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The boards of the La Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA), La Jolla Town Council, La Jolla Community Planning Association and the La Jolla Historical Society will preview Enhance La Jolla’s Village Streetscape Plan at a closed-door meeting Thursday, Jan. 16.
At its Jan. 8 meeting, the La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) voted 10-1-1 to register its opposition to a bridge over La Jolla Parkway with the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board (T&T).
‘Papa Doug’ Manchester lists La Jolla estate for $37 million Real estate developer Doug Manchester — former owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune and La Jolla Light and President Trump’s onetime appointee for U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas — has listed his La Jolla home for $25 million, and the site next door for $12 million, while a third listing proposes both for $37 million.
San Diego cracked down on marijuana billboard ads Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 after many months of analyzing the issue, but critics say the City isn’t going far enough. The City Council unanimously approved banning marijuana billboard ads within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, day care centers, youth centers and public parks with playgrounds. Critics said the ads, which have become increasingly common in San Diego since state voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, should also be banned near libraries, churches and other places where young people typically go.
San Diego officials have unveiled a new plan to spend $90 to $100 million over the next decade to complete a backlog of more than 81,000 City sidewalk repairs to stem a recent tide of large injury payouts. Solving the problem of crumbling sidewalks with a large influx of cash is a significant shift for San Diego officials, who have spent the last several years exploring policy changes as potential solutions.
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During the La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) meeting Jan. 9, 2020, trustees voted to approve (14-0-1) sending a letter to Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s office regarding recent approval of a vested Coastal Development Permit (CDP) at 7837 Lookout Drive without community input via Substantial Conformance Review (SCR). The CDP was vested with a legal lot line adjustment, and subsequent designs for the proposed single-family residence have not been routed through LJCPA. -
Zillow survey: About a quarter of experts said San Diego home values would grow faster than national rate
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La Jolla Community Calendar: Jan. 9-16, 2020 — Local activities, events, club gatherings and civic-group meetings
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This report provides a snapshot of La Jolla’s Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) operations for the first three months since maintenance work began. It has taken MAD and its vendors all of this time to finally get a handle on so much deferred maintenance in The Village. But, we have turned the corner and are now focusing on the routine activities that will ensure a visibly cleaner and fresher look in town. As work progressed during this period, we noticed two issues that became more and more evident as time passed.
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La Jolla Crime and Public-Safety News: Sex abuse lawsuits target 6 San Diego area priests, now dead; Jury deadlocks on 6 counts for La Jolla Voce del Mar restaurant owner convicted of sexual assaults; Weekly list of La Jolla incidents reported to San Diego Police
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An estimated 400 people dipped into the slightly chilly Pacific Ocean on New Year’s day 2020 for the annual Polar Bear Plunge in La Jolla Shores beach.
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Is it just my imagination, or do I spend an inordinate amount of time getting stuff fixed? Something is always broken, whether it’s a computer problem, a funny noise the car is making, a cracked sprinkler head, or an ice-maker that isn’t making ice. Even our security cameras decided to fog up for no known reason. Of course, I couldn’t help but notice that a lot of the stuff I’m getting fixed wouldn’t have needed fixing in my youth because it didn’t yet exist (like computers). Or didn’t exist at my house (like ice-makers, sprinkler heads and security cameras). There was a lot to be said for the era of manual typewriters, hand-washed dishes, ice cube trays, and a climate where it actually rains.
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In 1992, the mail received by La Jolla native Coleen Jan Paderewski drove her postal carrier insane with curiosity. He had never delivered an actual envelope from the White House to anyone before, much less two dozen in two weeks. Finally, the guy just blurted it out: “Who are you?!!” It can be safely assumed that the carrier was neither a big fan of classical music nor an American of Polish descent.
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Only the Trying opens with the assassination of a man swimming from The Cove to The Shores.
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Now that it’s the New Year and the rapid succession of fall-to-winter holidays has passed, it’s time to get more organized and properly store holiday decorations away. Most people enjoy breaking out decorations to add a little festivity during the holidays. But sometimes that trip to the garage can leave you scratching your head — like where did you store the holiday decorations or that special set of holiday place settings? Or who put the big tabletop turkey in with the Halloween costumes? There are simple ways to get more organized, and Solana Beach Storage and Morena Storage have some strategies for getting organized in the New Year — and storing things properly to help take some stress out of 2020 holidays to come.
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Two new exhibitions have opened at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla — “Christine Oatman: Stories of Innocence and Experience: Altered Mid-20th Century Children’s Books in Pedagogic Tableaux” and “Artists’ Books from the Steven Leiber Catalogs.” The exhibits are on display Jan. 11-March 7, 2020.
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Not all New Year’s resolutions are about losing weight. We asked nine La Jolla community leaders to share the top three goals for their organizations — and for La Jolla — in 2020. Here they are in alphabetical order by organization: Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Bird Rock Community Council, Enhance La Jolla, La Jolla Community Center, La Jolla Community Planning Association, La Jolla Parks & Beaches, La Jolla Shores Association, La Jolla Town Council, and La Jolla Village Merchants Association.
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The number of homeless people living on the streets of La Jolla has declined since the summer, according to an unscientific survey of 15 La Jolla residents and merchants willing to speak to the Light about the controversial topic.
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La Jollan dines at 52 local restaurants within 52 weeks La Jolla Village Merchants Association executive director Jodi Rudick celebrated completing her 2019 New Year’s Resolution — eating at 52 La Jolla restaurants in 52 weeks — with lunch at Duke’s La Jolla on New Year’s Eve.
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Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla will celebrate the fifth anniversary of housing this rescued Loggerhead sea turtle with a ‘Turtle-versary,’ including crafts, sea-turtle science and family-friendly activities 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 11-12, 2020.
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Jackson Design and Remodeling’s award-winning team of designers and architects have compiled their annual list of the top design trends for the new year. Continuing an evolving movement toward expressing individuality in home design, 2020 trends range from the humble to the bold. Organic handmade elements, “lived in” minimalism and “Japandi” design connect with an emphasis on simplicity and wellness. On the other end of the (decidedly retro) spectrum are bold geometrics, 3-D walls, and nostalgia for colors and materials from the 1970s and 1980s.
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Funds and support needed to continue fight against jet noise over La Jolla
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Only nine months after assuming the role of president/CEO of La Jolla Music Society (LJMS), Ted DeDee announced that his tenure will conclude at the end of the first season of The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.
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Numbers represent an acceleration of prices after months of sluggish growth
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La Jolla Community Calendar: Jan. 2-8, 2020 — Local activities, events, club gatherings and civic-group meetings
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At its Dec. 17 meeting at the Rec Center, the La Jolla Development Permit Review (DPR) committee voted 4-0-1 to recommend a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for a 7,172-square-foot, two-story new house with basement, 788-square-foot garage, 629-square-foot guest quarters, and a detached 423-square-foot companion unit at 6216 Avenida Cresta.
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