At the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) meeting on March 5, Bird Rock resident Laura Bertagnolli asked for help battling marijuana billboards lining Turquoise Street near the southern end of Bird Rock. Some of these billboards — two are currently in place, another was recently replaced with an...
Ahead of a June California Coastal Commission hearing as to whether to continue to close Children’s Pool beach for five months out of the year — and continue to install a 152-foot rope across the beach the other seven months — the La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) voted to send a...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Bucking the trend of online-buying, Diamonds on the Rock at 5640 La Jolla Blvd., stands solidly in place as a bastion of personalized service and customer care. Owner Debra Levine makes sure of that. "Because diamonds are so unique," she explained. "They're not something you...
Despite a full plate of five reviews, three of which were intended as final, the La Jolla Development Permit Review (DPR) committee did not green-light any projects at its March 12 meeting at the La Jolla Rec Center. Applicant rep Tim Golba, seeking a Coastal Development Permit (DPR) to construct...
KITCHEN SHRINK: So, we're having some soggy days and cooler temps, but look what this season is heralding — spring training and March Madness, a stream of festivals, an inspiration for decluttering, planting a garden, taking a leisurely evening walk as daylight lengthens, and shopping for the new...
Most people would think the two Bugattis in his garage sufficient to express Rick Adams’ love for this ultra-high-end car brand. But Adams doesn’t agree with that assessment, since he also had to have the Bugatti logo paved into his driveway. “Doesn’t everybody have a Bugatti logo in their driveway...
Taking a jet ride instead of a bus ride from San Diego to Sacramento might have been the best decision of the week for La Jolla Country Day School in preparation for its CIF state Division III championship basketball game against San Francisco University on Friday, March 8 at Golden 1 Center. Looking...
A new, James Hubble-designed altar frontage at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 724 Prospect St., will be dedicated to late church rector Robert Wolsterstorff on March 24.“He was a very kind man,” Hubble said of Wolsterstorff, who commissioned Hubble to create the stained-glass windows of...
She was molested for more than a year in high school. She was raped her first month of college — the week before her younger brother was hit by a car and killed. She suffered from an eating disorder for the greater part of a decade. The show that Caroline Rothstein performs at Lawrence Family Jewish...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Erez and Irene Nosrati are a formidable dental duo. Together, they started the La Jolla Dental Boutique last year, taking over the practice and the dental office space of recently retired Dr. Jacob Russell at 525 Nautilus St. The husband-and-wife dentist team combined forces...
Senior right-hander Tim Holdgrafer, the former Grossmont College standout who prepped at La Jolla High, recorded Cal Poly Pomona history on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Holdgrafer registered the seventh no-hitter ever by a Broncos pitcher, thrashing 14th-ranked UC San Diego, 9-0, at Scolinos Field. The...
Dennis Wills staged his 40th and final St. Patrick’s Day Open Reading of Poetry and Prose on Sunday, March 17 at D.G. Wills Books. Attracting 200 people — about 40 of whom read Irish literature passages for three-to-seven minutes each — the event ran from 4 to 8 p.m., three hours earlier than usual...
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: Academic standards, strong curriculum and sustained enrollment at La Jolla High School are endangered and eroding. Last month, I read a small notice in the flood of La Jolla High's online school bulletins announcing that 9th Grade World History would...
Trolley tunnel construction at La Jolla Colony La Jolla Colony Drive has announced closures to construct an underpass for the Mid-Coast Trolley, according to a statement from SANDAG. Now through Thursday, March 14, and from Monday, March 18 to Thursday, March 21, the intersection will be closed...
The La Jolla Riford Library is — once again — getting a new lab to bring STEAM-related activities to the public. By the end of April, the former computer lab will be repurposed to house the biology and 3-D printing technology that currently operates out of a room the size of a “storage closet.”...
By the beginning of May, areas of La Jolla Shores and La Jolla Heights will undergo a pipeline replacement project, in piecemeal segments, to replace or rehabilitate more than seven collective miles of underground sewer lines.