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The comb I’m running through the hair of a 7-year-old boy has two sesame seeds on it.
At a picnic along the Thames in 1862, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll) began telling a story to entertain young Lorina, Edith and Alice — the three daughters of his friend, an Oxford dean.
The 2019 Girls Scout Gold Awards were given out June 15 at a ceremony at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, and among the 61 recipients for their excellent community service projects were La Jolla Girl Scouts Laura Bryant and Lily Stratton.
PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Newly appointed Osher Lifelong Learning Institute vice president Bonnie McKean of La Jolla has come a long way in the last two years.
One La Jolla lifeguard and one dedicated Cove-swimmer got special recognition from the San Diego Lifesaving Association during its 52nd annual Hardy Awards dinner banquet at the Mission Bay Yacht Club on Aug. 6.
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The 23rd Annual Meet The Chefs fundraiser took place April 14 at the Hilton San Diego Del Mar. -
The Globe Guilders hosted the 29th Annual Fashion Show “Celebrating Couture 2019” March 22 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine.
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San Diego Opera held “The San Diego Opera Lover’s Ball” Feb. 23, 2019 at The US Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego.
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The San Diego International Film Festival’s Awards Viewing Party took place Feb. 24 at The Scripps’ Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe.
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The Vision of Children Foundation held “A Cause that Touches the Heart” Valentine High Tea & Boutique Feb. 13 at Marlene’s Tea & Cakes.
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Mainly Mozart held its annual “Amadeus!”
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The Sunday, Aug. 18 registration deadline for discounted entry fees is quickly approaching for the La Jolla Cove Swim, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 8 (check-in is at 7:30 a.m.).
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A routine oncology appointment proved anything but for Teresa McKeown in March 2016.
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Hidden inside the other slope of Torrey Pines Mesa — the one facing away from the ocean — is the most lushly situated, rurally isolated house in La Jolla.
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The 86-year-old retired architect ambles excitedly from one display to the next, narrating a Cliff’s Notes version of his life’s work as it appears in hand-drafted renderings and plans, collages and projection sequences.
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La Jolla Community Center celebrated its members at an appreciation party July 31, 2019.
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PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: 2019 and 2020 will be busy years for the La Jolla Woman’s Club and its president Tona Macken.
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As part of the City of San Diego’s “Smart Streetlights” program, camera-vision technology, aka CityIQ sensor nodes, are being installed on La Jolla lampposts.
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A three-hour standoff with a man at a La Jolla condominium complex, prompted when a woman called to say her ex-boyfriend had threatened her with gun, ended early Thursday morning, Aug. 15, when police made an arrest.
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Movie Time Flicks on the Bricks film-and-wine series presents “La Jollans of Noir” with vintage crime thrillers starring actors with a La Jolla connection.
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Thursday, Aug. 22 Bagels and Lox Club, 7 a.m. Chabad of La Jolla, 909 Prospect St. (858) 455-5433.
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Construction to shore up a weak zone in a cave underneath Coast Boulevard has opened up a different kind of problem for businesses in the area at street level.
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Looking over the waters at La Jolla Cove a recent muggy day, San Diego Council of Divers president Joel Tracey spots several unknowing swimmers and snorkelers in potentially hazardous situations.
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The 73rd annual Las Patronas Jewel Ball, “Wonderland,” took place Aug. 3, 2019 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.
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Did you know that bottlebrush trees come in colors other than red?
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Hall Private Wealth Advisors (HPWA), a boutique wealth-management practice, has reached record asset levels recently, through new clientele and higher-than-industry-average new asset growth.
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The Kiwanis Club of La Jolla held its 55th Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, July 20, 2019.
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A tribute to the Del Mar races, La Jolla Woman’s Club hosted the “Summer Night with the Ladies!
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On July 16, 2019, hundreds of people came together in Presidio Park, a stone’s throw from the Junipero Serra Museum, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of San Diego and by default “where California began,” as part of “San Diego 250,” a community initiative to create historical and educational opportunities to reflect on the City’s history.
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When soon-to-be-centenarian Louis Gessay sets his sights on something — it happens.
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It was here before they were, so most La Jollans have learned how to ignore 939 Coast Blvd.
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PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Editor’s Note: La Jolla Light’s “People in Your Neighborhood” series shines a spotlight on notable locals we all wish we knew more about!
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: A Better Deal Tuxedos & Suits, a mainstay in Bird Rock for many decades, is no longer offering better deals — they’re offering what its owners call the best deals in its history.
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