Local News
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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 Christmas Parade hits it out of park again
The 61st La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival jingled The Village’s bells on Sunday, Dec. 3 as more than 80 entrants — including 11 floats, 12 marching bands, and six canine and seven equestrian units — rolled down Girard Avenue and Prospect Street. A fleet of 1934-38 Packards shuttled...
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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. later this month as part of a larger corporate downsizing. A last day has not been announced, but management expects it to close the third or fourth week of December. “La Jolla is a great community and...
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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 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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FLOATING AWAY: Parade retirement for Mike Glancy of Erling Rohde Plumbing?
Facing downsizing and illness, La Jolla Christmas Parade "floatology" marshal Mike Clancey mulls packing his popular floats in.
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Bird Rock residents overhaul Forward Street overlook
As a gift to the community — and the tourists, surfers, stroller-pushing walkers, break-takers and others who visit the Forward Street overlook in Bird Rock — two residents took it upon themselves to spruce up the area, and recently celebrated their efforts. Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) Coastal...
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Mission Bay wetlands plan to be reviewed at Dec. 6 workshop in San Diego
ReWild Mission Bay (a project of San Diego Audubon and its partners to enhance and restore wetlands in the northeast corner of Mission Bay) released its final conceptual plans for how the wetlands can be restored to protect wildlife and local communities. The three plans include expanded public...
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Shores Permitters approve Grady, Sunset residences, updates charter
Two familiar projects each got the OK from the La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee (PRC) during its Nov. 19 meeting at the Rec Center: The Grady residence project, which was heard in October; and the Sunset residence project, which came before the board last year as the Greenberg residence...
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Tah Dah! Children’s Pool Plaza unveiling Dec. 9 in La Jolla
After eight years of planning, fundraising, collaborating, working with the City and waiting, the unveiling of the Children’s Pool Plaza (formerly known as the Children’s Pool Walk Beautification Project) is a mere days away: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9 at 834 Coast Blvd. Festivities will include a...
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Traffic board votes to restore La Jolla Blvd. parking spaces
During its Nov. 19 meeting at the Rec Center, the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board (T&T) unanimously voted to recommend converting the red zone on the west side of La Jolla Boulevard, north of Marine Street, back to three parking spaces. At T&T’s July and August meetings, resident Carole...
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La Jolla developers OK easement exchange, block parcel meld
At its Nov. 21 meeting, the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee (DPR) recommended the approval of a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the Cowrie Ave. Easement Exchange project, in which the applicant requested an easement vacation for a 15-foot-wide portion of an existing 40-foot-wide...
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Frontline Cancer: 'Vaping' not necessarily healthier than smoking
FRONTLINE CANCER: Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — that's roughly one in five deaths annually. More than 16 million Americans live with a disease caused by smoking; on average,...
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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.
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Tarnishing Our Jewel: Litter plagues hillside near Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla
TARNISHING OUR JEWEL: For years, residents along Torrey Pines Road near Pottery Canyon have noticed — and lamented — the trash that piles up along the hillside. Tires, boxes, wrappers and more are left next to parked cars, and manhole covers (missing or bent) create a tripping hazard. As resident...
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RESCISSION DECISION Why Council members Bry/Zapf split on rescinding short-term rental regulations in San Diego
When the San Diego City Council voted on Oct. 22 to rescind the ordinance it passed on July 16 that limited short-term vacation rentals (STVR), many were surprised to find only one Council member (District 2’s Lorie Zapf) opposing the measure instead of two. Zapf and District 1 Council member Barbara...
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Metal fish taken from La Jolla Shores donor wall
Friends of La Jolla Shores is seeking information about a small section of the Kellogg Park playground “donor wall” that was vandalized when a panel of six titanium fish plaques recognizing major donors was forcibly removed. The donor wall was a project executed by La Jolla Eagle Scout Kristoff...
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La Jolla Rec Board hears project ‘updates’
Frustrated over the state of stagnancy surrounding many of its projects, members of the La Jolla Recreation Advisory Group (LJRAG), formerly La Jolla Park & Recreation, Inc., used its Oct. 24 meeting at the Rec Center to report on a meeting with director of San Diego Park & Recreation Andy Fields...
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Residents ask for dog park at City’s ‘Master Plan’ workshop in La Jolla
Representatives from the City’s planning department held a Parks Master Plan workshop Oct. 22 at La Jolla Rec Center and invited suggestions and feedback from the community, much of which ultimately centered on the possibility of a dog park.
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La Jolla News Nuggets
News from around La Jolla and the globe!
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DPR to mull fate of one of Village's oldest cottages
The La Jolla Development Permit Review (DPR) committee decided on Oct. 16 to collect more information before voting on whether to grant a Coastal Development Permit to demolish a one-story, 909-square-foot dwelling at 1271 Cave St. Although the cottage on the site is one of the oldest in The Village,...
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Murals of La Jolla: Latest installation is ode to preciousness of water
“Drawing is my main language and I want to expand that language. Everyone can use that language. When we are children, we all draw. But when we grow up and become adults, people stop drawing," artist Sandra Cinto said.