La Jolla Light

Brooks Brothers moving to former Burns Drugs space in La Jolla

Next month, Brooks Brothers clothiers, which has already vacated its 14,000-square-foot space at 1055 Wall St., will move into the former Burns Drugs storefront at 7824 Girard Ave., currently being renovated. The opening date has not been set, but management expects it to be sometime in early December....

Judge hears latest La Jolla MAD argument, final ruling expected soon

San Diego Superior Court Judge Randa Trapp is expected to issue a final ruling within the coming weeks, in the most recent iteration of the La Jolla Benefits Association, LLC vs the City of San Diego, as it pertains to the proposed La Jolla Maintenance Assessment District (MAD), following the filing...

Voices from Election Day morning in La Jolla

The polls were busier on Tuesday than they had been in previous mid-term elections — at least according to poll workers at La Jolla’s All Hallows Catholic Church and La Jolla Christian Fellowship. Each polling place reported about 70 voters from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., which workers seemed pleased with...

2018 San Diego Asian Film Festival is the biggest to date: 160-plus movies to screen Nov. 8-17

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...

La Jolla Light Crime and Public-Safety News: Nov. 15

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...

Judge gives Hillel Center in La Jolla green-light

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.

History tour commemorates Ché Café 50th anniversary

Experience La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium bioluminescence ‘Infinity Cube’ in a 2-minute video

Harassed seals abandon their pups in La Jolla’s Children’s Pool

PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Meet Holocaust survivor Edith Eger

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.

The View from Space: Astronaut Woody Spring talks station life with local students

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...

Blue carbon making waves in climate change: Scripps Institution of Oceanography announces international eco-project

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...

La Jollans are behind new San Diego Parks Foundation

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...

Judge affirms MAD decision, grants go-ahead

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...

Wildcoast posts 17 new Marine Protected Area signs in La Jolla

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...

La Jolla Town Council examines ups and downs of drones

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.

Bird Rock’s 2018 round-up focuses on roundabouts

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...