La Jolla Town Council (LJTC) passed a motion at its April 11 meeting protesting the San Diego City Council’s recent repeal of its ban on living inside vehicles parked on City streets. Passed with only board member Michael Dershowitz dissenting, the motion called on City Council “to recognize the...
Inside SDPD is a free experience designed to let the public walk in a police officer’s shoes, giving them instruction in traffic stops, S.W.A.T. techniques, force-option simulation, working with K-9 officers and Taser firing.
REVIEW: The La Jolla Music Society’s new $82 million performing arts center opened April 5, with a star-studded lineup and very big expectations. Hello, Conrad! Goodbye, Sherwood! Two years and 17 days after the La Jolla Music Society held its final concert at the now-defunct Sherwood Auditorium,...
Brian Will will chair the La Jolla Development Permit Review (DPR) committee for another year. Will, who took over from former chair Mike Costello last year, was elected unanimously by the six DPR trustees attending the community group’s April 16 meeting at the La Jolla Rec Center. (The chair only...
Twenty La Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA) members attended the community group’s third Business4Breakfast event on April 16 at a theater in The LOT. The hour-long workshop — conducted by Julie Ethan, CEO of Ethan Advisors — was aimed at helping small businesses know when and how they...
La Jolla cleans up nice for Earth Day Duke’s La Jolla and Kopari Beauty co-sponsored a La Jolla clean-up to celebrate Earth Day, Monday, April 22. A crowd of 30 (including employees of both businesses, family members and friends) met at Duke’s at 5:30 p.m., grabbed 20 plastic buckets and split...
Jerry Klipp, 97, inched his red walker up to the microphone set up in Casa de Manana’s lower lounge and began singing a 1931 country hit by Bud and Joe Billings. Like a third of the La Jolla retirement community’s residents, Klipp was alive when it was released. Through a garden filled with roses,...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Who better to know and respond to the needs of seniors than seniors themselves? A franchise organization called Seniors Helping Seniors capitalizes on that concept, acknowledging that seniors are more open to care when the caregiver is a peer who can relate to them on a personal...
Imagine driving through a storm so bad, semi-trucks blow onto their sides in front of you. Imagine also that you are towing a trailer, and inside that trailer is a $2 million Ferrari. The spotlight at the 15th annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance — Friday, April 12 to Sunday, April 14 in Scripps...
For La Jolla residents Tony and Rene Gild, the start of their recent Naval Air Forces Distinguished Visitor Embark trip sounds like a heart-racing scene from a movie. They describe being strapped via four sets of belts to the inside of a Navy jet, with two sets of earplugs, a helmet and goggles,...
The La Jolla Half Marathon might just be one of the most scenic and visually stunning runs in the greater Southern California area. Think about it. Coming out of the start line at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, the course runs along Coast Boulevard (two blocks east of the beach below) with glimpses of...
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps is moving on up. From an alley behind D.G. Wills Books, this specialty dealer will soon relocate to an elegant, street-front location a short walk from the beach at 7407 La Jolla Blvd. “After 20 years of being well hidden in two quiet locations, there are so...
City Parks Plan meeting slated for April 23 The City of San Diego’s Parks Master Plan is now in year two of the three-year planning effort to improve City parks. Additional visioning meetings have been scheduled. None are in La Jolla, but the next one is 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 at the Balboa Park...
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: Editor's Note: While La Jolla Light knows the name and address of this writer, we've agreed to withhold the information to protect her safety and privacy. She wishes her story told as a caution to others, particularly other senior citizens and wrote...
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. Letters published in La Jolla Light express views from readers in regard to community issues. To share your thoughts in this...
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: Here's the latest news addressing the commercial jet noise associated with the FAA's NextGen Metroplex system, the impact studies commissioned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) and the recently proposed $3 billion airport...