
At 100 years of age, La Jolla’s Peter Fortescue is still aglow with the energy and enthusiasm that fueled his career as head of research and development at General Atomics.

La Jollan Christine Forester was honored May 4 during the San Diego County Democratic Party’s annual Roosevelt Dinner at the Hilton San Diego Resort in Mission Bay.

Fred Tomaselli said he had sworn off public art before being asked to participate in the Murals of La Jolla project.

The La Jolla Community Foundation has announced the addition of new board members Julie Dubick and Lynn Gorguze.
May 8, 2013 | Posted in
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C&H Photo owner Leon Chow likes to describe his Girard Avenue shop as a traditional neighborhood camera store like everyone remembers. “It’s a store where you’ll see not only cameras, but customers being educated on how to use them, along with all the different accessories,” Chow said. “We don’t want to just sell you a camera; we want to show you how to use it correctly, and every camera purchase comes with two free classes.”
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.
May 7, 2013 | Posted in
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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.

Last week I had an opportunity to watch a tennis match at The Bishop’s School with coach Matt Copeland, as my guide. Before the match, he shared a little bit about himself and how high school tennis works.

By Lynne Friedmann Biologists at UC San Diego have identified eight genes — never before suspected of having a role in healing — that spring into action when a wound occurs. The discovery was made in the laboratory fruit fly Drosophila, which serves as an experimental model because many of the genes that regulate a Drosophila’s [...]
SPOT Kids, an occupational therapy and speech therapy clinic at 7632 Herschel Ave. is having an open house 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 11, and will offer free hearing, speech and handwriting screenings for children conducted by speech language pathologists.
May 5, 2013 | Posted in
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