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Types of multi-use facilities: Class 1: • Multi-use path • 8-foot paved • 2-foot graded edge minimum on each side
Workshop helps shape inter-city bike trail design
Residents, cyclists and public works officials gathered for a community workshop at the Nobel Recreation Center on May 29 to zero in on the most preferred route for 10 miles of proposed multi-use b...
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Killer of La Jolla High grad gets 50 to life
The convicted gunman who killed 18-year-old Mission Beach resident Garrett Berki during a deadly Craigslist computer sale in 2011 was sentenced May 31 to 50 years to life in state prison. The getaw...
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La Jolla restaurant robbed at gunpoint — Two unidentified men robbed La Jolla’s Flame Broiler Restaurant, located at 8855 Villa La Jolla Drive, just after 9 p.m. on May 23. Both suspects...
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State Sen. Marty Block
School districts gain flexibility in governor’s budget proposal
Big changes may be afoot for school districts if Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2013-14 budget comes to fruition. For the first time since fiscal year 2008-09, California students will see increa...
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Samuel Carrillo, center, receives $2,500 each toward college expenses for the 2013-14 school year from the Ronald McDonald House Charities/Hispanic American Commitment to Education Scholarship.
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‘Waste No Water’ artists honored City of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, Council President Todd Gloria, Council President Pro Tem Sherri Lightner and the entire San Diego City Council honored the w...
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CHANGE OF HANDS: Despite an 11th-hour bid by Mayor Bob Filner to stave off the sale of the old Mission Beach Elementary School property, San Diego Unified School District trustees moved ahead with the formal sale to La Jolla-based McKellar-Ashbrook LLC on May 14. Photo by Don Balch.
Mission Beach Elementary property sells for $18.5M to La Jolla developer
Despite a joint last-minute attempt by Mayor Bob Filner and San Diego Unified School Board (SDUSD) member Scott Barnett to save the Mission Beach Elementary School property from sale to La Jolla-ba...
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Non-denominational San Diego Bible Church has relocated to the Torrey Pines Christian Church campus at 8320 La Jolla Scenic Drive North. Services will be held Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 8:...
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Civic Report: La Jolla Village Merchants Association, May 8
The mayor has been approached about doing something to quell the smell at La Jolla Cove. The city’s council overseeing Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) could be out of business. And La Jolla m...
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Civic Report: La Jolla Shores Association, May 8
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) got a positive reaction May 8 from the La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) after DAR members suggested Kellogg Park be considered by the LJSA as histor...
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Civic Report: Bird Rock Community Council, May 7
The on-again, off-again problem with off-leash dogs at Calumet Park is on-again. Public donations are still needed to fund the much-needed remodel of a police satellite station serving Bird Rock. T...
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Civic Report: La Jolla Town Council. May 9
Access Youth Academy uses sport to promote academic achievement and leadership Access Youth Academy board member Malcolm Bohm and executive director Renato Paiva paid a visit to the La Jolla Town...
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The La Jolla post office's WPA-era mural. DON BALCH
Historic Resources Board temporarily holds off post office designation
Despite the United States Postal Service’s opposition to any further continuance on the historic designation of La Jolla’s historic Wall Street post office, the Historic Resources Board (HRB) grant...
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La Jolla resident Len Lazarus was cited by the city for his masonry mailbox, similar to this one, because it apparently did not conform to USPS guidelines. Lazarus contends that it does.
Resident cited by city says mailboxes common to local neighborhoods, USPS guidelines followed
When Len Lazarus decided to do a major remodel of his home starting in 2000, he thought of every little detail, right down to the aesthetic appeal of the box where his mail gets dropped every day. ...
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An image shows the south La Jolla state marine conservation area and the state marine reserve. Courtesy Department of Fish & Game
A look at marine protected areas one year later
Little more than one year after the marine protected areas (MPAs) off San Diego’s coast took effect, environmental groups met with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to discuss the late...
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La Jolla land use 101
For any newcomer to La Jolla, land use policies can be bewildering. The complex maze of acronyms, convoluted rules based on planned district boundaries and the never-ending stream of projects comin...
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