Corey Levitan

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.

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.

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).

The La Jolla Cove Swim Deck above the lifeguard station has been revegetated.

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.

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.

In 1992, the mail received by La Jolla native Coleen Jan Paderewski drove her postal carrier insane with curiosity. He had never delivered an actual envelope from the White House to anyone before, much less two dozen in two weeks. Finally, the guy just blurted it out: “Who are you?!!” It can be safely assumed that the carrier was neither a big fan of classical music nor an American of Polish descent.

The boards of the La Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA), La Jolla Town Council, La Jolla Community Planning Association and the La Jolla Historical Society will preview Enhance La Jolla’s Village Streetscape Plan at a closed-door meeting Thursday, Jan. 16.

At its Jan. 8 meeting, the La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) voted 10-1-1 to register its opposition to a bridge over La Jolla Parkway with the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board (T&T).

Only the Trying opens with the assassination of a man swimming from The Cove to The Shores.

‘Papa Doug’ Manchester lists La Jolla estate for $37 million Real estate developer Doug Manchester — former owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune and La Jolla Light and President Trump’s onetime appointee for U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas — has listed his La Jolla home for $25 million, and the site next door for $12 million, while a third listing proposes both for $37 million.

The number of homeless people living on the streets of La Jolla has declined since the summer, according to an unscientific survey of 15 La Jolla residents and merchants willing to speak to the Light about the controversial topic.