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La Jolla Community Foundation adds new board members

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The La Jolla Community Foundation has announced the addition of new board members Julie Dubick and Lynn Gorguze.

Sur La Table, Inc signs lease for retail and cooking class store on Girard Avenue in La Jolla

Sur La Table, Inc., a cutting-edge culinary shop, has signed a 10-year, $2,079,974 lease for 6,720 square feet of retail space at 7643 Girard Ave. in La Jolla. In addition to culinary products, the La Jolla store will also offer the renowned Sur La Table Cooking Classes, one of the largest avocational cooking programs in the country.

Some community planners ready to cede fight over access to La Jolla Children’s Pool

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Joe LaCava said the group should urge the city to protect the rest of La Jolla’s beaches from colonization by seals.

Mixed-use project proposed for Bird Rock

The City of San Diego is accepting public comments for a mixed-use project proposed for Bird Rock, at 5702 La Jolla Blvd. The space is currently a vacant lot.
The Initial Study conducted by the city found the project would not have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, the city does not need to compose an Environmental Impact Report, and the proposal can be adopted as is, depending on the comments received.

La Jolla Rotarians, Realtors and teens polish police storefront

Interact Club students Tessa Lowe of La Jolla High School and Emily Halaka of University City High School paint a door at the rear of the police storefront.

The building at 4439 Olney St., which also serves police who patrol La Jolla, provides a place for law enforcement and volunteer senior patrol officers to complete paperwork and take meal breaks.

Hotel Parisi in La Jolla closes doors after 14 years

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La Jolla bid farewell this week to the upscale, 20-room boutique Hotel Parisi, at the corner of Prospect Street and Herschel Avenue.

La Jolla’s parking board seeks to free up funds for Village transportation

“They started collecting fees from all these projects and they put them into a special fund — and they didn’t know what they were going to do with it.”
— Joe LaCava

An insider’s view of the La Jolla Half Marathon 2013, Greg and Katie Wiest share their experience

Greg and Katie Wiest ready to run. Courtesy

On Sunday we ran the 32nd La Jolla Half Marathon. They say it’s one of the toughest half marathons in the United States. There is no doubt it is certainly challenging, but also ruggedly beautiful and worth the effort that goes into training for this event. The 13.1 course starts at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and ends at La Jolla Cove.

La Jolla Rec Council seeks new board members, readies for Rec Center’s centennial

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Since its inception nearly 100 years ago, the La Jolla Rec Center has been a place for youth and adults to gather, celebrate and recreate.

City seeks to close La Jolla’s Children’s Pool during seal pup season

The current night time seawall and beach closure could become a 24-hour closure during pupping season. Pat Sherman photo

At its April 22 meeting, the La Jolla Parks and Beaches advisory committee (LJP&B), discussed a report from the City of San Diego that requests amendments to the La Jolla Community Plan, the Local Coastal Program, the Community Plan, and the Coastal Development Permit and Municipal Code, that would close Children’s Pool beach entirely during pupping season, December to May, each year.

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