For the first time, the entirety of La Jolla Country Day School participated in a commemoration and remembrance of children lost in the Holocaust, through The Butterfly Project, Nov. 9 on its campus at 9490 Genesee Ave. The event included speakers, concerts, readings and painting sessions — and...
San Diego Superior Court Judge Randa Trapp has affirmed her decision in favor of a Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) for La Jolla, clearing the way for Enhance La Jolla’s plans to establish the MAD to move forward. Since late 2016, Judge Trapp has heard arguments back and forth in the case...
The Asian-American community has been riding a wave of success in the media arts lately, after many years of neglect. This summer, two Asian-American films — "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Searching" — scored extremely well ($227 million and $65 million respectively) at the box office, bringing Asian-American...
On Nov. 6, volunteers pressed the grapes to extract the juice – and all the flavors and color that comes with it – in a high-pressure apparatus to release the fermented juice into small buckets.
Wesley Palms retirement community honored 40 veterans from all branches of the military Nov. 9, ahead of the Veterans Day weekend. The purpose was to recognize the resident veterans with a certificate with their name and branch of military, and a pin bestowed upon them by another service-member.
Car/bicycle collision causes minor injuries Only minor injuries were reported following a collision between a car and a bicyclist the afternoon of Nov. 7 at the intersection of Girard Avenue and Pearl Street, which drew police presence. The victim was transported for care, and Sgt. Josh Odom told...
The Center will serve as a “center for Jewish life and Jewish students at UCSD” with a three-building, 6,479 square-foot on a triangular parcel of land at the corner of Torrey Pines Road at La Jolla Village Drive.
Although she’s 91 now, Edith Eger has the eyes of someone young and full of life. It’s easy to picture the 16-year-old girl she was on her first night in Auschwitz, in May 1944, when she came face-to-face with Dr. Josef Mengele for the first time.
Astronaut Col. Sherwood "Woody" Spring touched down at the La Jolla home of Quan Zhu and Richard Hou last month to answer questions from the robotics teams at La Jolla Elementary and Muirlands Middle schools, whose homework involves helping astronauts cope with the loneliness of space and the design...
Framed with the stunning backdrop of the ocean and Scripps Pier, scientists and advocates from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and the environmental group Wildcoast gathered to unveil the first Blue Carbon Restoration Project on Oct. 29, announcing an international partnership between...
“Way to go, Skippy!” reads the sign, drawn in blue and pink magic marker and nailed to a tree in front of a Bird Rock house. Its 22-year-old subject is in the backyard, celebrating with 100 of his friends and relatives the highlight of his life so far. A week earlier, McCullough trounced 128 comers...
The newly formed San Diego Parks Foundation, while ultimately created for the benefit of park spaces across the City, has its roots in La Jolla. The board-of-five tasked with getting the Foundation off the ground is comprised mostly of La Jollans, and the model is based on how the La Jolla Parks...
Up and down La Jolla, up and down the state actually, new signs outlining the regulations within California’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are going up at public access points, after six years of red tape, collaborating and waiting. Seventeen signs have been affixed to posts and poles from Bird...
Community meetings in San Diego have been known to drone on, but none has ever quite done it like the La Lolla Town Council’s on Nov. 8. The meeting was dedicated almost entirely to demystifying drones. It even began with an hour-long flying demonstration by a professional drone aviator.
At its final 2018 meeting, held Nov. 8 at the La Jolla Masonic Lodge, the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) asked board members and the public to suggest big-picture ideas it can take on to improve life in Bird Rock.BRCC president John Newsam cited Bird Rock’s five roundabouts, which help calm...
Car crashes into Fire Station No. 9 A car slammed into a La Jolla fire station the night of Nov. 3, coming close to firefighters but causing no injuries, authorities said. Three people were in the car when it veered off the road and took out a section of the wall at San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s...