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Organist and La Jolla High School alum Chelsea Chen returns to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion Monday, Aug. 1.

Living a pipe dream: La Jolla High grad Chelsea Chen returning to San Diego for all-female organ festival

Chelsea Chen has more than two decades of organ playing behind her, but the 2001 graduate of La Jolla High School credits several La Jollans with influencing her passion for the pipes.

La Jolla scientist Beata Mierzwa will launch the video game "Microscopya" on July 8.

‘Microscopya’: New video game continues La Jolla researcher’s efforts to inspire girls in science

The “Garden of the Arts” within a private home in La Jolla.

Three La Jolla-area properties earn American Society of Landscape Architects awards

The photo of Norm Solomon holding a printed copy of the BTS fan chant that went viral on Twitter.

15 Minutes of Fame: La Jolla Shores resident becomes ‘Adorable BTS Grandpa’ after K-pop concert

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Busy ‘Fizzy’: La Jolla’s Phyllis Hobbs sparkles into her next century
County’s new $7.36 billion budget highlights mental health, homelessness and environment
‘One pill can kill’: Board of Supervisors declares illegal fentanyl a public health emergency
Handrail plan for La Jolla Shores beach access is expanded to include stairs reconstruction
The roads to Caminito — and other La Jolla street names
Local leaders looking to existing regulations to limit vending in parks
Photo gallery: Jewish Community Center throws a Patron Party
Marco Werman, host of public radio’s ‘The World,’ will begin broadcasting from UC San Diego
‘We want doers’: La Jolla Parks & Beaches makes call to action to focus on community projects
La Jolla Fourth of July fireworks ‘not happening’; drone show eyed for next year
Photos of the Week: La Jolla through our readers’ eyes
La Jolla News Nuggets: ‘Reflexion’ artwork, fireworks, book truck, surf scholarship, Junior Rangers, more

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Best Bets: A quick guide to online and in-person entertainment and experiences

Lifestyle

Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, June 30-July 7

Jessica Berlanga Taylor is the new director of the Stuart Collection of public art at UC San Diego in La Jolla.

New director of UCSD’s Stuart Collection aims for its art to ‘forge deep connections’ with community

Curebound announces the amount raised at this year's Padres Pedal the Cause fundraiser for cancer research: $3,209,520.

Photo gallery: Curebound celebrates $3.2 million raised by Padres Pedal the Cause for local cancer research

Mermaids & Cowboys executive chef Erik Freshley grew up learning how to grow and make his own food.

La Jolla restaurant’s chef-bartender pairing builds partnership from divergent backgrounds

Beyond the Shelf: Don’t forget to leave your paw print on this summer’s La Jolla Library reading program

Drummers join event chairwomen Kristi Pieper and Michelle Forsythe in welcoming guests at the Rendezvous in the Zoo gala.

Photo gallery: San Diego Zoo’s RITZ gala gives guests a touch of the wildlife

'Progress of California' is on view in the La Jolla Rec Center auditorium at 615 Prospect St.

‘An easy decision’: ‘Progress of California’ mural to remain after La Jolla Rec Center renovation

Japan's famed Kodo drum troupe is set for its San Diego return.

La Jolla Music Society’s diverse 2022-23 season will mix stars, styles and performers on the rise

Divers reveal the name of Azulito, one of Birch Aquarium's little blue penguins.

Birch Aquarium nears opening of its little blue penguins exhibit, where you can meet Azulito and the gang

Warwick's bookstore presents the Harper Collins book truck at 10 a.m. Friday, June 24th, in La Jolla.

Best Bets: A quick guide to online and in-person entertainment and experiences

Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, June 23-30

La Jollan Blair Sadler, left, and twin brother Alfred Sadler have written their fourth book together.

‘(P)Luck’: New book by La Jolla resident and twin brother shares life lessons learned in health care

A&E

A painting by La Jolla resident Mary Little.

Daughter seeks exhibit space for work of her 91-year-old mother, a former gallery owner in La Jolla Shores

A photographed example of Erika Torri's woven textiles to be featured in 'The Continuous Thread'

A continuous thread: Athenaeum marks director Erika Torri’s retirement with showcase of her weavings

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library Executive Director Erika Torri and Joan Agajanian Quinn

Photo gallery: Athenaeum salutes journalist and art collector Joan Agajanian Quinn with reception and exhibit

La Jolla Historical Society hopes ‘the veil comes off’ Native American culture with new exhibit

Christie Mitchell will be the new executive director of the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla.

‘A certain magic’: Christie Mitchell is ready to return to her La Jolla roots as new Athenaeum director

Roy McMakin's 'Favorite Color' will be redesigned with color selections made by the community.

‘A community portrait’: Colorful mural in La Jolla to be redone with locals’ choices

A self-portrait by Elizabeth Parr, 17, inspired by the self-reflection she did during the pandemic.

La Jolla High School art show to tackle student identity in wake of pandemic

La Jolla High grad to return as new executive director of Athenaeum

Hanna Daly's Mother's Day mural will include items her late mother loved.

Artist’s new Mother’s Day mural in La Jolla will replace her ‘Quarantine Dreams’

Artist Jeffrey Galinson is returning to his native La Jolla for a new exhibition.

‘Extraordinary in the ordinary’: Artist Jeffrey Galinson returns to his native La Jolla for new exhibit

Sports

Say tees: 55th Police & Fire Championships stop in La Jolla for golf
Beach & Bay Battle draws 58 youth baseball teams in tournament co-hosted by La Jolla league
Photo gallery: La Jolla fundraiser aids adaptive sports camp

Opinion

Our Readers Write: Avenida de la Playa closure; sidewalk vending; flag
Guest commentary: La Jolla Town Council made some big strides in the past year and missed some opportunities
Guest commentary: Pressure-washing, sidewalk repairs and flower baskets get maintenance focus in La Jolla

Photo Galleries

Photo gallery: Juneteenth celebration hits the waves in La Jolla
Photo gallery: 116 students celebrate graduation from La Jolla’s The Preuss School
Photo gallery: 316 La Jolla High School graduates march into their future
Photos of the Week: La Jolla through our readers’ eyes
Photo gallery: Athenaeum celebrates Erika Torri’s ‘Continuous Thread’
Photo gallery: St. Germaine Children’s Charity awards $142,250 in grants to 11 nonprofits

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Montessori by the Sea school to open in La Jolla to provide an ‘authentic’ Montessori education

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