The 61st La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival jingled The Village’s bells on Sunday, Dec. 3 as more than 80 entrants — including 11 floats, 12 marching bands, and six canine and seven equestrian units — rolled down Girard Avenue and Prospect Street. A fleet of 1934-38 Packards shuttled...
In La Jolla Lunch with Santa Bring a camera to capture the memories at the annual Lunch With Santa, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at the La Jolla Rec Center, 615 Prospect St. Cost: $5 per child; includes lunch, face painting and cookie decorating. (858) 552-1658. bit.ly/ljreccenter Silver...
After some back-and-forth requests as to when the City of San Diego should proceed with the Torrey Pines Slope Restoration project, City engineers decided to employ both daytime and nighttime work. Crews were back on site in late November, and work will proceed until March, 2019. The loudest work,...
After almost 19 years in The Village, Wahoo’s Fish Tacos will close its doors at 637 Pearl St. later this month as part of a larger corporate downsizing. A last day has not been announced, but management expects it to close the third or fourth week of December. “La Jolla is a great community and...
The long-discussed La Jolla Rec Center playground renovation could be a reality in about five years, depending on how much the City is involved. To provide insight into the project from the City’s point of view, San Diego Parks Department planner Meredith Dawson spoke at the La Jolla Parks & Recreation...
Less than 24 hours after the meeting last week to bring those on both sides of the contentious Playa del Norte stanchions issue to the table, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s office announced a decision to reinstate the stanchions in the coming days. The issue, a year-and-a-half in the making...
In an effort to increase Social Intelligence among its students, La Jolla High School is considering a monthly e-blast with relevant (albeit uncomfortable) topics for parents and a peer-counseling system for students. The update was given during the Nov. 29 La Jolla Cluster Association (LJCA) meeting...
A letter that arrived in the mail to his parents' house in 2016 changed Robert Hatano's life forever ... and for the better.
La Jolla Meals on Wheels recognized its dedicated volunteers Nov. 3 at a luncheon held at Our Mother of Confidence Church in University City. This non-profit organization has served the nutritional needs of home-bound seniors by providing them with nutritious home-delivered meals in La Jolla and...
People in Your La Jolla Neighborhood: As in many homes, the photos on Gary Rectenwald’s mantel display children engaged in proud-parent moments: high-school sports, graduations, proms. But the children in Rectenwald’s photos aren’t his — at least they weren’t initially. Rectenwald, 68, adopted...
In the three years since his San Diego Fly Rides bike store opened — first at 1237 Prospect St. and then, for more space, at 7444 Girard Ave. — operations manager Max Shenk found himself increasingly frustrated with La Jolla’s bicycle-incompatibility.
La Jolla Elementary School principal Donna Tripi announced via email that she would be leaving her post at the end of the year, to become a superintendent in the Rancho Santa Fe School District. She arrived at La Jolla Elementary School in 1999.
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: Clear coastal waters, breathtaking beaches and rugged desert trails are just a few of the natural features that define San Diego and draw people here from all over the world. As San Diego City Attorney, I work to protect our environment by fighting...
Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write: Letters to the Editor from recent issues of La Jolla Light as La Jollans speak out on local issues: ——— More neighborhood speed bumps needed to slow rushing motorists A speeding car coming up Nautilus Street sideswiped my wife's car and flipped...
Charges filed in ivory trafficking case against La Jolla gallery San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott filed criminal charges Nov. 28 against the Carlton Gallery in La Jolla, its owner, and an employee for trafficking ivory in defiance of California law. This prosecution follows the largest seizure...
A confluence of problems results in La Jolla's second straight year without its traditional Tannenbaum at the Rec Center, a tradition since 1915.