Edgar Coleman was an entrepreneur and an African-American pioneer of La Jolla who worked as a gardener, a janitor and a realtor in his time. "He eventually owned three trucks and was often hired to move old cottages that made land available for the building of the La Valencia Hotel," reads a chapter...
The late La Jolla-born actor Gregory Peck once compared his favorite film “To Kill a Mockingbird” (directed by Robert Mulligan in 1962, in which Peck played attorney Atticus Finch) with the village of his childhood. “In the 1920s, La Jolla was a magical little resort community. … There was even...
In a ceremony held Monday, Sept. 26, a newly-designated walkway was unveiled in honor of Arthur Wagner, founding chair of the UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance, and his wife, Molli. About 50 people witnessed the ribbon-cutting ceremony that took place adjacent to the walk, which runs...
Citing water quality concerns, the 7 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 La Jolla 10-Mile Relay Swim was moved from La Jolla Cove to La Jolla Shores. A message posted on the organizations’ website states: “Water testing at La Jolla Cove has indicated a heightened level of bacteria for most of the summer and...
For almost an hour Sept. 15, the La Jolla High School (LJHS) Varsity Water Polo team received a water survival lesson similar to those that Navy officers must master as part of their training. “Basically, you’re teaching Marines how to survive in the water in adverse conditions, so if you fall...
With a record attendance of 30 people at its Sept. 13 meeting, the Development Permit Review committee (DPR) denied coastal development and site permits for the bluff stabilization project at 417 Sea Ridge Drive. The project, which was first presented to DPR in August, came back to the committee...
San Diego City field engineer Steve Lindsay provided the La Jolla Shores Association board (LJSA) with a schedule of construction work in the area’s public right-of-ways through next summer. Summarizing the situation, board chair Nick LeBeouf said, “The next five or six years in La Jolla Shores...
It was 1982 when La Jollan, then 22-year-old Kathleen McCartney, participated for the first time (and won) an Ironman triathlon. “That was one of the highlights of my life and really set a course for the rest of my life,” she said in an interview with La Jolla Light. Oct. 8, she will participate...
Jeanne Jones is the author of 33 books and a highly sought-after menu consultant. Her column, "Cook It Light," is syndicated and reaches 30 million readers throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean each week. Locally, she has served on many boards for both the arts and scientific research....
Now playing at The Old Globe Theatre is the Drama Desk Award-winning musical, "The Lion," written and performed by Benjamin Scheuer, who said he knew he wanted to make music all his life. "It seemed like the most natural thing in the world for me," Scheuer said in an interview with La Jolla Light....
— BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: After many years of planning, months of construction and much anticipation, the La Jolla YMCA will celebrate the opening of its Ann Woolley Aquatic Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and other festivities 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 at 8355 Cliffridge Ave. Everyone is...
Guests discuss life, death and dying over coffee and cake
FRONTLINE CANCER: When you have diabetes, your body cannot produce enough or effectively use the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar (glucose) levels. The resulting complications are widespread and notorious, from stroke, blindness and kidney failure to nerve damage, skin problems, dental issues...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Beamer sighting on Turquoise Street. Porsche, too. And Mercedes. And VW. Seeing a pattern? They all could be headed to or from German Motors and Imports, which has been servicing the best from Deutschland in Pacific Beach since 1959. This dates back to an original location (under...
A City of San Diego request to convert four angled public parking places adjacent Scripps Park into yellow commercial loading zones raised a few eyebrows at La Jolla’s Traffic & Transportation advisory group (LJT&T) meeting Sept. 21. Seeking a compromise, the board ultimately decided to approve...
You may know Bird Rock resident and community volunteer Joe LaCava from any number of the meetings he’s attended (or chaired) over the years, or from his brief City Council candidacy, or as the Town Council-proclaimed “Mayor of La Jolla,” but did you also know he was in the movie “King Kong?” Or...