Local News
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La Jolla Historical Society: Archives, exhibits and more
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: The La Jolla Historical Society (LJHS) is where the past has a conversation with the present, according to Executive Director Heath Fox. The non-profit was created in 1964 and is housed in three historic buildings on the corner of Prospect Street and Eads Avenue. The 1904 Wisteria...
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Our Readers Write: Apologies to the Girl Scouts, Seals pupping season begins again, McMansion on Coast Walk and other La Jolla topics
Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write: Letters to the Editor from recent issues of La Jolla Light as La Jollans speak out on local issues: ——— Our apologies ... In last week's coverage of the Christmas parade in the La Jolla Light, the caption under the Girl Scouts photo: "Drama unfolds...
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THE RETAIL ROCKS OF LA JOLLA: Merchants share biz tips for half-century legacies
They’ve powered through seven recessions, competition from nearby shopping malls and now, they’re surviving the online shopping revolution.
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‘New’ Children’s Pool Plaza unveiled in La Jolla
Spirits were high and joy abounded in La Jolla on Dec. 9, following the unveiling of the renovated Children’s Pool Plaza. Eight years in the making, the Plaza project involved removing some landscaping, replacing and expanding the sidewalk to improve pedestrian flow, and adding sitting walls and...
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La Jolla Crime and Public-Safety News: Woman dies following arrest; holiday-scam warnings; weekly list of incidents reported to the police
Woman dies following arrest Aleah Mariah Jenkins, the 24-year-old woman who was placed on life-support following her arrest during a traffic stop Nov. 27 near the 3700 block of La Jolla Village Drive, died Dec. 6. San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy to determine the...
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Windansea Stanchions Replaced: La Jolla Planners form sub-committee to explore alternatives
Although the stanchions outlining a no-parking zone at the foot of Playa del Norte in Windansea Beach were reinstated in accordance with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s orders, members of the La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) are not giving up the fight to establish an alternative...
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La Jolla Parks & Beaches: Replace Windansea belvedere
The belvedere would be built in the historical style of those that line the coastline of La Jolla, and have since La Jolla’s establishment as a seaside community. The exact location has not been pinpointed, but it would be in the same area as its predecessor off Neptune Place near Rosemont Street.
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Calling Ecology Into Play: Shore Buddies toys on a mission to reduce ocean plastic
The first-of-its-kind Shore Buddies line of stuffed animals, based out of Bird Rock, has a surprising secret. The soft, plush, adorable Finn the Dolphin, Stephen the Seagull, Sammy the Harbor Seal and Emma the Whale are made out of recycled plastic bottles. Six bottles each, to be specific. And...
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Meet Nona Richard: Torrey Pines Elementary School has new principal
New Torrey Pines Elementary School principal Nona Richard was appointed in November, but won’t officially take the reins until next year, when a replacement is found for her outgoing position as principal of Hancock Elementary School.
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Our Readers Write: La Jollans speak out about speeding cars, cracked streets, dog poop, 'Independent' La Jolla, Christmas Parade, airplane noise, seals and other local topics
Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write: Letters to the Editor from recent issues of La Jolla Light as La Jollans speak out on local issues: ——— More neighborhood speed bumps needed to slow rushing motorists A speeding car coming up Nautilus Street sideswiped my wife's car and flipped...
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Opinion: Speak up about environmental violations in San Diego
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: Clear coastal waters, breathtaking beaches and rugged desert trails are just a few of the natural features that define San Diego and draw people here from all over the world. As San Diego City Attorney, I work to protect our environment by fighting...
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LA JOLLA NEWS NUGGETS
Miracle on Prospect Street Instead of returning to her car immediately following Sunday services at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, as she usually does, La Jolla resident Anne Marshall decided to check out the rummage sale out front for a few minutes. Unfortunately, she chose Dec. 2 to do...
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La Jolla Crime and Public-Safety News: Charges filed in ivory trafficking case against La Jolla gallery
Charges filed in ivory trafficking case against La Jolla gallery San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott filed criminal charges Nov. 28 against the Carlton Gallery in La Jolla, its owner, and an employee for trafficking ivory in defiance of California law. This prosecution follows the largest seizure...
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Principal Donna Tripi resigns for new post: La Jolla Elementary School parents notified by e-mail, Monday
La Jolla Elementary School principal Donna Tripi announced via email that she would be leaving her post at the end of the year, to become a superintendent in the Rancho Santa Fe School District. She arrived at La Jolla Elementary School in 1999.
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Business Roundup: Wahoo's La Jolla closing after almost 19 years, Pizza on Pearl becomes Mr. Moto
After almost 19 years in The Village, Wahoo’s Fish Tacos will close its doors at 637 Pearl St. as part of a larger corporate downsizing. Its last day of business will be Sunday, Dec. 16. “La Jolla is a great community and we are proud to have served the residents at our Pearl Street location,”...
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City weighs in on La Jolla Rec Center playground plan: Hoping for community funds to see it through
The long-discussed La Jolla Rec Center playground renovation could be a reality in about five years, depending on how much the City is involved. To provide insight into the project from the City’s point of view, San Diego Parks Department planner Meredith Dawson spoke at the La Jolla Parks & Recreation...
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Chabad of La Jolla ushers in Hanukkah at The LOT
Christmas may define December in the minds of most La Jollans. But on the patio outside The LOT at 5:20 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2 — just two hours after the La Jolla Christmas Parade marched to a close — Chabad of La Jolla offered a public reminder that it also belongs to Hannukah.
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La Jolla High to explore peer counselors as part of Social Intelligence program
In an effort to increase Social Intelligence among its students, La Jolla High School is considering a monthly e-blast with relevant (albeit uncomfortable) topics for parents and a peer-counseling system for students. The update was given during the Nov. 29 La Jolla Cluster Association (LJCA) meeting...
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Mayor: Put the stanchions back in place, Some La Jollans: Wait for parking study
Less than 24 hours after the meeting last week to bring those on both sides of the contentious Playa del Norte stanchions issue to the table, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s office announced a decision to reinstate the stanchions in the coming days. The issue, a year-and-a-half in the making...
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Torrey Pines slope project crews working day and night in La Jolla
After some back-and-forth requests as to when the City of San Diego should proceed with the Torrey Pines Slope Restoration project, City engineers decided to employ both daytime and nighttime work. Crews were back on site in late November, and work will proceed until March, 2019. The loudest work,...
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TANNENBUMMER: What happened to the huge La Jolla Rec Center Christmas tree?
A confluence of problems results in La Jolla's second straight year without its traditional Tannenbaum at the Rec Center, a tradition since 1915.
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La Jolla News Nuggets
Kiwanis grant helps turn school ‘green’ The Kiwanis Club of La Jolla presented a grant of $10,000 to La Jolla Elementary School to allow green-energy company PrimoWind to erect an EnergiPlant at the school. The grant was presented at Kiwanis’ Nov. 16 meeting. The EnergiPlant is a free-standing...
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City of San Diego may require property owners to fix damaged sidewalk before they can sell
Crumbling sidewalks and millions of dollars in injury lawsuit payouts are prompting the City of San Diego to explore drastic action, potentially including a requirement that property owners fix nearby damaged sidewalks before they can sell. Other proposals include property liens, waiving permit...
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Opinion: Setting the record straight on poaching in waters in South La Jolla and San Diego
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: Thank you for highlighting the ecological importance of South La Jolla State Marine Reserve (SMR) and California's marine protected area (MPA) network in the Nov. 21 article: "Waters off south La Jolla and San Diego prime target for lobster poaching."...
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Crime and Public-Safety News: Nov. 29 - County advises receipt-checking during holiday shopping season
County advises receipt-checking during holiday shopping season Every year, San Diego County’s Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures (AWM) inspects more than 1,500 local businesses, checking price-scanning devices, scales that charge items by weight, and other equipment that sets prices,...
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La Jollans are behind new San Diego Parks Foundation
The newly formed San Diego Parks Foundation, while ultimately created for the benefit of park spaces across the City, has its roots in La Jolla. The board-of-five tasked with getting the Foundation off the ground is comprised mostly of La Jollans, and the model is based on how the La Jolla Parks...
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The View from Space: Astronaut Woody Spring talks station life with local students
Astronaut Col. Sherwood "Woody" Spring touched down at the La Jolla home of Quan Zhu and Richard Hou last month to answer questions from the robotics teams at La Jolla Elementary and Muirlands Middle schools, whose homework involves helping astronauts cope with the loneliness of space and the design...
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Blue carbon making waves in climate change: Scripps Institution of Oceanography announces international eco-project
Framed with the stunning backdrop of the ocean and Scripps Pier, scientists and advocates from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and the environmental group Wildcoast gathered to unveil the first Blue Carbon Restoration Project on Oct. 29, announcing an international partnership between...
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Valley Farm Market: Family-owned specialty market coming to La Jolla in 2019
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: La Jolla is home to restaurants, shops, art galleries, fitness studios, coffee shops and salons — but no specialty market. This will change in 2019, thanks to a partnership between two San Diego-based companies, Murfey Company and Valley Farm Market. A new family-owned market,...
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Wildcoast posts 17 new Marine Protected Area signs in La Jolla
Up and down La Jolla, up and down the state actually, new signs outlining the regulations within California’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are going up at public access points, after six years of red tape, collaborating and waiting. Seventeen signs have been affixed to posts and poles from Bird...
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Six ways to commemorate Veterans Day in La Jolla and around San Diego
How to spend Veterans Day around San Diego...
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Bird Rock’s 2018 round-up focuses on roundabouts
At its final 2018 meeting, held Nov. 8 at the La Jolla Masonic Lodge, the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) asked board members and the public to suggest big-picture ideas it can take on to improve life in Bird Rock.BRCC president John Newsam cited Bird Rock’s five roundabouts, which help calm...
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Voices from Election Day morning in La Jolla
The polls were busier on Tuesday than they had been in previous mid-term elections — at least according to poll workers at La Jolla’s All Hallows Catholic Church and La Jolla Christian Fellowship. Each polling place reported about 70 voters from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., which workers seemed pleased with...
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LA JOLLA NEWS NUGGETS
Christmas parade ready to roll Dec. 2 Catch this year’s La Jolla Christmas Parade 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. As in previous years, it will begin on Girard Avenue, moving west from Kline Street to Prospect Street, where it will turn left and end at the La Jolla Recreation Center. What’s different...
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La Jolla Crime and Public-Safety News: Car crashes into Fire Station No. 9; weekly list of incidents reported to police
Car crashes into Fire Station No. 9 A car slammed into a La Jolla fire station the night of Nov. 3, coming close to firefighters but causing no injuries, authorities said. Three people were in the car when it veered off the road and took out a section of the wall at San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s...
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Brooks Brothers moving to former Burns Drugs space in La Jolla
Next month, Brooks Brothers clothiers, which has already vacated its 14,000-square-foot space at 1055 Wall St., will move into the former Burns Drugs storefront at 7824 Girard Ave., currently being renovated. The opening date has not been set, but management expects it to be sometime in early December....
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Judge hears latest La Jolla MAD argument, final ruling expected soon
San Diego Superior Court Judge Randa Trapp is expected to issue a final ruling within the coming weeks, in the most recent iteration of the La Jolla Benefits Association, LLC vs the City of San Diego, as it pertains to the proposed La Jolla Maintenance Assessment District (MAD), following the filing...
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La Jolla Community Planners stymied by Country Club-area project
Following more than an hour of discussion, the La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) was unable to make a recommendation on the controversial Newmann Residence project during its Nov. 1 meeting at the Rec Center. The residential development, planned for 7742 Whitefield Place in the Country...
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Our Readers Write: La Jollans share their views on electronic scooters on sidewalks, short-term vacation rentals, La Jolla Christmas Parade name
Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write: ——— Scooter hodge-podge is assault on disabled This photograph — an especially egregious example of why many of us are anti-scooter — captures the reason. If you're in a wheelchair or otherwise physically disabled, you cannot move these things....
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Opinion: To be clear, Independent La Jolla is viable achievement
Guest Commentary / Opinion / Our Readers Write: In response to a resident's letter in the Oct. 10, 2018 La Jolla Light regarding Independent La Jolla, please allow me to correct some misunderstandings. Independent La Jolla is chartered by the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCO),...
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St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church to offer free, musical Compline-by-Candlelight series in La Jolla
St. James by-the-Sea will become the first church in San Diego to offer a regular Compline-by-Candlelight service as an opportunity for anyone in the community to spend half an hour in quiet contemplation set to choral singing. The 7 p.m. Sunday series begins Nov. 4, 2018 and will continue Feb....
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Muirlands Middle School earns top honor for heart safety in La Jolla
Recognition follows efforts of 5 Girl Scout students
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La Jollan Cindy Greatrex trial postponed to next year; She is accused of stealing more than $67,000 from La Jolla Recreation Center funds
Change in representation on both sides has pushed the trial for the People vs. Cindy Greatrex to 2019. Following a hearing in San Diego Superior Court Oct. 29, a new trial date of March 12 was scheduled. Greatrex, a La Jolla resident and civic volunteer, is accused of stealing more than $67,000...
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Update: Next Gen/Metroplex Commercial Jet Noise over La Jolla
Guest Commentary / Opinion / Our Readers Write: Here's an update regarding the noise issues associated with the FAA 's NextGen Metroplex, the noise impact studies commissioned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) and the proposed airport expansion. Oct. 25 CAC/TAC Meeting...
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La Jolla Shores Drive sees sewer line replacement, lane closures
After a one-year respite from disruptive construction in La Jolla Shores, front loaders, trucks and jackhammers are back along La Jolla Shores Drive, this time for a sewer and water line replacement project that will continue for approximately another year and a half. This work could run right...
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LA JOLLA NEWS NUGGETS
Bird Rock holds candle to Pittsburgh A few short hours after the Pittsburgh synagogue attack on Saturday, Oct. 27, a small but moving candlelight vigil was staged by 35 community members on the field at Bird Rock Elementary School to honor the 11 slain victims. “Prayers were offered, candles were...
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DRESSED FOR SALK-cess! Institute's first Halloween-themed open house
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies reported that its fifth open house, Explore Salk, drew a record 2,102 visitors to the world-renown research campus in La Jolla on Saturday, Oct. 27. The free event featured hands-on experiments and virtual-reality stations.
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Does 'new polio' threaten the San Diego area?
Your three-year-old has a cold. She gets over it. You know the drill. Except that this time, something different occurs — something unimaginably horrifying. Within 24 hours, a facial droop begins, accompanied by difficulty walking and then, possibly, with swallowing and holding the head upright.
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La Jolla Crime and Public-Safety News: Threats made against La Jolla High School, suspect arrested; Halloween decorations reported stolen; Former Country Day teacher pleads not guilty to sex with minor
Threats made against La Jolla High School, suspect arrested San Diego police on Oct. 26 arrested a person suspected of making threats toward La Jolla High School in a pair of notes that were found by students and made mention of two specific dates, including Halloween, school officials said. Details...
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Local Jewish community reacts to Pittsburgh massacre at La Jolla/San Diego gathering of thousands
Nearly 2,500 people jammed University City’s Congregation Beth Israel on Monday evening, Oct. 29, to express outrage and grief at the deadliest attack on the Jewish people in U.S. history — the slaughter of 11 innocent Sabbath worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Temple two days earlier.