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UC San Diego says it detected traces of the COVID-19 coronavirus in five areas of the campus last weekend after it greatly expanded its search for the pathogen in wastewater samples drawn from dozens of buildings.
District officials say they want more positive interactions between students and school police.
Several local experts discussed COVID-19 prevention, coronavirus testing plans and other considerations for reopening public schools in a webinar attended by several San Diego Unified School District board members, current and future City Council members, and more than 200 parents and other community members.
The district will open limited in-person appointments to middle and high school students Dec. 7.
A student at La Jolla Country Day School was asked to remove his Make America Great Again hat because it is “offensive to our community,” Head of School Gary Krahn said in a video explaining the action.
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University of California regents voted Nov. 18 to approve the budget, scope and external financing of UC San Diego’s planned Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood as the La Jolla Shores Association and Blackhorse Farms homeowners association look to the next steps in their joint lawsuit challenging the project.
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Tony Meeks, one of La Jolla High School’s two vice principals, plans to retire next month, and the school is beginning the search for his replacement.
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Private school students in San Diego County are much more likely than public school students to be attending school in person during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data published by the San Diego County Office of Education.
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The La Jolla Shores Association has authorized its executive committee to make further decisions regarding a recently filed lawsuit against UC San Diego and the University of California challenging UCSD’s planned Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood.
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Seventeen La Jolla student-athletes participated in the reconfigured National Signing Day on Nov. 11, committing to colleges as close as UC San Diego and as far away as Harvard University.
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The district is not allowing students on campus without a mask in order to help prevent coronavirus transmission, even if students have a disability or medical condition that prevents mask-wearing.
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With the pandemic keeping many of us home for coronavirus-restricted holidays, some of the signature special events in the La Jolla area have migrated online, outdoors or to other adaptations to provide ways to celebrate the season.
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A new program designed to connect San Diego innovation with resources aimed at solving ocean challenges is gearing up to take applications in the spring.
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An armed man robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store in La Jolla early Nov. 26, authorities said.
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A La Jolla resident is hoping her cookbook, a collection of recipes and advice culled from her experiences and those of friends, will help people create their own comfort food while being confined to home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board cycled through discussions of improvements to bikeways in two neighborhoods at its meeting Nov. 18, with both issues being forwarded to the La Jolla Community Planning Association.
A UC San Diego lab has created a program to offer low-cost, rapid coronavirus tests to local schools and organizations, and reopened private schools in La Jolla are in varying phases of participation, hoping to control the spread of COVID-19 among their students and staff.
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New changes to grading and discipline are meant to address racial inequity but draw concerns from teachers on how they will be implemented.
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To kick off its 60th-anniversary celebration, UC San Diego next week will present its first Lifetime Legacy Award and 2020 Chancellor’s Medal and Revelle Medal awards.
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The university will begin using the structures full time in January.
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Measure C would make San Diego Unified board elections pertain only to sub-districts; Measure D would add a way to remove school board members
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Campus officials the thought head count might slip due to the coronavirus.
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Following a summer that saw thousands take to the streets in the name of racial justice and police reform, La Jolla High School this fall will have a dedicated Black Student Union.
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For La Jollans Doreen Schonbrun and Phyllis Epstein, advocating for the arts in education isn’t a job, it’s a passion.
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The earliest all elementary school students could return to campuses is Jan. 4. For middle and high school students, it’s Jan. 25.
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In addition to the extensive list of adaptations schools have had to make amid the COVID-19 pandemic, La Jolla Elementary School has had to modify an event that organizers see as more important than ever: its Wellness Night.
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Led by the African proverb “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together,” UC San Diego launched its Changemaker Institute this month.
