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    Street Stewards wants to clean up the county, including La Jolla

    A group of Street Stewards gathers in downtown San Diego for a cleanup event in 2024. (Scott Horst)
    The growing nonprofit grassroots group works with volunteer residents to 'adopt' streets in their communities and conduct trash cleanups
    A group of Street Stewards gathers in downtown San Diego for a cleanup event in 2024. (Scott Horst)
    A rendering by Marengo Morton Architects of the frontage of a hotel proposed for 484 Prospect St. is presented to the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee on June 10. (Screenshot by Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    La Jolla boards hear hotel plan for Prospect Street

    A La Jolla Shores beach-goer prepares to use a fire ring June 6.  (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    San Diego council’s decision to keep fire rings brings mixed reaction in La Jolla

    (File)

    Local spring teams wind up another season of CIF San Diego playoffs

    By Ben Ali H Brown
    May 19, 2025 at 12:32 p.m.
    High School Sports Roundup
    Some of the trees on La Jolla resident Dan Courtney’s street off Torrey Pines Road might need to be removed under a city of San Diego request for a new sidewalk. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    More La Jolla trees may be lost as a result of San Diego sidewalk requests

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 19, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
    Resident near Torrey Pines Road contends a new sidewalk isn't needed and would require cutting...
    (Getty Images)

    Let Inga Tell You: Exploring the mysteries of the middle child

    By Inga
    May 19, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.
    Did my dogged determination stem from bearing little resemblance to my brilliant brown-eyed brunette siblings?
    Sarkhan Hashimov, a board member of the Vugar Gashimov Chess Foundation; Cristina Alfaro, associate vice president of international affairs at San Diego State University; Vugar Gurbanov, consul general of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles; and Chuck Podhorsky, principal of La Jolla High School, formalize La Jolla High’s partnership with the Chess Academy in Baku at a g ceremony at SDSU. (Provided by Chuck Podhorsky)

    La Jolla High and academy in Azerbaijan partner in cross-cultural chess move

    By Noah Lyons
    May 18, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.
    The sister schools partnership is intended to provide students with opportunities for virtual exchanges, chess...
    The cast of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which is being presented this month at La Jolla Playhouse. (Ben Krantz /  Berkeley Repertory Theatre)

    Playwright finds universality in her play ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’

    By David L. Coddon
    May 20, 2025 at 1:58 p.m.
    La Jolla Playhouse production is set in a Harlem hair salon with characters relatable to...
    Belmont Village Senior Living President Mercedes Kerr, Michelle Meyer of Belmont Village La Jolla, residents Jackie Fletcher, Dwight McDonald, Bill Jacobs, Liz Johannsen, Tom Fitzgerald and Barbara Saltzman, and Marc Isaia attend the organization’s “Belmont Blooms” film festival. (Belmont Village Senior Living)

    Local seniors star in Bond-inspired short film

    By Noah Lyons
    May 18, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.
    'Ace of Plates,' made by 10 residents of Belmont Village La Jolla, places a spotlight...
    Susan and Paul Mitchell made a life on the water, selling sails and traveling the world for decades. (Noah Lyons)

    Sail-selling partners settle in La Jolla after decades on the water

    By Noah Lyons
    May 18, 2025 at 8:01 a.m.
    Paul and Susan Mitchell, who now live at Casa de Mañana, have spent most of...
    Screen-sharing issues prevented much of an online presentation from being delivered during the La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee’s meeting May 15. (Screenshot by Noah Lyons)

    Shores Permit Review Committee has a bumpy return to online meetings

    By Noah Lyons
    May 18, 2025 at 10:53 a.m.
    Despite technical problems that derailed a project presentation, the committee votes down an idea to...
    Muirlands Middle School teacher Mark Heinze is retiring after 26 years at the school. (Provided by Mark Heinze)

    ‘An amazing roller coaster’: Muirlands teacher retiring after 26 years

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 17, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.
    Mark Heinze, who also is a local surf instructor, has been a city and county...
    The Teachers of the Year at La Jolla’s five public schools gather with their principals and San Diego Unified School District Area C Superintendent Mitzi Merino (fourth from right) on May 13 for a recognition celebration. (Noah Lyons)

    La Jolla public schools honor 2025 Teachers of the Year

    By Noah Lyons
    May 17, 2025 at 10:19 a.m.
    Teachers at each school were nominated and later voted on by their peers to receive...
     of Canadian acrobatic troupe Flip Fabrique perform during La Jolla Playhouse’s 2025 Without Walls Festival at UC San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    La Jolla arts groups among many that lose NEA funds

    By The San Diego Union Tribune
    May 17, 2025 at 11:06 p.m.
    La Jolla Playhouse lost a $20,000 grant for its recently completed Without Walls Festival, and...
    Cans4Books founder and Chief Executive Trisha Goolsby and Reef the Recycling Whale collect cans and bottles for recycling to raise funds to stock “little free libraries” with children’s books. (Tracy Dezenzo)

    Cans4Books founder and Reef the Recycling Whale pull into Bird Rock

    By Noah Lyons
    May 16, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
    Trisha Goolsby's nonprofit has collected more than 11,000 pounds of recyclables and donated 10,500 children's...
    La Jolla resident Fred Nock is a volunteer trash collector on his walks. (Patricia Caffery)

    Nearing 80, volunteer trash collector Fred Nock keeps on plucking

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 16, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.
    People in Your Neighborhood
    La Jolla’s La Valencia Hotel plans to open a resort-style spa by summer. (Noah Lyons)

    La Valencia Hotel to welcome summer with new spa

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 16, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
    The two-story facility will offer facials, body treatments, massages and an 'aroma journey' to hotel...
    Community  are ed by representatives of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department at an April 2 fire safety workshop in La Jolla in which those in attendance worked toward forming the La Jolla Fire Safe Council. (Noah Lyons)

    New La Jolla Fire Safe Council gets approval

    By Noah Lyons
    May 16, 2025 at 9:08 a.m.
    The group is intended to partner with fire agencies to provide local education on how...
    Kyle Candee, of Linda Vista, holding sign, left, and others urge council  to roll back San Diego’s ADU incentive before a committee’s vote on it Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Howard Lipin / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Council move to rein in San Diego’s widely criticized ADU incentive

    By David Garrick
    May 16, 2025 at 10:17 a.m.
    A committee voted to cap the number of units per lot, force builders to pay...
    Keene Simonds, executive officer of the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCO, signs the Association for the City of La Jolla’s cityhood application, officially confirming receipt, on Jan. 29. (Association for the City of La Jolla)

    Next hurdle for La Jolla cityhood effort may be legal action by San Diego

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 20, 2025 at 11:02 a.m.
    The City Council votes to authorize the city attorney's office to proceed with litigation over...
    La Jolla High School swimmer Will Quesnell advises other student-athletes that “If you believe in it, don’t quit.” (Aaron Quesnell)

    Athlete of the Week: Serious injury doesn’t keep La Jolla swimmer out of the pool

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 15, 2025 at 2:10 p.m.
    Will Quesnell returned from a fractured vertebra and broken hip to be one of the...
    A sea anemone is in all its glory at low tide at La Jolla Cove. (Paul Cohen)

    Photos of the Week: Looking at La Jolla through our readers’ eyes

    By La Jolla Light
    May 15, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
    Photo gallery
    This area of failed slope in La Jolla’s Country Club neighborhood, covered in tarp, is planned for repairs. (Coffey Engineering)

    La Jolla planners project to fix failed Country Club-area slope

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 15, 2025 at 8:01 a.m.
    The work would repair severe erosion damage next to a pool between Caminito Bassano East...
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    Our Readers Write: UCSD continues to disrespect the law and the public at Scripps Coastal Reserve

    By Letters To The Editor
    May 14, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
    Letters to the editor
    The decomposed remains of a whale washed up on the beach at La Jolla Shores. (NOAA Fisheries)

    Decomposed whale washes up at La Jolla Shores

    By Noah Lyons
    May 14, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.
    Tissues from the 55-foot carcass, possibly of a baleen whale, will be studied to determine...
    Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering have developed what they call a breakthrough in the restoration of coral reefs. (The Associated Press)

    UCSD scientists develop gel to attract baby coral and encourage reef growth

    By City News Service
    May 14, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.
    The gel, called SNAP-X, releases scents that attract the larvae and can help restore dying...
    A California sea hare found off La Jolla. (Charlotte Seid)

    Species of the Month: Meet the sea hare, one of La Jolla’s most ‘puzzling’ creatures

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 14, 2025 at 10:27 a.m.
    Types of large sea slugs called the California sea hare and black sea hare can...
    La Jolla High School tennis player Leo Thieler says he’s built confidence and momentum on the court over the years. (Lula Guillard)

    Athlete of the Week: Leo Thieler helps La Jolla High to boys tennis title

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 14, 2025 at 8:01 a.m.
    'I love the competitive nature of it,' says the junior, who has been playing tennis...
    The view from a room in the new hospital tower on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    New North Tower at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla set to open June 1

    By Paul Sisson
    May 14, 2025 at 10:12 a.m.
    Seven-story structure is second half of $1.1 billion two-tower construction project.
    Mission Bay Park seen on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    In May budget revision, Gloria pulls back on police cuts but sticks with cuts to parks, libraries

    By David Garrick
    May 14, 2025 at 12:07 p.m.
    If the mayor's budget is adopted, this would be the first time in many years...
    Dr. Christopher Barnard ed La Jolla Cosmetic Laser Clinic & Dermatology in October. (La Jolla Cosmetic Laser Clinic & Dermatology)

    Business Spotlight: La Jolla Cosmetic Laser Clinic gives skin new life

    By La Jolla Light
    May 13, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
    Fay Avenue facility aims to make your reflection 'what you want it to be'
    Episcopal Community Services’ Moonlight Ball, pictured in 2024, will have this year’s renewal Saturday, May 17, in La Jolla. (Episcopal Community Services)

    Best Bets: A quick guide to La Jolla entertainment and experiences

    By La Jolla Light
    May 19, 2025 at 1:10 p.m.
    Local events and activities
    (Getty Images)

    Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, May 15-23

    By La Jolla Light
    May 14, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.
    Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives
    La Jollans Sydney Scelfo (left) and Ava Halls, who are students at Francis Parker School in San Diego, are heading a fundraising effort to start a food pantry at Clairemont Canyons Academy. (Bonne Scelfo)

    La Jolla teens nearing $25K goal to fund Clairemont school food pantry

    By Noah Lyons
    May 13, 2025 at 10:01 a.m.
    People in Your Neighborhood
    Sea Change Church at 627 Genter St. in La Jolla proposes an expansion. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    La Jolla News Nuggets: Church hearing, Soledad memorial, adaptive golf

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 13, 2025 at 8:01 a.m.
    News and events in brief
    Athenaeum Music & Arts Library Executive Director Christie Mitchell, board President Margaret Jackson, Vice President Max Elliott and board member Garna Muller attend “The Talk of the Town” benefit at the Athenaeum in La Jolla on May 10. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    1940s glamour and former director are ‘Talk of the Town’ at Athenaeum benefit

    By La Jolla Light
    May 12, 2025 at 5:01 p.m.
    Photo gallery
    Connie Bennett is a public speaker, health coach and author whose latest book follows her health journey after a loss in her life. (Ann Landstrom)

    Former La Jolla resident explores ups and downs of dieting in latest book

    By Noah Lyons
    May 12, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
    Connie Bennett’s 'I Blew My Diet! Now What?' will be released May 20, followed by...
    Downtown’s newest apartment building, 800 Broadway, is offering up to two months free. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    San Diego rents falling in some areas

    By Phillip Molnar
    May 13, 2025 at 10:04 a.m.
    The most expensive markets have seen rent reductions and less expensive areas, like National City,...
    To report a non-emergency crime, call the San Diego Police Department at 619-531-2000 or 858-484-3154. In an emergency, dial 911. (File)

    La Jolla crime and public safety news: Immigration arrests, blotter

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 12, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
    Crime and public safety
    A political science course at La Jolla High School offered by San Diego Mesa College is the subject of controversy after parents expressed discontent with the content. (File)

    Parents claim ideological bias in Mesa College course at La Jolla High School

    By Noah Lyons
    May 12, 2025 at 11:52 a.m.
    The group focuses particularly on what it considers one-sided discussion of the Israel-Hamas war. Mesa...
    After San Diego trash trucks destroyed Inga’s city-issued 35-gallon blue recycling bins (which have been discontinued in that size), she bought two 35-gallon recycling bins on her own. But they could be obsolete if the city issues new bins equipped with special computer chips. (Inga)

    Let Inga Tell You: Let’s dump San Diego’s trash fee plan

    By Inga
    May 12, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.
    Turn in your protest form, because even if you're OK with paying a fee for...
    The map of a potential city of La Jolla largely aligns with the 92037 ZIP code, stretching north-south from Del Mar to Pacific Beach and east-west from Interstate 5 to the ocean, excluding UC San Diego. (Association for the City of La Jolla)

    La Jolla cityhood effort moving forward despite San Diego objection

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 11, 2025 at 8:01 a.m.
    LAFCO says it followed the right procedures in reviewing and validating petition signatures and that...
    Richard Atkinson, 96,  former UC San Diego chancellor and University of California president, at his home in San Diego last month. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    The next chapter: At 96, memory research pioneer and former UCSD chancellor refuses to let his mind retire

    By Barbara Bry
    May 13, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.
    What brings him the most satisfaction now? "Renewing my whole interest in scientific matters."
    Chinese-born painter Yan Pei-Ming’s “A Burial in Shanghai,” comprised of three towering paintings, is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego through Jan. 4, 2026. He’s shown here seated in the museum’s Strauss Galleries speaking with visitors the day after his exhibition opened in La Jolla. (Daniel Lang for MCASD)

    In the Curator’s Words: At MCASD, larger-than-life ‘A Burial in Shanghai’ makes its U.S. debut

    By Michael James Rocha
    May 14, 2025 at 5:57 a.m.
    Yan Pei-Ming's monumental project, first shown in Paris in 2019, is composed of three towering...
    Event chairs Jennifer Nelson, Alex High and Anna Haudenschild Meier attend the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Avant Garde Ball with museum Chief Executive Kathryn Kanjo on May 3 in La Jolla. (Vincent Andrunas)

    Museum of Contemporary Art fuses art, music and fashion at Avant Garde Ball

    By La Jolla Light
    May 10, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.
    Photo gallery
    La Jolla Town Council President Mary Soriano shares a clip of a Feb. 5 meeting in which then-Vice President Peter Wulff questioned her leadership and requested that the meeting not be recorded. (Noah Lyons)

    La Jolla Town Council turmoil continues as previously dismissed VP resigns

    By Noah Lyons
    May 10, 2025 at 8:01 a.m.
    Peter Wulff says council President Mary Soriano's actions 'have caused irreparable damage.' Soriano says the...
    La Jolla’s Coast Walk Trail has been maintained by volunteers of Friends of Coast Walk Trail since 2010. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    Native or wild? Coast Walk Trail plantings spark landscape debate

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 9, 2025 at 7:16 p.m.
    Longtime of the La Jolla trail and the volunteer group that maintains it disagree...
    The Honeytones, one of the performers in the  Arcades music festival at UC San Diego, features Eva Baffin on vocals, Michael McLaughlin on saxophone, Silas Sick on drums, Christian Florendo on trumpet, Landon Willis on bass and Addison Salbato on keyboards. (Provided by Michael McLaughlin)

    UC San Diego students prepare for inaugural music festival with 200-plus artists

    By Noah Lyons
    May 9, 2025 at 7:27 p.m.
    The Arcades on May 18 will span more than two dozen genres of music across...
    Signs indicate the La Jolla Cove beach is open, with some applicable regulations. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    La Jolla Cove access group readying presentation for San Diego and the public

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 8, 2025 at 6:12 p.m.
    The group discusses ideas including acoustic wave technology to deter sea lions, a viewing platform...
    This “mock rock” was placed last year on La Jolla Boulevard at Colima Street, one of the proposed locations for a Bird Rock monument sign. (Provided by Joe Terry)

    New details emerge on Bird Rock lighting and sign projects

    By Noah Lyons
    May 8, 2025 at 4:39 p.m.
    Electricity from storefronts is planned to power uplighting on 36 trees along La Jolla Boulevard,...
    Sidarth Erat (left) and David Abell are La Jolla High School 2025 valedictorians. (Provided by Sidarth Erat and David Abell)

    La Jolla High School valedictorians share secrets to their academic success

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 8, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.
    David Abell and Sidarth Erat both picked classes they found interesting and challenging while allowing...
    This shows the Miramar landfill in San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    San Diego’s deals with trash haulers lose the city millions, send tons of recyclables to landfill, audit finds

    By David Garrick
    May 12, 2025 at 2:01 a.m.
    It also says recycling rates for city forces are even worse, finding that 80% of...
    Performances at The Arcades music festival Sunday, May 18, will include a show by Soft Serve, an indie alt-rock band composed of UC San Diego undergraduates. (UC San Diego)

    Best Bets: A quick guide to La Jolla entertainment and experiences

    By La Jolla Light
    May 7, 2025 at 11:09 a.m.
    Local events and activities
    San Diego County home values are predicted to drop, said Zillow. Pictured: Homes in Encinitas.  (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Zillow forecasts San Diego home values to drop for the first time in years

    By Phillip Molnar
    May 8, 2025 at 6:27 a.m.
    Zillow predicts San Diego County home values will drop 1.1% in a year
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    Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, May 8-16

    By La Jolla Light
    May 6, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.
    Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives
    The EyeStructure store at 1232 Prospect St. in La Jolla is pictured after it was damaged when a vehicle rammed into it during a burglary May 6. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    Vehicle rams into La Jolla eyewear store during burglary

    By City News Service
    May 7, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.
    At least $100,000 in damage is estimated at EyeStructure on Prospect Street, police say
    La Jolla Lutheran Church, founded in May 1945, has been at its current location at 7111 La Jolla Blvd. since 1947. (La Jolla Lutheran Church)

    La Jolla News Nuggets: Church anniversary, Concours top car, coastal cleanup, Windansea path, more

    By Noah Lyons
    May 6, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.
    News and events in brief
    Scientist Craig Venter stands at his research institute’s future home, IQHQ’s RaDD project in downtown San Diego. (Sandy Huffaker)

    Famous geneticist moving research institute to RaDD project on San Diego Bay

    By Jennifer Van Grove
    May 6, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.
    J. Craig Venter Institute, now in La Jolla, has leased 50,000 square feet of space...
    The map of a potential city of La Jolla largely aligns with the 92037 ZIP code, stretching north-south from Del Mar to Pacific Beach and east-west from Interstate 5 to the ocean, excluding UC San Diego. (Association for the City of La Jolla)

    LAFCO calls San Diego claims in objection to La Jolla cityhood signatures ‘inaccurate’

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 5, 2025 at 6:18 p.m.
    The agency is facing criticism from the city over its role in declaring that cityhood...
    Email letter

    Our Readers Write: Nautilus Street repaving

    By Letters To The Editor
    May 5, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.
    Letter to the editor
    To report a non-emergency crime, call the San Diego Police Department at 619-531-2000 or 858-484-3154. In an emergency, dial 911. (File)

    La Jolla crime and public safety news: Police blotter

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 5, 2025 at 2:03 p.m.
    Crime and public safety
    Bishop’s School baseball player Clyde Kates “brings a lot to the table, and that is a byproduct of the work he has put in and his unselfishness to do whatever is best for the team,” according to coach BK Santy. (The Bishop’s School)

    For Bishop’s baseball player Clyde Kates, being fearless on the field is the name of the game

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 5, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.
    La Jolla Athlete of the Week
    Sharon Smith, San Diego Automotive Museum Chief Executive Lenny Leszczynski, Falon Leszczynski and Brandi Wilson find a car to their liking at the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance VIP Party on April 25. (Vincent Andrunas)

    Scripps Park party gets La Jolla Concours d’Elegance engine started

    By La Jolla Light
    May 5, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.
    Photo gallery
    La Jollan Richard Stennes installed sprinklers beside his residence to periodically spray Citrotech over plants. (Richard Stennes)

    La Jolla homeowner gives citrus-based fire retardant a try and beckons others to do the same

    By Noah Lyons
    May 5, 2025 at 7:03 a.m.
    Many area residents have expressed interest in buying Citrotech and associated equipment, its maker says
    The La Jolla High School varsity lacrosse team will have a very different look next season. (Britta Richardson)

    La Jolla High lacrosse program looks to future as it loses 14 seniors

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 4, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.
    Varsity coach Adam Morawski says losing them 'is going to be tough' but he's optimistic...
    La Jolla High School’s Max Wendoll and twin brother Zack play during the CIF San Diego Section Division I team tennis finals May 3. (Xavier Hernandez)

    La Jolla High captures CIF San Diego Division I boys tennis title for second straight year

    By The San Diego Union Tribune
    May 4, 2025 at 10:36 a.m.
    Victory over Patrick Henry secures the Vikings' 41st section championship overall
    Maps by Matthew Stone and John Pierce of UC San Diego’s Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science illustrate decreasing national smoking rates since 1992. (Matthew Stone and John Pierce)

    Nationwide decline in smoking is led by young adults, UC San Diego study says

    By Noah Lyons
    May 4, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.
    The national rate of cigarette use is projected to fall to under 5% by 2035
    A collage of images from the plays featured in the 2024 Wagner New Play Festival at UC San Diego. The 2025 festival is now underway through May 17, (Rich Soublet II and Arlene Banuelos)

    UCSD’s 2025 Wagner New Play festival focuses on relationships

    By Pam Kragen
    May 7, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.
    Five new plays written by MFA playwriting candidates will be presented this month at three...
    Meagan Browning, environmental services program manager with the city, speaks with Point Loma resident Ann Link, right, about a new city trash fee proposal during a forum on Monday, April 7, 2025, in San Diego.   (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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    Three La Jolla students win big at California Science and Engineering Fair

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    May 3, 2025 at 10:34 p.m.
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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 2, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.
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    La Jolla author makes first foray into young-adult literature in ‘Run Away With Me’

    By Noah Lyons
    May 2, 2025 at 2:57 p.m.
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    Clockwise from top left, Becky Cherlin Baird, Silvana Christy, Dr. Laurie Greenberg, Lori Kaye, Rabbi Yael Ridberg and Tina Beranbaum will be honored June 5 and 8 in “Women of Valor” as part of the 2025 Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival. (JFest)

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    May 2, 2025 at 10:36 a.m.
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    May 2, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.
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    A 10-unit accessory dwelling unit complex under construction in April in Clairemont, where rents are essentially flat. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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    By David Garrick
    May 2, 2025 at 3:34 a.m.
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    Signs were placed around La Jolla last year encouraging people to sign a petition ing potential cityhood. (Mark Munoz)

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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
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    By Noah Lyons
    May 1, 2025 at 12:39 p.m.
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    Bishop’s School junior Ella Xing shows a display about her award-winning emergency simulation project at the 2025 Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair. (Peilin Fu)

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    By Noah Lyons
    May 1, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.
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    By David Garrick
    May 2, 2025 at 3:27 a.m.
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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 30, 2025 at 4:21 p.m.
    The next step is the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission's study of the proposal,...
    San Diego’s summer construction moratorium in beach areas is being discontinued to allow for “timely completion of projects,” according to a city memo. (Kris Colvin)

    San Diego to halt summer coastal construction moratorium to help get projects completed

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    May 1, 2025 at 12:07 p.m.
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    A grand jury report calls for more transparency from the city of San Diego in reporting parking meter revenue and how it is used. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Grand jury report takes aim at San Diego parking policies

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    May 1, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.
    The report says the city must improve transparency on how it uses parking revenue and...
    Crews pull Toyota Prius up to Coast Boulevard from the ocean near La Jolla Cove on Wednesday. A 76 year-old driver, who went over the cliff into the ocean Tuesday night, died.  (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Driver, 76, dies after rescue from vehicle that plunged into La Jolla Cove

    By Teri Figueroa
    April 30, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.
    The Toyota Prius went over a cliff and into the ocean just after 8:05 p.m....
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    By La Jolla Light
    April 30, 2025 at 11:03 a.m.
    La Jolla studio merges science, technology and personal training
    The Quill & Ink Poetry Contest presented by Librarian on the Go was open to youths in kindergarten through 12th grade. (Provided by Katia Graham)

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    By Katia Graham
    April 30, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.
    The works demonstrate that depth of sentiment is not solely reserved for adults
    A view from the Scripps Coastal Reserve in La Jolla (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

    UCSD withdraws, then resubmits, application to continue Scripps Coastal Reserve closure

    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 29, 2025 at 5:03 p.m.
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    Zeke Grantenhammer, 2, looks at an oarfish on display at the Birch Aquaium in La Jolla on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Eerie ‘doomsday fish’ stirring interest at La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium

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    April 30, 2025 at 3:49 p.m.
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    By La Jolla Light
    April 29, 2025 at 2:03 p.m.
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    A handrail is pictured next to a stairway in La Jolla after it broke off, resulting in injury to a pedestrian who was using it. (Anne Caddick)

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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 29, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.
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    George “Theo” Theodorakos’ second L&G Projects gallery is at 1111 Prospect St. (George Theodorakos)

    La Jolla Business Roundup: Interior design, wine, art, men’s aesthetics, more

    By Noah Lyons
    April 29, 2025 at 12:07 p.m.
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    Motorists took to parking at an angle at one location immediately in front of the La Jolla Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in the 2500 block of Torrey Pines Road. However, the section in question has since been painted red. (Ted Cosby)

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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 29, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.
    The city of San Diego already had planned to paint the curb in the 2500...
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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 28, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.
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    A 1943 Packard 8 convertible beckons as one of the more than 170 classic cars on display April 27 during the 19th annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance at Scripps Park. (Vincent Andrunas)

    Classics roll in for La Jolla Concours d’Elegance

    By La Jolla Light
    April 28, 2025 at 12:20 p.m.
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    April 28, 2025 at 7:03 a.m.
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    This garden was featured on last year’s La Jolla Historical Society Secret Garden Tour, which will have its 2025 edition on Saturday, May 17. (Pablo Mason)

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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 27, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.
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    Andrew Ward, a professor of integrative structural and computational biology, stands with the Titan Krios electron microscope at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla on April 11, 2025. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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    By Gary Robbins
    April 29, 2025 at 5:33 p.m.
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    The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla will host its signature fundraiser, “The Talk of the Town,” on Saturday, May 10. (File)

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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 26, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.
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    A rendering depicts the proposed six-home Cielo Mar development in La Jolla Shores. (Will & Fotsch Architects)

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    By Ashley Mackin Solomon
    April 26, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.
    The proposal would consolidate three parcels on La Jolla Shores Drive and subdivide them into...
    Architect Dale Naegle’s former home at 2210 Avenida de la Playa in La Jolla Shores, known as “Shoppe Keeper,” is being listed for sale with an asking price of $4.1 million. (Team Hendricks Homes)

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    By Noah Lyons
    April 29, 2025 at 12:08 p.m.
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    San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan speaks at the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition’s “Be the Light” event against human trafficking on April 24 at The Lot in La Jolla. (Noah Lyons)

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    By La Jolla Light
    April 25, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.
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