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Hidden inside the other slope of Torrey Pines Mesa — the one facing away from the ocean — is the most lushly situated, rurally isolated house in La Jolla.
La Jolla architecture nominated for Orchids & Onions awards Nine La Jolla structures were nominated for Orchid awards by the San Diego Architectural Foundation (SDAF) for its 43rd annual Orchids & Onions program.
At a picnic along the Thames in 1862, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll) began telling a story to entertain young Lorina, Edith and Alice — the three daughters of his friend, an Oxford dean.
Residents fighting the proliferation of so-called “stuck trucks” on Torrey Pines Road won a victory this month, when La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) Hillside Drive ad hoc committee chair Diane Kane announced those drivers can now be ticketed.
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This year’s high school football season begins with the local favorite match-up “Battle for Pearl Street,” when the La Jolla High School Vikings take on The Bishop’s School Knights, 7 p.m. -
The 2019 Girls Scout Gold Awards were given out June 15 at a ceremony at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, and among the 61 recipients for their excellent community service projects were La Jolla Girl Scouts Laura Bryant and Lily Stratton.
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More than a year after it was proposed, a pedestrian refuge island has been installed on La Jolla Boulevard at Mira Monte, and a debated pedestrian-activated flashing crosswalk also went into place.
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One La Jolla lifeguard and one dedicated Cove-swimmer got special recognition from the San Diego Lifesaving Association during its 52nd annual Hardy Awards dinner banquet at the Mission Bay Yacht Club on Aug. 6.
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The Sunday, Aug. 18 registration deadline for discounted entry fees is quickly approaching for the La Jolla Cove Swim, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 8 (check-in is at 7:30 a.m.).
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A Bird Rock woman was burglarized of thousands of dollar’s worth of jewelry Aug. 1, in a scam that may have started in Rancho Santa Fe.
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Bagels and Lox club meets, 7 a.m. Chabad of La Jolla, 909 Prospect St. (858) 455-5433.
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Sometime in the morning of Monday, Aug. 12, La Jolla Cove lost an icon.
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A routine oncology appointment proved anything but for Teresa McKeown in March 2016.
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The following all take place at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Ave. (858) 459-3728. ljms.org • “Festival within a festival” with “Synergy Series II: Music at an Exhibition,” 7 p.m.
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The 86-year-old retired architect ambles excitedly from one display to the next, narrating a Cliff’s Notes version of his life’s work as it appears in hand-drafted renderings and plans, collages and projection sequences.
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Thursday, Aug. 8 Bagels and Lox club meets, 7 a.m. Chabad of La Jolla, 909 Prospect St.
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PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Newly appointed Osher Lifelong Learning Institute vice president Bonnie McKean of La Jolla has come a long way in the last two years.
La Jolla Community Center celebrated its members at an appreciation party July 31, 2019.
PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: 2019 and 2020 will be busy years for the La Jolla Woman’s Club and its president Tona Macken.
Looking over the waters at La Jolla Cove a recent muggy day, San Diego Council of Divers president Joel Tracey spots several unknowing swimmers and snorkelers in potentially hazardous situations.
The 73rd annual Las Patronas Jewel Ball, “Wonderland,” took place Aug. 3, 2019 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.
Did you know that bottlebrush trees come in colors other than red?
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Hall Private Wealth Advisors (HPWA), a boutique wealth-management practice, has reached record asset levels recently, through new clientele and higher-than-industry-average new asset growth.
The Kiwanis Club of La Jolla held its 55th Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, July 20, 2019.
A tribute to the Del Mar races, La Jolla Woman’s Club hosted the “Summer Night with the Ladies!
On July 16, 2019, hundreds of people came together in Presidio Park, a stone’s throw from the Junipero Serra Museum, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of San Diego and by default “where California began,” as part of “San Diego 250,” a community initiative to create historical and educational opportunities to reflect on the City’s history.
When soon-to-be-centenarian Louis Gessay sets his sights on something — it happens.
It was here before they were, so most La Jollans have learned how to ignore 939 Coast Blvd.
KITCHEN SHRINK: Maybe I’m getting a little cranky as summer’s heat and humidity set in, but some things are really riling me up these days in the culinary world.
To start his interactive art-viewing lecture at Little Bench Art Center, critic, author, historian and Point Loma Nazarene University art professor James Daichendt turned the audience’s attention to a sculpture of a dog.
KITCHEN SHRINK: A dear friend entertaining out-of-town guests for a summer soiree sought out some recipes from my repertoire for safely and elegantly feeding her lactose-intolerant, gluten-sensitive, nut-allergic and vegetarian crew that wouldn’t knock her off her feet to prepare, and might also be served cold.
Accompanying the La Jolla Historical Society’s “History in Motion: Devices & Wizardry in Early Cinema” exhibit, “Movies by Moonlight” is a short film festival with live music by curator Scott Paulson’s Teeny Tiny Pit Orchestra, 8 p.m.
With a history dating back to 1968, the La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) has operated from several venues during the last half century, including Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and the recently demolished Sherwood Auditorium, eliminated during the renovations at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s La Jolla campus.
KITCHEN SHRINK: Recovering from a one-week binge on butter, cream, croissants and crepes; the soccer family, accompanied by this lucky food writer, waddled the way from Bordeaux to carb paradise.
Artists from the La Jolla area will showcase their work at ArtWalk @ Liberty Station, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
After a recently concluded nationwide search, La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) has appointed Stephanie Weaver, D.M.A., its next executive director.
Newly published author Jamie Tyrone had a book-signing at Warwick’s bookstore in La Jolla on July 14, 2019 to showcase her tome, “Fighting for My Life: How to Thrive in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s,” published by HarperCollins Publishers.
La Jolla Music Society has a lot going on this season, and its SummerFest — an annual event since 1986 — has a new music director, Inon Barnatan, who is infusing the popular festival with energy and excitement.
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San Diego is a hotbed for youth volleyball and that is also apparent locally, where La Jolla Volleyball club (LJV) is set to kick off its 10th season of training young athletes.
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To help kick-off the Football ‘N’ America (FNA) program’s fall season, New Orleans Saints quarterback, San Diego resident and FNA co-founder Drew Brees spoke to a small group of young athletes, July 16 on the La Jolla High School athletic field.
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The second annual San Diego Sneaks Summer Classic basketball tournament kicked off in grand fashion at the La Jolla Recreation Center just after Independence Day on Saturday, July 6, 2019 — bigger and better than its inaugural event last year.
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Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write: The following are Letters to the Editor from recent issues of La Jolla Light as La Jollans speak out on local issues.
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Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write: The following are Letters to the Editor from recent issues of La Jolla Light as La Jollans speak out on local issues.
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Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write: As a former waiter in high school and college, I have always been a good tipper.
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The Promises2Kids “Dream On” Concert Gala was held June 3, 2019 at the Foxhill estate of Doug and Geniya Manchester in La Jolla.
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The 30th annual Patron Party took place June 17, 2019 at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla, to honor long-time supporters.
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The cloudy skies did not diminish the warmth felt inside the La Jolla Country Club as St.
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The 78th Anniversary USO Stars & Stripes Gala, “Stand Up for Liberty,” took place May 18, 2019 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego.
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La Jolla Newcomers Club has an action-packed June 2019 in store for members.
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The G.O.L.D. Diggers (Gifts Of Loving Donors) held its 26th annual Hats Off to Our Heroes!
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: North County now has a one-stop healthcare shop.
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: A Better Deal Tuxedos & Suits, a mainstay in Bird Rock for many decades, is no longer offering better deals — they’re offering what its owners call the best deals in its history.
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Blue Apparel was inspired by the sparkling blue of the ocean that Jonathan Guevara and his wife, Karina, saw as they drove down the coast back in 2009.
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Tucked away somewhere in the UC San Diego campus, historic revolutionary space Ché Café has withstood the passing of time — and several threats to its existance from the university’s governance — for the last 50 years.
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The “Infinity Cube” of bioluminescence exhibit opens Friday, April 7 at Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way in La Jolla and will stay up through Dec. 31.
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During harbor seal pupping season (Dec. 15 to May 15), mothers and pups enjoy the sandy Children’s Pool (aka Casa Beach) to themselves.
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LET INGA TELL YOU: By all accounts, this has been a particularly bad rat year.
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LET INGA TELL YOU: After 32 years, Olof and I have changed sides of our bed.
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FRONTLINE CANCER: Some of you may recall what I hope was a heartwarming holiday column about one family, a doctor and their unified hope for a new beginning (in the Dec. 26, 2018 La Jolla Light, “Frontline Cancer : The season for family, health, hope and new beginnings” at lajollalight.com/scott-lippman/cm-ljl-frontline-cancer-jan3-2019-20190102-story.html) I’d like to update you on their journey and share an amazing story of an uncommon partnership in rare disease that has accelerated strategic alliances and rare cancer research, specifically SDH-deficient Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) research, all in the last three years.
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LET INGA TELL YOU: It’s just getting so hard to keep a secret these days.
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KITCHEN SHRINK: How lucky can a food writer get to be invited to travel with a San Diego family to tutor an 11-year-old boy, whose older brother was participating in an international junior soccer tournament in Bordeaux?
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