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A sign in front of UCSD’s Geisel Library guides attendees of the Clinton Global Initiative, which took place April 1 to 3, to the right conference locations. Photo by Claire Harlin
Science a spotlight of Clinton conference in La Jolla
What’s at the top of Bill Clinton’s list of environmental issues facing the world? The manifestations of climate change. So said the former U.S. president in his visit to the University of Califor...
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From left: Twins Malina and Maya Hood are both starters on the La Jolla Country Day basketball team, which made it to the state semifinals this past season. Photo by Lee Cornell
Sports profile: Hood twins hold down the hoop
Maya and Malina Hood are both star players on the La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) girl’s basketball team. But for this set of twins, most of the similarities end there. “First of all, we don’t even l...
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Honk for school funding: LJHS students hold rally to 'conquer the cuts'
About 40 La Jolla High School students gathered at the corner of Fay Avenue and Nautilus Street before morning classes on April 1 in support of the "Conquer the Cuts" fundraising campaign to raise ...
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Jury convicts Troyer in cafe crash case
Jury convicts Troyer in cafe crash case A jury on April 6 found La Jollan Ronald Troyer, 66, guilty of all charges relating to his Aug. 15 crash into Cass Street Café. He is convicted of driving u...
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Kristin Cleavinger will represent La Jolla in the Miss California Teen USA pageant in November. Courtesy photo
‘Miss Teen’ La Jolla a star of service
A whirlwind, a marathon, being shot out of a cannon. Take your pick of metaphors. This is Kristin Cleavinger's life right now, as she prepares to represent La Jolla at the Miss California Teen USA ...
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A line of classic cars could be seen leaving La Jolla s Ellen Browning Scripps Park at the end of the April 3 Motor Car Classic. Photo by Don Balch
La Jolla car show attracts thousands
Nearly 200 special cars and an estimated 5,000 people descended on La Jolla on April 3 for the La Jolla Motor Car Classic, which will benefit the La Jolla Historical Society and the Monarch School....
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La Jollan Ray Stevens will undertake the Marathon des Sables, a 156-mile race across southern Morocco. Stevens is one of 24 Americans attempting the six-day challenge. Courtesy photo
La Jollan takes on 156-mile desert marathon
Raymond Stevens is taking fundraising to a new level. The Scripps Research Institute (SRI) professor, who heads the Stevens Laboratory at the campus, will be running for a cause — across the desert...
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Trial begins in cafe crash
A La Jolla man is on trial on charges he crashed his truck into Cass Street Café, located at 5550 La Jolla Blvd., injuring three teenagers and seriously injuring two adults in August. Testimony ag...
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• Local volunteer, philanthropist and community leader Elaine Galinson (right) was presented the prestigious Kipnis-Wilson Friedland award at the recent Jewish Federation of San Diego Lion of Judah luncheon, hosted by the Women’s Philanthropy Division. Courtesy photo
People in the news: March 31
• Golden Triangle law firm Fisher and Phillips LLP announced the addition of Spencer Skeen as a partner and litigator with experience in labor law, representing employers in harassment and discri...
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La Jolla car show rolls in this weekend
Keith Martin knows his cars. A writer, publisher, television commentator and car enthusiast, he’s been in the hobby of collecting cars for more than 30 years. He also knows the La Jolla Motor Car ...
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Pursuit over for Bird Rock Farmers market
In a statement issued on March 29, the Bird Rock Farmers Market Committee announced that it will no longer pursue the opening of a Bird Rock Farmers Market at Mira Monte Plaza. Catt White of San ...
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Tougher pot dispensary rules OK’d by city
Following a five-hour debate, the City Council voted 5-2 on Monday to pass a medical marijuana ordinance that limits dispensaries to light industrial zones, which means most of the current pot shop...
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Man convicted of sexual battery, burglary in La Jolla
A jury on March 24 convicted a man of residential burglary and sexual battery for following a La Jolla woman home from a beach party last summer and fondling her in her bed at 4 a.m. Bryan Patrick...
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La Jolla events: March 31 — April 7
THURSDAY, March 31 • Wonderland: Chunky Move, 6 p.m., Wagner Theater at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, part of Wonderland dance festival, featured performance art by two choreographers, Byron Perry an...
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Megan Heine stands with husband and business partner, David Heine, inside their restaurant, Beaumont’s Eatery. Photo courtesy of Amy Fellows
Hospitality star of the week: Local restaurateur has been serving the community since age 11
For Megan Heine, hospitality is not just a career and passion — it’s a family tradition. Heine, along with her husband David, is credited for transforming the Bird Rock restaurant scene with her o...
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A partnership between Mission Bay High School and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography allows students to engage in hands-on study aboard the research vessel Melville. Courtesy photo
High schools partner with SIO
Mission Bay High School (MBHS), partnering with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), continues to make new inroads into one of the nation’s leading marine-sciences programs at the high sc...
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The current SIO Library building was built in 1977. Among those protesting the building’s closure are students who say the library serves as a unique meeting place for the Scripps community. Photo by Don Balch
Riptide of funding cuts may mean the end of Scripps library
With budget cuts rearing their ugly head on a regular basis, news of more casualties falls on almost numb ears. The University of California, San Diego, however, is feeling the threat of tightening...
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La Jolla Shores residents question waverunner tours
Personal watercraft tours of La Jolla's state-protected coastal waters have sparked environmental concerns and will be a major topic of discussion at next month's La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA)...
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Gordon E. Dunfee Esq.
People in the news: March 24
• La Jollan Gordon E. Dunfee, Esq., has been elected president of the California Receivers Forum, San Diego Chapter, for the 2011 term. A veteran real estate broker, developer, court-appointed re...
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Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are charting giant undersea mountains located in the South Atlantic Ocean approximately 1,200 miles southwest of Cape Town, South Africa. Photos courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps discovering mammoth undersea mountains
Scientists aboard the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s (SIO) research vessel Melville are mapping a chain of gigantic South Atlantic undersea mountains that have never before been charted. The...
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Jeanie Carlstead, founder of La Jolla Yoga Center, stands with yoga master Erich Schiffman. Courtesy photo
Master yogi comes to La Jolla Yoga Center
Jeanie Carlstead, founder and director of La Jolla Yoga Center (LJYC), first met accomplished yoga master Erich Schiffman 23 years ago when she was practicing at a studio in Encinitas. “I had been...
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La Jolla events: March 24 — March 31
THURSDAY, March 24 • Cooking class: “The other white meat,” 6 p.m., The Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., class devoted to pork and complimentary side dishes, (858) 459-0831, $40 members, $45 ...
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Guests of La Valencia’s wine series event “Battle Chardonnay: France vs. California” enjoyed fine libations and cheeses on March 16. The hotel’s next wine seminar will take place on March 30 and feature wine, cheese and chocolate pairings. Photo by Claire Harlin
Time for wine: Get schooled on seasonal pairings at La Valencia
On May 24, 1976 a British wine merchant organized the well-known Judgement of Paris, a wine competition in which French judges did a blind tasting of French and California chardonnays and cabernets...
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Participants in last year’s Team VAVi Running Club push through a long training run in La Jolla. Coach Blake Miller focuses on helping participants achieve their running goals, while not forgetting the importance of the social aspect. “We have actually had marriages spark out of our club,” he said. Photo courtesy of Blake Miller
Four La Jolla women gear up for the run of their lives
Editor's note: This story is the first of a series following four La Jolla women in their training for the La Jolla Half and Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. Reporter Kendra Hartmann is training alongside ...
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Numbers in on Independent La Jolla
At the March 9 meeting of the La Jolla Shores Association, a spokesperson for Independent La Jolla outlined the recent headway made by the group lobbying for an autonomous La Jolla. Cindi Greatrex...
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Mike Willoughby, who swims at the Cove daily, scratches a seal on the chin. Photo by Jim Grant
What's his story: UCSD professor has close encounters of the pinniped kind
Meet Mike Willoughby. The University of California, San Diego economics professor moved to La Jolla in 1989 and he’s taken daily swims at the La Jolla Cove ever since. Besides the fact that he lik...
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“D.G. Wills Books looks like a 19th century Cracker Barrel Old Country Store/hardware store that you might see in an old John Ford western.” — Dennis Wills, D.G. Wills Books owner
Local indie bookstores survive despite recession
The publishing industry took a hit recently when Borders Group Inc., the country’s second-largest book retailer, announced it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close 200 of its store...
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La Jolla real estate agent pleads guilty to burglary, identity theft
A La Jolla real estate agent has pleaded guilty to stealing another person’s credit card and using it at a Neiman Marcus store. Steven Swilley-Francoeur, 49, will be sentenced April 5 by San Diego...
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City may dispense pot regulations
The following items are expected to be included in an ordinance to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries that will be considered March 28 by the San Diego City Council. Local opponents have voice...
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Civic report: La Jolla Shores Association meeting, March 9:
Jet skis at the Cove? Not so fast. Residents emphatically voiced their opposition to a commercial campaign by a San Diego company Seaforth Boat Rental to “see La Jolla Cove like you never have b...
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La Jolla events: March 17 — 24
THURSDAY, March 17 • La Jolla Town Council Sunsetter mixer, 5 to 7 p.m., come meet and mingle with your community leaders from politics, the arts and non-profits, as well as merchants, business ...
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Susie Nguyen swings a feather boa as part of a salsa dance routine. Commonly known as “Salsa Susie,” Nguyen and her dance company were chosen to perform in a private audition for the TV show “America’s Got Talent.” Courtesy photo
La Jolla's dancing queens: Local dancers celebrate culture through meticulous movement
Susie Nguyen, ranked 15th in the world by ESPN for her salsa dancing, is less than five feet tall, but her vivacious personality, ambition and entrepreneurialism have made her dancing career a nota...
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Planners to revisit appeal procedure
The La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) is revisiting its appeal procedures in the face of a 30-day deadline issued by attorneys for developer Bob Whitney on March 2, who is asking the ...
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Varun Krishnan, a Bishop’s eighth-grader, was recently named a Life Master by the United States Chess Federation. DON BALCH | Village News
Chess King: Bishop’s chess star, 13, named Life Master
Aler Krishnan helped teach her son Varun how to play chess because she wanted him to have the same fond memories that she had growing up of playing the game with family. She did not expect her son ...
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Planning board elects new trustees
The La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) voted for a new slate of trustees at its March 3 meeting, returning several incumbents to the board for another term. There were 10 candidates r...
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Civic report: March 3 La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA)
In case you weren’t at this month’s La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) on March 3, here’s a roundup of what you missed: • Amendments to the LJCPA’s bylaws were the subject of a specia...
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La Jolla nail salon robber gets five years
A woman who tried to rob a La Jolla nail salon and succeeded in robbing another store hours earlier was sentenced March 4 to five years in state prison. Probation was rejected for Soyla Bernice G...
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La Jolla planners to appeal Whitney project again
The stage is set for another La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) appeal fight, as the board of trustees voted, amid some irregularities, to file an appeal of the Planning Commission’s a...
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La Jolla events: March 10 — March 17
THURSDAY, March 10 • “Invitational Passover Show: Old Story/New Works,” an interpretation of Passover by 28 artists; opening reception with artists, 7:30 p.m., Gotthelf Art Gallery, San Diego Ce...
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Salk taps into interrupting the aging process
Substantial evidence suggests that lifespan is increased if an organism restricts its daily calorie intake, a regimen that some say works by simply making life seem longer. A team of scientists fro...
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Scripps study points to liver, not brain, as origin of Alzheimer’s plaques
Unexpected results from a Scripps Research Institute and ModGene, LLC study could completely alter scientists’ ideas about Alzheimer’s disease — pointing to the liver instead of the brain as the so...
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Regrowing hair: Salk researchers may have accidentally discovered a solution
Salk Institute researchers Jean Rivier and Catherine Rivier were investigating how stress affects gastrointestinal function when they may have found a chemical compound that induces hair growth by ...
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Residents outline concerns about proposed Bird Rock farmers market
 The issue of whether to grant permission for a new farmers market in Bird Rock drew a large crowd of residents eager to voice their concerns before the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board (T&T...
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Desmond Tutu makes one of his last international public speaking appearances on Feb. 23 at the Scripps Seaside Forum as part of a conference about human genomics. The former Cape Town Archbishop was the first African to have his genome sequenced when he donated some of his cells for research. Photo by Paul Hansen
Tutu shares wisdom in La Jolla
Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, spent two days in La Jolla last week, concluding with Scripps Seaside Forum appearance, in which he and a panel spoke to an audience on F...
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A playful pod: Photographer catches dolphins in action
Some lively dolphins made a visit to La Jolla Shores during a recent surf contest, making the sporting event a memorable one for spectators. The playful visitors came right into the shallows and we...
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A low-tide find
An extremely large “king tide” rolled away recently, giving exposure to reef areas not usually accessible. On this particular journey south of La Jolla Shores, photographer Don Balch did a little e...
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Two men get 5 years for Torrey Pines drownings
Two men who helped pilot a panga boat that overturned, causing two people to drown off Torrey Pines State Beach in an immigrant smuggling operation, were sentenced Feb. 25 to five years each in fed...
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Dr. Tom Albright
People in the news: March 3
• The Salk Institute for Biological Studies recently announced a gift from Conrad Prebys, a Salk trustee, to establish the Conrad T. Prebys Endowed Chair in Vision Research for Dr. Tom Albright....
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This 4-year-old boy has Hutchinson-Gilford progeria, a condition that makes his age eight to 10 times faster than normal. Courtesy of The Progeria Research Foundation
Video feature: Aging, interrupted
LA JOLLA — While the population is aging at a greater pace than ever, surprisingly, researchers say, little is known about the human aging process because it’s hard to study lifespans of eight deca...
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Traffic board holds off on Torrey Pines Corridor project
The La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board (T&T) took no action on the $26.5 million Torrey Pines Corridor project, which supporters say will slow down traffic and provide better access and safety...
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Students in Mark Lozano’s Jan. 30 freediving course make their way into the water at La Jolla Shores to practice their technique of holding their breath and descending head first. Lozano teaches his students to always dive within reach of a partner, because loss of motor control and blackouts are always possible. Photo by Don Balch
Freedivers do it ‘au naturel’
Mark Lozano’s students all have different reasons for wanting to learn how to freedive. Some of them want a new hobby, some want to get some exercise and some want to dive for lobsters. But all und...
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SeaWorld veterinarian Dr. Hendrik Nollens (left) and senior animal care specialist Steve Dunn (right) perform an exam on a young harbor seal pup rescued Feb. 17 from the Children’s Pool in La Jolla. The male pup, estimated to be less than a weak old, is suffering from an infection and is being treated with antibiotics. Photo courtesy of SeaWorld
Baby seal rescued from Children’s Pool
The SeaWorld Animal Rescue and Rehab Program rescued an abandoned and sick harbor seal pup from the Children’s Pool in La Jolla on Feb. 17. “This animal had been on the beach and didn’t seem to ha...
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A pair of Western Gulls court and bond on the bluffs near the Cave Store. The two gently tapped their bills together, making a soft clicking sound. Photo by Karen Straus
Photo gallery: La Jolla at forefront of 2011 Bird Festival
As spring rolls in, it’s once again time for the Audubon Society’s annual Bird Festival — and local bird fans are in luck because this year’s fest features a couple La Jolla events. The Birch Aqu...
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Local young musicians perform on Feb. 13 outside Harvard Cookie Girl Cooking School as part of a school music program fundraiser. <b>Back row, from left:</b> Louis Zigman (percussion) and Jay Sanchioli (electric bass); <b>Middle row:</b> Diego Nevarez (baritone), Tyler Knapp (baritone), Duke Becker (trumpet), Scott Strange (tenor sax), Seunghee Kim (alto sax), Andy Hill (clarinet) and Martha Moreno (baritone sax); <b>Front row:</b> Krista Yorgin (flute), Sophia Hardy (oboe), Izabel Hardy (oboe) and Michael Fiedler (conducting). Courtesy photo
Students play to pay for programs
Funding cuts to educational programs have many worried, and local visual and performing arts (VAPA) students have decided to do something about it. In an effort to raise funds for the La Jolla Hig...
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People in the news: Feb. 24
• Jessica Aszodi, 24, of La Jolla was the first-place winner in the vocal category of the Jan. 29 La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) Young Artists Competition. The soprano is a graduate student o...
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Public, planners given voice on beach-advertising concept
Mayor Jerry Sanders continues to float the idea of selling advertising space on lifeguard towers and other beach properties to help generate municipal revenue during a time of fiscal crisis. City C...
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Rosamond Loomis stands near the Bishop’s tower during her years as headmistress from 1953 to 1962. Courtesy photo
Bishop’s celebrates a milestone with 100th birthday of former headmistress
More than 200 people, Bishop’s alumnae and faculty as well as friends of Rosamond Loomis, attended a 100th birthday party for the former headmistress on Feb. 12, marking a major milestone in the sc...
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National Engineers Week holds competition in La Jolla
National Engineers Week, organized by a formal coalition of more that 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies, is making a stop in La Jolla on Feb. 26 for its MATHCOU...
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