Ashley Mackin-Solomon

When she creates her spirituality- and nature-inspired pieces of art, La Jolla High School graduate and muralist Melanie Atesalp likes to draw from the immediate environment.

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.

The La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee dedicated more than an hour and a half of its Nov. 17 meeting to a discussion of building heights, spurred by a recent development project that put focus on just how confusing the current code can be to some.

Though COVID-19 has dominated health- and science-related news this year, the Nov. 17 Insights Series webinar by La Jolla’s Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute focused on work toward understanding diabetes and new ways of treating it.

To help make self-driving cars safer in challenging weather, engineers at UC San Diego are developing new technologies and fusing them with existing ones to improve how the vehicles “see” other cars.

A car driven by a 26-year-old man crashed into a palm tree around 3:15 a.m. on Girard Avenue, police say. Two passengers ages 19 and 21 were killed.

The La Jolla Coastal Access and Parking Board has the go-ahead from California Coastal Commission staff to pursue its directional signage program.

Although the tiny house at 7762 Bishops Lane in La Jolla has been designated historic since 2012, it was a topic for consideration by the San Diego Historical Resources Board during its Nov. 19 meeting online.

With tennis being labeled a sport “conducive to social distancing” by the U.S.

As shoppers visit The Village for their holiday gift needs, some may rely on the old habit of checking their tires for chalk to make sure they can continue to park in La Jolla’s limited-time spaces.

UC San Diego Athletic Director and La Jolla Rotary Club member Earl Edwards recognizes that conversations about race can be uncomfortable.

Eyebrows were raised at the La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee meeting Nov. 16 when an applicant proposed a development that includes nearly 30-foot walls and other measurements that “don’t pencil out,” according to one member.