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Photos of the Week: La Jolla through our readers’ eyes

La Jolla’s spectacular scenery and village atmosphere provide a lot of opportunities for great photos.

A rendering shows a directional sign superimposed on a lamppost.

Like merchants group, Parks & Beaches to apply for county grant to help pay for La Jolla directional signs

A poster for 'Animation Outlaws' featuring the duo known as Spike and Mike

“Permission to be weird’: La Jolla native’s film on Spike and Mike festival to be screened at Comic-Con

The jazz band Artemis is part of a "Women in Jazz" mini festival on June 3.

‘The music speaks for itself’: Athenaeum’s Daniel Atkinson highlights women in jazz with upcoming festival

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Creating a ‘Powerful Culture’: La Jollan authors a book for leaders
La Jolla News Nuggets: Colors for revamped mural; Light awards; budget revise; penguins’ opening date; more
Poll result: Should La Jolla try to become an independent city?
La Jolla crime and public safety news: Bike safety, coronavirus numbers, police blotter
Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, May 26-June 2
Recent landscape maintenance at La Jolla medians doesn’t satisfy residents who want to see work reports
La Jolla Youth Soccer team takes second place in Southern California tournament
‘On the same page now’: Frustration eases in La Jolla public schools about district’s new math initiative
La Jolla Garden Club awards horticulture scholarships at annual lunch
La Jolla United Methodist Church Nursery School celebrates 50 years of change and growth
Photo gallery: Athenaeum salutes journalist and art collector Joan Agajanian Quinn with reception and exhibit
La Jolla Historical Society hopes ‘the veil comes off’ Native American culture with new exhibit

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Best Bets: A quick guide to online and in-person entertainment and experiences

Lifestyle

Recipe ideas for your next ‘Slider Sunday’

La Jolla Country Day School fifth graders paint the partially constructed ocean-themed playhouse

La Jolla Country Day students build playhouses for Habitat for Humanity

La Jolla Athlete of the Week: Bishop’s swimmer Greyson Davies claims four gold medals in CIF championships

Steven Schick drums up sonic adventure on double album ‘A Hard Rain’

A turn of musical phrase: La Jolla Symphony & Chorus maestro Steven Schick transitioning to new role

Christie Mitchell will be the new executive director of the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla.

‘A certain magic’: Christie Mitchell is ready to return to her La Jolla roots as new Athenaeum director

UC San Diego Library presents “Holocaust Landscapes" with Tim Cole” at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, on campus.

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Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, May 19-26

Reggie and Rhianna White, Ron McMillan, Nancy Laturno and Richard Whitney

Photo gallery: It’s Mainly Mozart at gala in La Jolla

Roy McMakin's 'Favorite Color' will be redesigned with color selections made by the community.

‘A community portrait’: Colorful mural in La Jolla to be redone with locals’ choices

Roses and hedges are the focus of this garden featured in the La Jolla Historical Society's Secret Garden Tour on May 14.

Photo gallery: La Jolla Historical Society Secret Garden Tour gets in full bloom

Kelly Douglas, Mark Mullen, Alice Brewer, Meredith May, Patty Brutten and Marina Marrelli

Photo gallery: Voices for Children presents ‘Uplifting Voices’ to benefit foster youths

A&E

A self-portrait by Elizabeth Parr, 17, inspired by the self-reflection she did during the pandemic.

La Jolla High School art show to tackle student identity in wake of pandemic

La Jolla High grad to return as new executive director of Athenaeum

Hanna Daly's Mother's Day mural will include items her late mother loved.

Artist’s new Mother’s Day mural in La Jolla will replace her ‘Quarantine Dreams’

Artist Jeffrey Galinson is returning to his native La Jolla for a new exhibition.

‘Extraordinary in the ordinary’: Artist Jeffrey Galinson returns to his native La Jolla for new exhibit

A painting by Margo Palmer that will be sold at an upcoming exhibition, with 30 percent of proceeds going to the Red Cross.

La Jolla artist to help Ukraine through ‘uplifting’ exhibition

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's flagship La Jolla location is now open after a four-year renovation.

‘A lasting treasure’: Museum of Contemporary Art reopens reinvented La Jolla campus to an ‘amazed’ public

Todd Gloria, Glus, Kanjo, Jacobs family, Selldorf

‘A museum of our time’: Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates ‘masterful transformation’ in La Jolla

A rendering of "Reflexion," an art installation planned for Scripps Park in June.

‘Reflexion’: Scripps Park in La Jolla to host temporary art installation in June

People in Your Neighborhood: La Jolla artist Edna Pines honors freedom, father and nature in new exhibit

Silroad Ensemble clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, right, performs with artist Kevork Mourad, left.

Syrian clarinetist and visual artist collaborate on La Jolla stage to explore the idea of ‘home’

Sports

Decades on the diamond: La Jolla Youth Baseball celebrates its 70th season
Next stop for Bishop’s girls water polo team: CIF championship match this weekend
Three La Jolla High water polo players commit to college

Opinion

Our Readers Write: UCSD and free speech; sea lions
Guest commentary: Enhance La Jolla committee explores wrapping utility boxes in new look
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Photo gallery: Mama’s Day feeds guests to help feed people with critical illnesses
Photos of the Week: La Jolla through our readers’ eyes
Photo gallery: Jewish Family Service gala fills La Jolla with ‘Heart & Soul’
Photo gallery: Art comes alive over dinner at San Diego museum
Photo gallery: UCSD Biomedical Library renamed for philanthropic book lover Sally WongAvery
Photo gallery: ‘A Knight by the Sea’ gala nets $900,000 for Bishop’s School financial aid

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Hotel La Jolla marks 50th anniversary with a full revamp on the way
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