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Empty storefronts are bad for business. And bad for the communities they serve. We moved to Bird Rock nearly one year ago from the Bay Area and have loved the small town feel of our new community. We love the walkability to shops and restaurants, and the spectacular ocean views. But in our year here, we’ve also seen more barren storefronts and struggling merchants. While I can’t magically make new businesses locate here, I do have some ideas for generating a more businesses that will engage locals and visitors alike to our charming village by the sea. It will take the energy and creativity of our local community, businesses and landlords to make these changes but all are possible.
In my January 2020 update, I reported the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) was poised to approve a $3 billion plan to dramatically expand San Diego International Airport. This plan will result in 11 new gates and an undetermined number of “Remain Overnights” (RONS), which are jet parking places for the increased number of late-night arrivals and resulting early morning departures. We thought the additional RONS were going to be eliminated from the plan as a result of Quite Skies La Jolla advocacy, but the Airport Authority has not clarified its intent. As expected, the SDCRAA approved its Development Plan and related Environmental Impact Report clearing the way for an increase in arriving flights from 36 per hour in 2019 to 50 per hour in the not too distant future.
Scripps Research finds path to better drug discoveries In a study with implications for the future of drug discovery, Scripps Research scientists showed that simple chemicals can be turned into unique 3-D structures resembling those found in nature — structures with desirable properties for medicines.
After garnering a 3-1-1 approval vote from the La Jolla Development Permit Review (DPR) sub-committee in January, architect Richard Gombes’ proposed condominium project at 7600 Herschel Ave. was also approved 9-5-1 at the La Jolla Community Planning Association’s (LJCPA) Feb. 6 meeting at the Rec Center.
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On Feb. 1, just an ordinary Friday, Jim Stewart checked a box of fresh donations. -
Bird Rock Animal Clinic owner Craig Bender, representing the newly formed Bird Rock Merchants Association, delivered a rather solemn update to the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) at its Feb. 4 meeting at Bird Rock Elementary School.
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Meet Mayoral hopefuls at Town Council forum, Monday, Feb. 17 The La Jolla Town Council will host the candidates running for the job of San Diego Mayor in a public forum, Monday, Feb. 17 at La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd.
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What makes 1551 Olivet Lane unique is also why neighbors are complaining about renovations underway on the house.
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Barbara Bry delivered her third and final State of the District speech at University City High School on Jan. 29. The outgoing District 1 City Council member covered what she identified as her accomplishments in the past year, the critical issues facing the City, and her priorities for 2020. Chief on her list of accomplishments, the La Jolla resident and former dot-com exec said, was publicly opposing what she called “the Soccer City landgrab” of the former SDCCU Stadium site.
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UC San Diego on alert for students infected with Coronavirus In the wake of the first U.S. case of a pneumonia-like virus that has killed at least 81 people in China, UC San Diego told its students by e-mail to report to a student clinic if they’ve visited Wuhan, China in the past 14 days and develop a fever with cough or difficulty breathing.
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On the evening of Feb. 8, 2020, almost 1,000 art-lovers and techies turned out for the opening of “Illumination,” at San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) in Balboa Park. Subtitled “21st Century Interactions with Art, Science and Technology,” the show paired 16 local artists with scientists from seven different La Jolla-based research institutions to see what kind of artworks could result from their interactions in the fields of Global Health, Climate Change and Sustainability, and Touch-Screen Technology. The artists and scientists seemed to appreciate the opportunity to connect with each other, and an additional 10 artists were invited to create their own works on similar themes.
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On Jan. 23, 2020, Olive Lucille Colchagoff, aka “Miss Lucy,” turned 100 years old.
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Against the wondrous background of sand and sea at the Marine Room on Jan. 22, ten San Diego non-profit organizations participated in a 74-year-old tradition and received generous grants from Las Patronas, a La Jolla organization with a long history of philanthropy.
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As anyone who has read my column for any length of time knows, I truly believe technology will be the death of me. Probably literally, when I can’t figure out how to call 9-1-1 on my cell phone as I’m having a heart attack. But I do have to admit that my iPhone has given me ways to interact with my young grandchildren that I wouldn’t have otherwise. “Interact” may be somewhat of an exaggeration in the case of the 4-year-old who has on occasion FaceTimed me eight times in a single day just so I’ll appear. As soon as I do, he chortles and hangs up. He just loves the power.
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With more than three successful decades in the restaurant business, longtime La Jolla residents Lehn and Ritch Goetz turned their attention to a new project: wine-making.
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When Bird Rock resident David Everett, 64, read the tragic news about Kobe Bryant last Sunday, he immediately flashed back to April 27, 1965.
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Discussion of a moratorium on endorsing new special-event permits at Scripps Park was continued for a second straight month by the La Jolla Parks & Beaches (LJP&B) advisory group on Jan. 27, when the group could not come to enough of a consensus to float a motion.
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The La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee (DPR) voted 3-1-1 on Jan. 21 to recommend a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) and Tentative Map Waiver for the construction of a 14,817-square-foot condominium building on a 22-space parking lot at 7600 Herschel Ave.
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“Paintings are People Too” is the latest mural curated and installed by the Murals of La Jolla program. The large-scale, vibrant print of paintings floated against a photograph of a Berlin street hangs at 7661 Girard Ave., created by artist and UC San Diego professor Monique van Genderen while she was living in Germany.
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Before a highly interested audience of community leaders and merchants at the Rec Center, Jan. 16, La Jolla Community Foundation chair Phyllis Pfeiffer and architect Mark Steele presented the first phase of a proposed project to create a new public plaza at “The Dip,” located at the north end of Girard Avenue at Prospect Street. The presentation, titled “La Jolla Village Streetscape Plan,” included a myriad of fresh ways these overdue changes could enhance the community.
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At UCSD: suicidal bacteria, pot-hastened cancer, dengue-thwarting mosquitoes In the past two weeks, UC San Diego researchers have made three unrelated and unusual discoveries: 1) Some bacteria cells infected by bacteriophage viruses (phages) self-destruct to keep the infection from spreading to other cells.
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Veerabhadran Ramanathan, director of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, delivered a sobering message during a talk at The Bishop’s School on the evening of Jan. 15.
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Passionate pleas from neighbors convinced the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board (T&T) not to recommend a proposal to eliminate a small stretch of parallel parking remaining on Eads Avenue (between Rushville and Genter Streets).
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The La Jolla Cove Swim Deck above the lifeguard station has been revegetated.
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A new condo proposed for what is now half of a 44-space parking lot at 7600 Herschel Ave. drew complaints from neighbors, and questions from members of the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee (DPR) at its Jan. 14 meeting.
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Alan Alda appeared in the auditorium at Scripps Research in La Jolla on Jan. 16 to announce a partnership that will teach scientists how to communicate more effectively to the public and to other scientists. The Emmy-winning actor is making Scripps the West Coast home of Alda Communication Training, a Long Island-based program that sharpens the communication skills of people who spend much of their days staring at computer screens and microscope slides and speaking in the language of their academic papers.
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