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A car crashed onto a La Jolla Tennis Club court the evening of March 2 after reportedly going down Kline Street, jumping the curb and plowing through fencing.
The business that preserves the late La Jolla author’s legacy cites racist and insensitive imagery. A local historian says the context in which they were written needs to be considered.
SDCP offers an alternative to SDG&E for purchasing power for San Diego, Chula Vista, La Mesa, Encinitas and Imperial Beach.
The La Jolla Music Society director of finance, accused of embezzling about $113,000, has been dismissed following an internal investigation, the organization said.
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San Diego County’s adjusted coronavirus case rate drops below the threshold to allow competition.
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“We’re expecting more out of our vitamins than they’re actually giving us,” Dr. Sheldon Zablow says.
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Jeffrey Wang, a senior at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, has proved his scientific prowess in the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search, having already won at least $25,000 as one of 40 finalists in the nationwide competition.
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University teams with Menon Biosensors; they say thousands of samples can be processed with MRI.
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La Jolla native Jonathan Cohen is one of the artists and designers who contributed to the La Jolla Designer Showcase Home, with sale proceeds going to nonprofits of their choosing. (Includes video)
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Promises2Kids, a foster-child advocacy and child abuse prevention organization started by two La Jollans, has come a long way in the past four decades.
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A project to place overhead utility lines underground has stalled in La Jolla Shores, part of a pause on such projects throughout San Diego pending a new utility franchise agreement.
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Planners of UC San Diego’s proposed La Jolla Innovation Center presented the project’s draft environmental impact report during an online public hearing Feb. 25, with several comments expressing concern about potential effects on neighborhood aesthetics and traffic congestion.
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Coastal Access and Parking Board plans to work with Vision La Jolla on the appearance of a directional sign planned for Prospect Street near Coast Boulevard.
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The state is creating new regulatory zones to protect people against the Rose Canyon fault.
Check out the available summer camps around San Diego County.
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The La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary. • San Diego Writers, Ink holds a “Pen to Paper” writing class at 1 p.m.
With Women’s History Month coming in March, the La Jolla Light interviewed several local female science teachers about their efforts to close the gender gap in science and why that’s important.
La Jolla couple creating documentary about little-known WWII tragedy — the sinking of the SS Athenia
La Jolla couple creating documentary about little-known WWII tragedy — the sinking of the SS Athenia
La Jolla residents Tom and Kay Sanger are on a mission to tell the most incredible World War II story you’ve probably never heard.
“My gift is when I was chosen to come to this world and learn to give rather than take.”
The La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary. • The Scripps Institution of Oceanography presents “Cross-Border Pollution: Discussing the Tijuana River Valley Crisis and Future Vision” at 6 p.m.
Local artist Alison Haley Paul’s face might not be a familiar fixture in La Jolla, but her paintings are.
Winning entries in a writing contest will be preserved as a record of the COVID-19 experience here.
The La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary. • The Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America presents “Not Your Usual Intensive Spring Yiddish Language and Culture Program” beginning 8 a.m.
A La Jolla-based marketing firm and production studio has created a series of web-based videos on a variety of health topics.
The nonprofit arts organization’s digital season will include new online performances by Wynton Marsalis, Joffrey Ballet, Alisa Weilerstein, Sonia De Los Santos and more.
The La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary. • San Diego Oasis offers virtual classes for older adults, including “The Heart as a Symbol of Love: A History” at 11 a.m.
La Jolla gains another centenarian next week in Lucienne Guillemin, who will celebrate with cake and wine, surrounded by those she loves after a century of travel and music.
Couples at local senior living facilities run the gamut from just-met to married for decades.
Rishi Deka, a UC San Diego postdoctoral researcher in radiation medicine and an award-winning photojournalist, has taken to creating what he calls “psychedelic abstract photography” in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
A new mural is adding its “visual lexicon” to The Village, and its creator hopes it will offer La Jolla viewers something “playful and light.”
While the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of screen time — Zoom teleconferencing, more Netflix than anyone thought possible and FaceTime as a way to socialize — it also seems to have brought out a lot of authors and other creatives in our own backyard.
Two local women have embarked on a La Jolla-based nonprofit organization aimed at helping struggling artists turn their creativity into full-time work.
When she creates her spirituality- and nature-inspired pieces of art, La Jolla High School graduate and muralist Melanie Atesalp likes to draw from the immediate environment.
Recent La Jolla transplant Jim Owens doesn’t like the word “exercise” — he prefers the word “movement.”
The stage at the La Jolla Music Society’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center will transform Saturday, Nov. 7, with the livestream-only world-premiere performance of “Metamorphosis” from Grammy Award-winning group Third Coast Percussion and Movement Art Is.
Mays co-wrote and will play all the roles in the filmed adaptation of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.
Business Spotlight: La Jolla resident Andrew Melone thinks he has a recipe for a home-cooked meal that can’t be topped: fresh ingredients artfully assembled and ready to go from American Pizza Mfg., the “family-focused pizza and pasta concept” he opened in July at 7402 La Jolla Blvd.
For La Jollans Doreen Schonbrun and Phyllis Epstein, advocating for the arts in education isn’t a job, it’s a passion.
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The Farmers Insurance Open wrapped up an eventful 2021 edition Jan. 31 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla.
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Golfer puts third-round controversy behind him on the way to a five-stroke victory at Torrey Pines course.
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At its core, the Farmers Insurance Open is a televised event that highlights many of the strongest golfers in the game.
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There’s light on the horizon for San Diego schools; it’s more important than ever that we work together, writes Richard Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified School District board.
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Crowds of Black Lives Matter supporters gathered at La Jolla Cove and proceeded to march to Windansea in a mass demonstration June 12.
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La Jolla’s spectacular scenery and village atmosphere provide a lot of opportunities for great photos.
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We asked you to show us your masks now that we’re all supposed to wear them in public places because of the coronavirus.
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La Jolla’s spectacular scenery and village atmosphere provide a lot of opportunities for great photos.
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Shelter to Soldier honors its Red Star corporate sponsors at a recent reception. The nonprofit organization adopts dogs from local shelters and trains them to become psychiatric service dogs for post-9/11 combat veterans.
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Business Spotlight: “Flowers make people happy, no matter the occasion,” Dorothy Bello says.
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Business Spotlight: Whether for a one-day outing or a weeklong excursion, the Halcyon Seas yacht charter service creates flexible, customizable family getaways unlike anything on dry land.
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Business Spotlight: In the past year, when most arts programs hastened to innovate with online programming, Mainly Mozart refused to give up the benefits of live performance.
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There are times when you just have to lie.
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I was going to write about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout last week, but my first draft was 25,000 words and they only allow me 800.
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It is not often that I write an ode to city of San Diego maintenance services.
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It’s time for another round of Auntie Inga’s Geriatric Curmudgeon Hour, Language Edition.
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One of my goals for 2021 is to not repeat history.
