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Street Stewards wants to clean up the county, including La Jolla
The growing nonprofit grassroots group works with volunteer residents to 'adopt' streets in their communities and conduct trash cleanups
Local spring teams wind up another season of CIF San Diego playoffs
High School Sports Roundup
More La Jolla trees may be lost as a result of San Diego sidewalk requests
Resident near Torrey Pines Road contends a new sidewalk isn't needed and would require cutting...
Let Inga Tell You: Exploring the mysteries of the middle child
Did my dogged determination stem from bearing little resemblance to my brilliant brown-eyed brunette siblings?
La Jolla High and academy in Azerbaijan partner in cross-cultural chess move
The sister schools partnership is intended to provide students with opportunities for virtual exchanges, chess...
Playwright finds universality in her play ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’
La Jolla Playhouse production is set in a Harlem hair salon with characters relatable to...
Local seniors star in Bond-inspired short film
'Ace of Plates,' made by 10 residents of Belmont Village La Jolla, places a spotlight...
Sail-selling partners settle in La Jolla after decades on the water
Paul and Susan Mitchell, who now live at Casa de Mañana, have spent most of...
Shores Permit Review Committee has a bumpy return to online meetings
Despite technical problems that derailed a project presentation, the committee votes down an idea to...
‘An amazing roller coaster’: Muirlands teacher retiring after 26 years
Mark Heinze, who also is a local surf instructor, has been a city and county...
La Jolla public schools honor 2025 Teachers of the Year
Teachers at each school were nominated and later voted on by their peers to receive...
La Jolla arts groups among many that lose NEA funds
La Jolla Playhouse lost a $20,000 grant for its recently completed Without Walls Festival, and...
Cans4Books founder and Reef the Recycling Whale pull into Bird Rock
Trisha Goolsby's nonprofit has collected more than 11,000 pounds of recyclables and donated 10,500 children's...
Nearing 80, volunteer trash collector Fred Nock keeps on plucking
People in Your Neighborhood
La Valencia Hotel to welcome summer with new spa
The two-story facility will offer facials, body treatments, massages and an 'aroma journey' to hotel...
New La Jolla Fire Safe Council gets approval
The group is intended to partner with fire agencies to provide local education on how...
Council move to rein in San Diego’s widely criticized ADU incentive
A committee voted to cap the number of units per lot, force builders to pay...
Next hurdle for La Jolla cityhood effort may be legal action by San Diego
The City Council votes to authorize the city attorney's office to proceed with litigation over...
Athlete of the Week: Serious injury doesn’t keep La Jolla swimmer out of the pool
Will Quesnell returned from a fractured vertebra and broken hip to be one of the...
La Jolla planners project to fix failed Country Club-area slope
The work would repair severe erosion damage next to a pool between Caminito Bassano East...
Decomposed whale washes up at La Jolla Shores
Tissues from the 55-foot carcass, possibly of a baleen whale, will be studied to determine...
UCSD scientists develop gel to attract baby coral and encourage reef growth
The gel, called SNAP-X, releases scents that attract the larvae and can help restore dying...
Species of the Month: Meet the sea hare, one of La Jolla’s most ‘puzzling’ creatures
Types of large sea slugs called the California sea hare and black sea hare can...
Athlete of the Week: Leo Thieler helps La Jolla High to boys tennis title
'I love the competitive nature of it,' says the junior, who has been playing tennis...
New North Tower at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla set to open June 1
Seven-story structure is second half of $1.1 billion two-tower construction project.
In May budget revision, Gloria pulls back on police cuts but sticks with cuts to parks, libraries
If the mayor's budget is adopted, this would be the first time in many years...
Business Spotlight: La Jolla Cosmetic Laser Clinic gives skin new life
Fay Avenue facility aims to make your reflection 'what you want it to be'
Best Bets: A quick guide to La Jolla entertainment and experiences
Local events and activities
Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, May 15-23
Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives
La Jolla teens nearing $25K goal to fund Clairemont school food pantry
People in Your Neighborhood
La Jolla News Nuggets: Church hearing, Soledad memorial, adaptive golf
News and events in brief
Former La Jolla resident explores ups and downs of dieting in latest book
Connie Bennett’s 'I Blew My Diet! Now What?' will be released May 20, followed by...
San Diego rents falling in some areas
The most expensive markets have seen rent reductions and less expensive areas, like National City,...
La Jolla crime and public safety news: Immigration arrests, blotter
Crime and public safety
Parents claim ideological bias in Mesa College course at La Jolla High School
The group focuses particularly on what it considers one-sided discussion of the Israel-Hamas war. Mesa...
Let Inga Tell You: Let’s dump San Diego’s trash fee plan
Turn in your protest form, because even if you're OK with paying a fee for...
La Jolla cityhood effort moving forward despite San Diego objection
LAFCO says it followed the right procedures in reviewing and validating petition signatures and that...
The next chapter: At 96, memory research pioneer and former UCSD chancellor refuses to let his mind retire
What brings him the most satisfaction now? "Renewing my whole interest in scientific matters."
In the Curator’s Words: At MCASD, larger-than-life ‘A Burial in Shanghai’ makes its U.S. debut
Yan Pei-Ming's monumental project, first shown in Paris in 2019, is composed of three towering...
La Jolla Town Council turmoil continues as previously dismissed VP resigns
Peter Wulff says council President Mary Soriano's actions 'have caused irreparable damage.' Soriano says the...
Native or wild? Coast Walk Trail plantings spark landscape debate
Longtime of the La Jolla trail and the volunteer group that maintains it disagree...
UC San Diego students prepare for inaugural music festival with 200-plus artists
The Arcades on May 18 will span more than two dozen genres of music across...
La Jolla Cove access group readying presentation for San Diego and the public
The group discusses ideas including acoustic wave technology to deter sea lions, a viewing platform...
New details emerge on Bird Rock lighting and sign projects
Electricity from storefronts is planned to power uplighting on 36 trees along La Jolla Boulevard,...
La Jolla High School valedictorians share secrets to their academic success
David Abell and Sidarth Erat both picked classes they found interesting and challenging while allowing...
San Diego’s deals with trash haulers lose the city millions, send tons of recyclables to landfill, audit finds
It also says recycling rates for city forces are even worse, finding that 80% of...
Best Bets: A quick guide to La Jolla entertainment and experiences
Local events and activities
Zillow forecasts San Diego home values to drop for the first time in years
Zillow predicts San Diego County home values will drop 1.1% in a year
Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, May 8-16
Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives
Vehicle rams into La Jolla eyewear store during burglary
At least $100,000 in damage is estimated at EyeStructure on Prospect Street, police say
La Jolla News Nuggets: Church anniversary, Concours top car, coastal cleanup, Windansea path, more
News and events in brief
Famous geneticist moving research institute to RaDD project on San Diego Bay
J. Craig Venter Institute, now in La Jolla, has leased 50,000 square feet of space...
LAFCO calls San Diego claims in objection to La Jolla cityhood signatures ‘inaccurate’
The agency is facing criticism from the city over its role in declaring that cityhood...
Our Readers Write: Nautilus Street repaving
Letter to the editor
La Jolla crime and public safety news: Police blotter
Crime and public safety
For Bishop’s baseball player Clyde Kates, being fearless on the field is the name of the game
La Jolla Athlete of the Week
La Jolla homeowner gives citrus-based fire retardant a try and beckons others to do the same
Many area residents have expressed interest in buying Citrotech and associated equipment, its maker says
La Jolla High lacrosse program looks to future as it loses 14 seniors
Varsity coach Adam Morawski says losing them 'is going to be tough' but he's optimistic...
La Jolla High captures CIF San Diego Division I boys tennis title for second straight year
Victory over Patrick Henry secures the Vikings' 41st section championship overall
Nationwide decline in smoking is led by young adults, UC San Diego study says
The national rate of cigarette use is projected to fall to under 5% by 2035
UCSD’s 2025 Wagner New Play festival focuses on relationships
Five new plays written by MFA playwriting candidates will be presented this month at three...
How did San Diego trash fees end up so much higher than predicted? It’s complicated, officials say.
City budget experts call the faulty estimate an honest mistake based on some bad information...
What Next? For La Jolla performance group, a lot of stories from women over 40
Collective of writers and actors creates short theater pieces to present onstage and looks to...
Three La Jolla students win big at California Science and Engineering Fair
Eva Monpays and Julianna Swigart from San Diego French American School and Kayley Xu from...
La Jolla planners show additional for Village streetscape project
Backers estimate the project is $200,000 short of what it needs to start but say...
La Jolla author makes first foray into young-adult literature in ‘Run Away With Me’
Brian Selznick will end his nationwide book tour at Warwick's bookstore on Thursday, May 15
32nd JFest to land in several La Jolla locations
The annual Jewish Arts Festival promises an 'interesting, diverse and dynamic' lineup, including the 16th...
La Jolla Playhouse-born 'Redwood' musical, starring Idina Menzel, to close early on Broadway
The announcement came one day after the Idina Menzel-led show was shut out in Thursday's...
San Diego’s unpopular ADU incentive ‘has been exploited’ by developers, needs ‘guardrails,’ planners say
City planners want bigger fixes for San Diego's bonus ADU program than Mayor Todd Gloria...
San Diego lodges objection to La Jolla cityhood signatures
The city contends LAFCO overstepped in the process of ing signatures on a pro-cityhood petition...
Birch Aquarium putting final touches on new ‘Living Seas’ exhibition
The reimagined space, replacing the 30-year-old Hall of Fishes, opens to the public Thursday, May...
Bishop’s student makes virtual emergency preparedness a reality
Junior Ella Xing's AI-assisted simulation game is a winner at the 2025 Greater San Diego...
San Diego reins in road repairs, expects ‘significant declines’ in street conditions
Pothole patching is taking a hit from a work slowdown imposed by the mayor this...
La Jolla cityhood effort collects enough valid signatures to move forward
The next step is the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission's study of the proposal,...
San Diego to halt summer coastal construction moratorium to help get projects completed
La Jolla leaders express concerns about impacts on traffic, businesses and tourism, though some also...
Grand jury report takes aim at San Diego parking policies
The report says the city must improve transparency on how it uses parking revenue and...
Driver, 76, dies after rescue from vehicle that plunged into La Jolla Cove
The Toyota Prius went over a cliff and into the ocean just after 8:05 p.m....
Business Spotlight: Smart Fit Method uses high tech to take guesswork out of fitness
La Jolla studio merges science, technology and personal training
Guest Commentary: Entries in youth poetry contest show originality, poignance and style
The works demonstrate that depth of sentiment is not solely reserved for adults
UCSD withdraws, then resubmits, application to continue Scripps Coastal Reserve closure
The withdrawal was at California Coastal Commission staff’s request to allow for a ‘comprehensive discussion'...
Eerie ‘doomsday fish’ stirring interest at La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography were able to preserve an 11-foot, 2-inch oarfish...
Best Bets: A quick guide to La Jolla entertainment and experiences
Local events and activities
Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, May 1-9
Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives
La Jolla News Nuggets: Broken handrail, rehabilitated bird, beach volleyball, medical news, more
News and events in brief
La Jolla Business Roundup: Interior design, wine, art, men’s aesthetics, more
Robert White Interiors, Haru Sushi, Lushful Aesthetics, L&G Projects, Turtle Rock Ridge Vineyard Winery, The...
Part of Torrey Pines Road curb gets red paint to deter angled parking
The city of San Diego already had planned to paint the curb in the 2500...
Our Readers Write: Seals and sea lions
Letter to the editor
La Jolla crime and public safety news: Police blotter
Crime and public safety
Classics roll in for La Jolla Concours d’Elegance
Photo gallery
Let Inga Tell You: Saved from choc-assault until October
With Easter over, I have a hiatus from my worst chocolate cravings — until Halloween...
Spring greening: La Jolla Secret Garden Tour returns May 17 with new spaces
Organizers say most of the gardens have never been on the tour before, and those...
A 10-foot microscope reveals big lessons about the tiniest threats to the human body
A technological revolution is helping Scripps Research scientists see the molecules that undermine human health,...
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library’s signature fundraiser to celebrate the ’40s
'The Talk of the Town' on May 10 also will honor former executive director Erika...
Shores opposes six-home Cielo Mar plan; next stop: S.D. Planning Commission
The proposal would consolidate three parcels on La Jolla Shores Drive and subdivide them into...
Prolific local architect’s house going on the market with his grandson representing it
The La Jolla Shores home of the late Dale Naegle, who designed the famed 'Mushroom...
