Corey Levitan

At least one Native American still calls La Jolla home. Adam Raby wasn’t born here.

The La Jolla Writers Conference enters its 19th year with keynote speaker Heather Graham (the New York Times best-selling author, not the actress) as well as authors Dale Brown, Susan Miessner and George Galdorisi.

At the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) meeting on Oct. 1, member Don Schmidt reported — during his update on his ad-hoc committee on coastal overlooks — that the City delivered a black trash can to a home near the Moss Lane overlook “This is huge progress,” Schmidt said, adding that it was stencil-painted “Moss Lane” and will be put out by the neighbor on Mondays, along with his own trash.

As the number of vaping-related deaths and illnesses mount — so far, 805 cases of vaping-related lung injury and 12 deaths have been reported, including two in California — health officials nationwide are imploring vapers to stop the practice.

PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Many La Jollans know Charles Hartford for the financial advice he provides them as a member of Merrill Lynch’s wealth-management team.

A phone call from her daughter’s Bishop’s School volleyball coach was how the universe chose to involve La Jolla Shores Physical Therapy owner Stephanie Hoffman.

Former 76 station drops ball The pole and globe advertising the brand of gasoline once sold at 801 Pearl St. were taken down on Sept. 25, according to eyewitnesses.

Under somewhat challenging conditions of high surf and rough seas, 140 teams and 20 soloists — a total of 645 swimmers — participated in the 18th annual 10-Mile Relay at La Jolla Shores on Sunday, Sept. 29.

Longtime La Jollan Robert Clelland recently saw a decade-long dream through to completion when the final two military cottages he financed at Camp Pendleton’s San Onofre Beach were dedicated.

Fine art, craft wine and brews to fill Village of La Jolla streets, Oct. 12-13

About 100 La Jolla High School (LJHS) students walked out of school 45 minutes early on Friday, Sept. 20, demanding political action on global warming.

In the latest salvo of a 30-year battle, the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation (T&T) board voted on Sept. 18 to accept a City finding to eliminate red curbs along the east side of La Jolla Farms Road near Blackgold Road — enough to create 11 new parking spaces close to the Black’s Beach Trail entrance.