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Rees Jones, who redesigned the Torrey South Course, thinks it should be awarded another U.S. Open.
Information about 147,000 patients was stolen during a month-long attack in May.
In the 2006 Disney-Pixar movie “Cars,” main character Lightning McQueen gears up for a race by taking a moment to himself and whispering the word “speed.”
Going into his 100-mile fundraising run around the La Jolla High School track, Dylan Walsh said he was feeling “a little nervous” but also mentally and physically prepared.
Before the vote, some opponents argued that the district will be indoctrinating students in critical race theory.
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San Diego County’s median home price rose to a record $725,000 in May, representing a 23 percent increase in one year.
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The panga was discovered with 12 men and eight women aboard, Customs and Border Protection says.
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A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of setting multiple fires on Prospect Street the night of June 19, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage.
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Friday, June 25 • Kiwanis Club of La Jolla meets, 12:30 p.m. online.
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La Jolla Photos of the Week
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The San Diego Museum of Art kicked off its 40th annual Art Alive exhibition with its Premiere Dinner on June 17 in the museum’s Marcy Sculpture Garden.
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Though California has ended most of its COVID-19 mandates on mask wearing, social distancing and capacity limits and handed down relaxed guidance on workplace protocols, many La Jolla businesses are still wondering how to implement and enforce the new standards.
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After meeting on Zoom for the past year, the ladies of La Jolla-based Club Altura wanted to throw a party so members could get together in person and reconnect.
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About 80 people gathered in La Jolla Shores on June 19 in a hybrid celebration planned by two organizations determined to share their love for the ocean and spread the word about diversity and conservation.
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, as well as local in-person events as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. • The La Jolla Community Center presents “Stretch for the Best Quality of Life” at 10 a.m.
For about as long as La Jolla resident Joe Frangiosa Jr. has operated La Jolla’s Nautical History Gallery & Museum on Pearl Street — adorned floor to ceiling with nautical replicas and artifacts — he envisioned what he could do with a larger space.
Combining her love of travel with her desire to teach others about puppy adoption, La Jolla resident Amy Baklund has published her first book, a story for children called “Charlie Enzo Needs a Home: A Dog Rescue Story.”
A new mural including illustrations of authors on the alley-facing side of Warwick’s bookstore on Drury Lane won approval of the La Jolla Planned District Ordinance Committee during its June 14 meeting.
The La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary, as well local in-person events as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. • The San Diego County Bike Coalition presents “City Cycling” at 6 p.m.
When it came to establishing the latest in the Little Free Libraries scattered across La Jolla, Brian Bigley, Marko Barron and Bo Fellows set out to create something to encourage literacy, generate a new “life cycle” for books and pay homage to a long-gone but beloved La Jolla bookstore.
Upgrades will include pool and deck resurfacing, a new shaded cabana, improved storage and an expanded spa.
More than 100 St. Germaine members and guests gather at The Lot La Jolla as the granddaughter of the organization’s founder takes the helm as president.
The La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary, as well as local in-person events as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. • I Love a Clean San Diego and the city of Encinitas present the sixth annual Zero Waste Fair at 9 a.m.
As local high school seniors prepare to head off to universities and experiences beyond La Jolla, many of them took an afternoon to return to elementary school.
LeTip of La Jolla is celebrating its 40th anniversary as the oldest chapter of a nationwide organization designed to help its members grow their businesses through referrals.
For its first in-person exhibition in more than a year, the La Jolla Historical Society is taking a slightly different approach with “Our Ocean’s Edge,” a collection of black-and-white photographs by Jasmine Swope that depict life in California’s marine protected areas, paired with poetic narratives by author Dwight Holing.
While some people spent the past 14 months of the COVID-19 pandemic counting masks and bottles of hand sanitizer, others took to canvas, ceramics and other media to create.
If you missed the in-person chance to see pieces from La Jolla students and others at the San Diego Museum of Art during its biennial “Young Art” exhibit, you can still take a virtual tour.
Annabelle Selldorf, lead architect for the renovation and expansion of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s La Jolla location, says her work process is “fueled by specificity.”
Fresh Paint Gallery in La Jolla is hosting “Radical Inclusion,” featuring the works of autistic artist Katie Flores and her mentor, Amanda Saint Claire, through Tuesday, April 27.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and UC San Diego music professor Anthony Davis will be inducted May 19 into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, one of the nation’s most exclusive and prestigious cultural awards for sustained artistic excellence and innovation.
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library opened its “Paula McColl: Celebrating La Jolla” show April 1, welcoming a small group of visitors to an exhibit reception for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were implemented last year.
In one of the broadest acts of local philanthropy in years, the Conrad Prebys Foundation is giving a total of nearly $78 million in grants to 121 projects across San Diego County to bolster the arts, health care, medical research and other causes.
Ira Cosmos loves La Jolla and creating art. So the Ukrainian artist, who moved to California four years ago, has turned her van into a blend of the two as she hopes to add more of her vision to The Village.
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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If you weren’t able to witness Jon Rahm’s narrow win over Louis Oosthuizen in person or on TV, or you want to relive it, here’s a collection of photos.
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Birdies on the final two holes carry him past Louis Oosthuizen for his first major victory.
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Fog delays the start by 90 minutes and 36 golfers have their rounds suspended by darkness.
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As a woman who has been in the workforce for decades, I’m tired of reading about the glass ceiling, how few gains women have made and how more women have left their jobs during COVID-19 because they have disproportionately borne the burden of child care, home schooling and housework.
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Letters to the editor
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La Jolla Maintenance Assessment District progress report.
At last -- Play Ball!
At last -- Play Ball!
Saturday, March 20, was a special day for Rancho Santa Fe Little League players and coaches as they were finally able to play in their first games of the season at Richardson Field, Tee Ball Field and RSF Sports Field.
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With limited, family-only fans cheering them on, the Bishop’s School Knights took on the cross-town rival La Jolla Country Day School Torreys on March 20, on La Jolla High School’s field.
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The La Jolla Historical Society presented its Jewel Awards ceremony March 12 with limited attendance at the historically designated home of Ann Craig.
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Business Spotlight: Angling to give guests a better experience, Birch Aquarium at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla is boosting its summer hours with new exhibits open to further its message of ocean conservation.
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Business Spotlight: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many of us questioned our susceptibility to the disease and the strength of our immune system — especially with the laundry list of underlying conditions that made the effects of the coronavirus worse.
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Business Spotlight: At Butterfly Gardens, there’s something to the assisted-living facility that makes it feel more like a home than simply a house.
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As anyone who has been reading my column for a while knows, I’m a sucker for “listicles,” those popular website lists like “What your car/phone/plants say about you” and “12 ways to lose 30 pounds in a week.”
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Over the 12 years I’ve been writing this column, chocolate has been a frequent topic, most recently as a health food, which, by the way, it has finally been determined to be — at least a part of it that may have heart benefits.
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I was genuinely dismayed to read recently in The New York Times of the death of a man who has had a profound impact on my life.
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The jig is up, medical science. I don’t believe a word you say anymore.
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I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
