Ashley Mackin-Solomon

Residents fighting the proliferation of so-called “stuck trucks” on Torrey Pines Road won a victory this month, when La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) Hillside Drive ad hoc committee chair Diane Kane announced those drivers can now be ticketed.

This year’s high school football season begins with the local favorite match-up “Battle for Pearl Street,” when the La Jolla High School Vikings take on The Bishop’s School Knights, 7 p.m.

The 2019 Girls Scout Gold Awards were given out June 15 at a ceremony at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, and among the 61 recipients for their excellent community service projects were La Jolla Girl Scouts Laura Bryant and Lily Stratton.

More than a year after it was proposed, a pedestrian refuge island has been installed on La Jolla Boulevard at Mira Monte, and a debated pedestrian-activated flashing crosswalk also went into place.

PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Newly appointed Osher Lifelong Learning Institute vice president Bonnie McKean of La Jolla has come a long way in the last two years.

One La Jolla lifeguard and one dedicated Cove-swimmer got special recognition from the San Diego Lifesaving Association during its 52nd annual Hardy Awards dinner banquet at the Mission Bay Yacht Club on Aug. 6.

The Sunday, Aug. 18 registration deadline for discounted entry fees is quickly approaching for the La Jolla Cove Swim, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 8 (check-in is at 7:30 a.m.).

A Bird Rock woman was burglarized of thousands of dollar’s worth of jewelry Aug. 1, in a scam that may have started in Rancho Santa Fe.

Bagels and Lox club meets, 7 a.m. Chabad of La Jolla, 909 Prospect St. (858) 455-5433.

Geology experts in June pointed to a weakness zone in Cook’s Crack, a cave in La Jolla underneath Coast Boulevard.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) alumna and 2019 Cody Award winner Antje Boetius has dedicated the better part of 30 years to exploring the seemingly lifeless sea ice of the Arctic.

The San Diego City Council’s Economic Development & Intergovernmental Relations committee (ED&IR) took up sidewalk vending during its July 25 meeting, drafting local regulations to address San Diego-specific issues stemming from a State law legalizing the practice, which took effect Jan. 1.