An attempt to ban electronic scooters on boardwalks in La Jolla Shores, Pacific Beach and Mission Beach failed at the San Diego City Council meeting May 22. However, the proposal will go before the Council’s public safety committee for further vetting and review, and will come back before the City...
Local artists partnered with the Muirlands Beautification Campaign over the last few months to bring some community pride to the middle school’s auditorium (and breezeway walls) at 1056 Nautilus St. First, local photographer Michael Sangiolo donated four photographic murals of La Jolla scenic points...
In La Jolla Light's 2018 Election Guide, we present the candidates for California's 52nd Congressional Distric, the State Assembly in the 78th District and for County Board of Supervisors in the 4th District via a brief rundown of each candidate and their responses to three questions.
Rather than sign on to a community resolution seeking regulation of the dockless bikes that have sprung up around San Diego, the La Jolla Shores Association is standing by their request for a full-out ban. And they are not the only groups exploring a ban of some time.
New businesses that have opened – or are eagerly waiting to open their doors – in La Jolla do what they can to feed the senses. Here’s a look at the newest shops offering gourmet meats and French macarons, beachy boho fashion, ocean-inspired art, and a little self-pampering.
Villa La Jolla AT&T store robbed Three suspects robbed a La Jolla-area AT&T store of electronics, using physical strength and cutting tools to sever the cords that secure the devices. Police report the suspects entered the 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive store around 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 11, while the...
The La Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA) has a new president. Board member Alisha Hawrylyszyn Frank, proprietor of Fiercely Optimistic at 1237 Prospect St., was unanimously elected to fill the position vacated by James Niebling during the organization’s May 9 meeting at the Riford Library....
If you and your kids (or grandkids or neighbor’s kids) have never been to the New Children’s Museum (NCM) in downtown San Diego — and even if you have — now is a fine time to go. Now, in celebration of its 10th year downtown and 35th year in existence, staff has brought back a new iteration of...
How do you go from hope after the diagnosis, to finding joy in the journey when it comes to Alzheimer's disease? That was the topic at the second of two panel discussions sponsored by Monarch Cottage, a senior living center on Fay Avenue, which took place May 1, 2018 at La Jolla Community Center....
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: If you're tennis champ Maria Sharapova , you can afford to have personal trainer, masseuse and physical therapist extraordinaire Juan Reque out on tour with you. If you're well-off or cut corners, you can afford a personal session in his luxurious Solana Beach office twice a...
La Jolla High School’s Viking teams in a handful of sports showed their strengths during playoffs this month — one taking home the title and one losing it in the end. Here’s a wrap up of how they did. Boys Lacrosse CIF TITLE In last week’s La Jolla Light sports coverage, La Jolla High School boys...
As long as they don’t commit a crime, next to nothing can be done to get mentally ill people off La Jolla’s streets. That was the unfortunate, yet hardly surprising, take-away from the latest La Jolla Town Council forum on homelessness. Held during the community group’s May 10 meeting at the Rec...
Construction on the Torrey Pines Road Slope Restoration project, located on the south side of Torrey Pines Road between Roseland Drive and Little Street, has experienced “unforeseen bumps” and will be suspended, to resume in the fall. The announcement was made at the La Jolla Community Planning...
City Council member Barbara Bry addressed the May meeting of the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC), updating residents about dockless bikes, short-term vacation rentals and mansionization, and answering all questions for a half hour on May 1 at Bird Rock Elementary. Bry announced that she’s “researching...
What’s the deal with UC San Diego once being called UC La Jolla? In May 1959, the Board of Regents for the University of California approved the current site for what it intended to call the University of California, La Jolla. Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), which was to form the nucleus...
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton used to suffer such excruciating pain from a variety of health problems he says he considered committing suicide. Dr. Steve Garfin saved him. Garfin is the UC San Diego orthopedic surgeon who performed an 8.5 hour operation on Walton in 2009 that eliminated...