walter Munk — the Scripps Institution of Oceanography chair who’s still hard at work at 100 years old — is now a knight in France. Well, sort of. He was “knighted” by the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (Fraternity of Knights...
To provide police perspective on the dockless bikes/electric scooter situation that has made its way to La Jolla Shores — to the great chagrin of La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) members, San Diego Police Department community relations officer Larry Hesselgesser attended its June 13 meeting on...
UC San Diego officials dug shovels into the dirt to kick-off construction of the planned, 10-acre, seven-building, $627-million North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood, June 18, in an elaborate ceremony on what will be the Neighborhood’s site in Fall 2020. Billed as the “the largest...
For four days in May, 11 hours a day, Dr. Kristine Tran of La Jolla performed dentistry on about 80 village children in poverty-stricken Paynesville, Liberia.
At its June 12 meeting at the Rec Center, the La Jolla Development Permit Review (DPR) committee fast-tracked a Process 3 variance to build a slope-retention wall at 7001 Fairway Road exceeding residential height requirements.