La Jolla Light

April 11, 2025 at 5:45 p.m.

Lisa Marie Russell’s book follows the perspective of her dog Lukas as he braves diabetes...

A flier promotes “Nick Broms: What’s the Rush?” which is now available to stream on Tubi. (Donovan Griffin)

Documentary about La Jolla native is picked up by national streaming service

April 11, 2025 at 11:39 a.m.

Nick Broms is the subject of a 2022 film that this month premiered on Tubi...

Bird Rock Community Council board member Craig Bender; Crystal White, a BirdStock presenting sponsor; event co-chairwomen and co-founders Merisa Titlow, Arianna Opsvig and Kelsey Martin; and Community Council President Joe Terry attend the 2024 BirdStock Music Festival on Oct. 19. (Vincent Andrunas)

BirdStock gets grant funding to help pay for 2024 festival, plus a date for 2025

April 10, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

Bird Rock Community Council secured $10,000 for last year's event and will pursue another grant...

Members of the La Jolla Village Merchants Association board and LJVMA Executive Director Jodi Rudick (right) meet at the Empress Hotel on April 9. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

La Jolla merchants board casts off criticism of director and gives her a positive review

April 10, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

Village Merchants Association Executive Director Jodi Rudick also is approved for a raise weeks after...

The La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee supported construction of an accessory dwelling unit on this property at 5710 La Jolla Mesa Drive. (Marengo Morton Architects)

La Jolla permit reviewers support ADU project, but plan for 8,266-square-foot house will return

April 10, 2025 at 12:28 p.m.

The DPR Committee meets virtually after being given the go-ahead by the La Jolla Community...

UCSD students Vivian Dueker (left) and Adalia Luo are trying to raise enough money to continue producing the print addition of The Guardian newspaper. (Gary Robbins/San Diego Union-Tribune.)

Will UCSD’s student newspaper write its own obituary? Its leaders plead for funding to stay afloat

April 11, 2025 at 6:14 a.m.

Not unlike the broader industry, the 58-year-old publication is facing financial problems and changing reader...

Ian Ralph, assistant management analyst of environmental services, left, answers questions from Point Loma resident Renee Kuerbis about a new trash fee proposal that the City will soon vote during a forum on Monday, April 7, 2025 in San Diego. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego cuts trash pickup price after residents balk. Here’s what it could now cost.

By David Garrick

April 9, 2025 at 5:46 p.m.

To reduce the proposed fees, the city is not eliminating or scaling back any of the...

La Jolla’s a long distance from the Netherlands, but we’ll take the Dutch iris. (Deanne Monte)

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

April 10, 2025 at 1:15 a.m.

Photo gallery

The American Patchwork Quartet will perform Friday, April 25, at The JAI in La Jolla. (La Jolla Music Society)

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

April 8, 2025 at 4:11 p.m.

Local events and activities

Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, April 10-18

April 8, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.

Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives

Guests mingle at the 2024 San Diego French Film Festival. This year’s event is May 4-7 at The Lot in La Jolla. (Diane Hamacher)

French filmmaking to take center stage at festival in La Jolla

April 8, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

San Diego French Film Festival will return for its fifth year May 4-7 at The...

Tara Monsod, executive chef of Le Coq in La Jolla, is a finalist for the James Beard Award for Best Chef: California. (Matt Furman)

La Jolla News Nuggets: Chef award finalist, Kids Artwalk, author award, more

April 8, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

News and events in brief

Scripps Research was notified Monday that its federal grant to conduct wastewater infectious disease surveillance in San Diego County has been terminated, shown here on Monday, April 7, 2025. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

DOGE cuts shut down San Diego County’s wastewater testing system

By Paul Sisson

April 9, 2025 at 11:37 a.m.

Other alternatives are available, but none show coronavirus subtypes like San Diego's SEARCH

Motorists have taken 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. (Ted Cosby)

‘A potential hazard’: Parking behavior on Torrey Pines Road raises alarm

April 7, 2025 at 2:03 p.m.

Cars are being parked diagonally at a spot immediately in front of the La Jolla...

La Jolla crime and public safety news: Police blotter

April 8, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.

Crime and public safety

Departing La Jolla Community Planning Association President Harry Bubbins stands with incoming President Lisa Kriedeman. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

La Jolla planners elect architect Lisa Kriedeman as new president

April 8, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.

Lisa Kriedeman will take over from outgoing president Harry Bubbins, who said 'there are so...

Luce et Studio’s newest endeavor, Et Galerie, blends the La Jolla architecture studio with works by artists from around the world. (Eugenio Iglesias)

Architecture and art collide in La Jolla exhibition

April 7, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

Luce et Studio launches Et Galerie with pieces by artist Claudy Jongstra

Community members are joined by representatives of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department at an April 2 fire safety workshop in La Jolla. (Noah Lyons)

Community moves to officially form La Jolla Fire Safe Council

April 6, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

All that remain to be done are agreeing on a map of the local fire...

Cal Fire’s new interactive Fire Hazard Severity Zones map indicates Soledad Natural Park and La Jolla Heights Natural Park as “very high” hazard zones. (Screenshot by Noah Lyons)

New fire hazard map reveals risks in La Jolla and beyond

April 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Areas of Soledad Natural Park, La Jolla Heights Natural Park, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve...

Students from UC San Diego walk along Library Walk at UC San Diego on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Trump administration cancels 5 international student visas at UCSD; another student deported

April 5, 2025 at 10:25 p.m.

The government also told a handful of students from UCLA and Stanford to leave the...

In addition to his research into 19th century Great Plains tribal artist identification, Peter Bowles is currently working on his 13th painted tipi inspired by similar subjects. (Peter Bowles)

La Jolla resident continues decades-long research and art inspired by tribal artists

April 6, 2025 at 5:46 p.m.

England-born Peter Bowles is making his 13th painted tipi and nearing the end of a...

People watch sea lions at La Jolla Cove in December. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Cove Access group progressing toward education-based, shared-use solution

April 5, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.

The La Jolla Cove Access working group agreed during a recent meeting to combine its...

La Jolla native Ian Ward holding the so-called ‘golden ticket’ to Hollywood following his American Idol audition. (Provided by Ian Ward)

La Jolla native Ian Ward reflects on short-lived ‘American Idol’ experience

April 5, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

Ward received a "golden ticket" thanks to an audition that impressed Lionel Richie and Carrie...

Mikita Li is one of the youngest piano concerto composers in the world. (Li family)

10-year-old concerto composer anticipates La Jolla performance

April 7, 2025 at 3:55 a.m.

Mikita Li began playing piano at age 5 and has since been invited to several...

Signs were placed around La Jolla encouraging people to sign a petition supporting potential cityhood. (Mark Munoz)

Cityhood advocates collect 1,500 signatures in recent campaign

April 4, 2025 at 10:33 a.m.

After a “Herculean” few weeks of petition gathering, the Association for the City of La...

Hal Jacobs, event chairwoman Debby Jacobs, Irwin Jacobs, La Jolla Playhouse Managing Director Debby Buchholz and Artistic Director Christopher Ashley attend the playhouse’s annual gala March 29. (Vincent Andrunas)

La Jolla Playhouse gala celebrates theater and philanthropy

April 4, 2025 at 1:15 a.m.

Photo gallery

La Jolla resident and longtime San Diego Historical Resources Board member Courtney Coyle. (Provided by Courtney Coyle)

La Jollan Courtney Coyle to step down from historical review board

April 4, 2025 at 1:31 p.m.

Coyle's appointment to the San Diego County Historic Site Board marks the end of her...

La Jollans Anthony and Christina Adams will release their debut novel, “Chasing Shadows,” on Friday, April 25. (Ollie Media)

‘Chasing Shadows’: La Jollans’ debut novel delves into family mystery

April 3, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

The story by Anthony and Christina Adams is inspired by a shocking turn of events...

UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla walks the campus for photos at UCSD on Friday, May 20, 2022 in San Diego, CA. (Eduardo Contreras / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

UCSD braces for possible $500M in annual cuts, shelves some building plans

April 4, 2025 at 7:44 a.m.

Reductions on that scale would seriously hurt research and threaten jobs at the region's second-largest...

One of Swirled’s offerings is a strawberry red velvet cinnamon roll. (Swirled)

Aiming for national rollout, Swirled puts its own spin on cinnamon rolls

April 2, 2025 at 11:03 a.m.

La Jollan Eli Moeller and baker Daria Nadar sell their array of rolls through their...

A mother seal and her day-old pup rest on the sand at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla. (Robyn Davidoff)

UCSD ‘Pup Patrol’ gives and gets education about La Jolla harbor seals

By Robyn Davidoff

April 2, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

The Sierra Club Seal Society trains about 40 students to help provide public education during...

UC San Diego neuroscientist Anders Dale has been appointed president of the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla. (Anders Dale)

Scientist renowned for study of adolescent brains named president of J. Craig Venter Institute

April 3, 2025 at 11:33 a.m.

Anders Dale says he will move roughly $10 million in NIH funding from UCSD to...

A piece by a Gillispie School sixth-grader was chosen for the San Diego Museum of Art Young Art 2025 exhibition. (Gillispie School)

La Jolla students among young artists showcased at San Diego Museum of Art

April 6, 2025 at 7:38 p.m.

The museum presents its Young Art 2025 exhibition, 'Nurture and Nature,' starting April 5

Concrete is crumbling on the Camino de la Costa beach stairway in La Jolla. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

‘A huge safety issue’: La Jollans want answers on crumbling Camino de la Costa stairs

April 1, 2025 at 5:18 p.m.

A feasibility study for repairing the staircase that leads to the ocean is expected this...

Kahlil Childs will lead his jazz quartet on Wednesday, April 16, in La Jolla. (La Jolla Music Society)

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

April 1, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Local events and activities

Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, April 3-11

April 1, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.

Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives

Hamachi crudo topped with avocado and tomatillo is included in the new seasonal dinner menu at The Kitchen at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla. (Kimberly Matos)

La Jolla Business Roundup: Contrast therapy, dining, optometry, apparel and more

April 1, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

R3, Lucien, See Me Optometry, LSpace and Dreame Technology are some of the area's new...

Will and Noah Stupin of La Jolla are pictured during a donation drive last year for Voices for Children. This week, they completed a fundraising and awareness effort for the nonprofit. (Taylor Stupin)

La Jolla News Nuggets: Volunteer brothers, surf team, mosquito-borne viruses, Alzheimer’s panel, more

April 9, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

News and events in brief

La Jolla crime and public safety news: Signs and police at bike path; blotter

March 31, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.

Crime and public safety

Mountain yellow-legged frogs are pictured behind the scenes at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, which has joined efforts to bolster the endangered species’ population. (Jordann Tomasek / Birch Aquarium)

Birch Aquarium teams with San Diego Zoo in effort to save endangered native frogs

March 31, 2025 at 9:03 a.m.

The La Jolla aquarium reared 250 tadpoles into mountain yellow-legged frogs with plans of releasing...

Placing a wooden spoon over a pot to keep it from boiling over didn’t work as well as Inga hoped. (Inga)

Let Inga Tell You: Hacks and gadgets: a whole new world. Part 2

By Inga

March 31, 2025 at 7:03 a.m.

Have you tried these internet tips? In many cases, why?

The 2025 La Jolla High School Vikings varsity baseball team will play April 19 in the John Baumgarten Classic at Petco Park. (La Jolla High School)

La Jolla High baseball team to play in John Baumgarten Classic at Petco Park

March 30, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.

'Super pumped' Vikings will play April 19 in the Padres' major-league stadium, La Jolla's first...

UCSD basketball coach Eric Olen stands at center court with his family after a practice ahead of the NCAA Tournament game against Michigan at Denver’s Ball Arena. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

New Mexico hires away UCSD basketball coach Eric Olen

By Mark Zeigler

March 31, 2025 at 6:04 a.m.

The Lobos finished 27-8, claimed the Mountain West regular-season title and won a game in...

Soroptimist of La Jolla Vice President Gaylyn Boone, President Maureen Murphy, Maria Ramirez, Tawn Nguyen and Sharilyn Gallison attend the Live Your Dream Awards luncheon March 22 at the La Jolla Country Club. (Vincent Andrunas)

Soroptimist of La Jolla’s Live Your Dream Awards help women advance educational goals

March 31, 2025 at 1:15 a.m.

Photo gallery

Students from UC San Diego walk along Library Walk at UC San Diego on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

What’s in store for UCSD? With campus leaders largely mum, faculty and students are on edge

March 31, 2025 at 11:52 a.m.

'There's so much that's unknown here, it's like we don't know what to be most...

La Jolla resident Judith Brucker is the 2025 winner of the Peggy Matthews Legacy Award from The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary. (Vincent Andrunas)

‘Messengers of Hope’: Three La Jolla women are honored by Salvation Army

March 30, 2025 at 2:02 p.m.

Judith Brucker gets the Peggy Matthews Legacy Award from the women’s auxiliary while Julie Dubick...

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)

Tourist injured when handrail breaks in La Jolla

March 29, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

The rail, next to a stairway on Prospect Street, broke from its base and gave...

State Sen. Catherine Blakespear (left) congratulates Diane Kane of La Jolla at a March 21 reception in Del Mar for nominees for Blakespear’s Women Who Inspire honors. (Office of Sen. Catherine Blakespear)

La Jolla’s Diane Kane honored in Women Who Inspire event

March 28, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

State Sen. Catherine Blakespear acknowledges women in her district 'who are trailblazers, changemakers and everyday...

The Elsa and George Feher/Frederick Liebhardt/Joseph Yamada House is at 2710 Bordeaux Ave. in La Jolla Shores. (California Historical Resources Inventory)

Two La Jolla properties are designated historic by San Diego board

March 28, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

The Elsa and George Feher/Frederick Liebhardt/Joseph Yamada House in The Shores and the Helen Copley/Henry...

Artistic Director Christopher Ashley’s time at La Jolla Playhouse will end in December. (La Jolla Playhouse)

Christopher Ashley’s tenure at La Jolla Playhouse is almost over, but his work and accolades aren’t

March 30, 2025 at 12:23 a.m.

The Tony-winning artistic leader is directing three productions this year before leaving for New York's...

A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department helicopter hoists a bundle of debris from a former homeless encampment near the Torrey Pines Gliderport on March 27 in La Jolla. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Video: S.D. clears debris from former homeless encampment near Torrey Pines Gliderport

March 28, 2025 at 12:18 p.m.

Cleanup operation gets help from a Fire-Rescue Department helicopter

La Jolla resident Marc Carlos is a criminal defense attorney and published author. His latest book is “The Apparition.” (Provided by Marc Carlos)

La Jolla criminal defense attorney draws on his experience for new book

March 27, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

Marc Carlos' legal tale 'The Apparition' is partly set in La Jolla and is inspired...

The La Jolla Historical Society is at 780 Prospect St. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

La Jolla Historical Society worries about possible loss of federal grants

March 27, 2025 at 12:09 p.m.

The Historical Society has been using grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services,...

A plan to demolish a 1,900-square-foot house at 7356 Rue Michael in La Jolla Shores and build a 6,600-square-foot house in its place got a San Diego hearing officer’s approval March 26. (Bing Maps and La Jolla Light)

‘Significantly larger’ La Jolla Shores home development gets hearing officer’s approval

March 27, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

A plan to replace a 1,900-square-foot house with a 6,600-square-foot house with an ADU at...

The Children’s School Odyssey of the Mind team took first place in the state tournament. The members are Ben, Skye, Sylvie, Freya, Violet, London and Zakai. (The Children’s School)

La Jolla students reach World Finals in problem-solving challenge

March 26, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

A seven-member team of 11-year-olds from The Children's School wins the Odyssey of the Mind...

Crew members of the B-24 bomber “Heaven Can Wait” are pictured during stateside training in 1943. (Provided by Kelly family)

La Jolla scientists aid in repatriation of World War II fliers’ remains

March 26, 2025 at 6:17 p.m.

Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography helped find and identify crew members on a...

The bluffs along Calumet Avenue in Bird Rock are the site of a property planned for emergency repair of the bluff below it. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

Emergency bluff repair expected soon in Bird Rock

March 26, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

A proposal would extend an erodible concrete seawall on a coastal bluff at Calumet Avenue...

Plans are underway to replace the grass in dead and dying areas of the Scripps Park lawn. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

La Jolla board seeks ideas and more money for Scripps Park grass replacement

March 25, 2025 at 5:40 p.m.

Parks & Beaches group will explore ways to keep new grass alive, as well as...

The Great Wall String Quartet will perform Tuesday, April 8, at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla. (Athenaeum Music & Arts Library)

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

March 27, 2025 at 11:47 p.m.

Local events and activities

Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, March 27-April 4

March 25, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives

Five La Jollans to be featured in San Diego Writers Festival on April 5

March 26, 2025 at 1:15 a.m.

The free event in Coronado will include nearly 120 speakers

Hikers walk through the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve in La Jolla. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

La Jolla News Nuggets: Natural reserve events, cityhood signatures, Villa Musica camp, more

March 25, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

News and events in brief

Our Readers Write: Welcome sign, potholes

By Letters To The Editor

March 24, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

Letters to the editor

La Jolla crime and public safety news: Police blotter

March 24, 2025 at 2:03 p.m.

Crime and public safety

Triton Mock Trial’s team in the Opening Round Championship Series hoists the trophy for second place in Los Angeles. (Provided by Lannah Garcia)

UCSD mock trial team prepares and gathers funds for return to national championships

March 24, 2025 at 9:03 a.m.

Nine students and five coaches are headed to Cleveland for the American Mock Trial Association...

Inga tries to re-create a hack with balls of
aluminum foil and coins in a plastic bag full of water. What does it do? (Inga)

Let Inga Tell You: Hacks and gadgets: a whole new world. Part 1

By Inga

March 24, 2025 at 7:03 a.m.

There seems to be a hack, formerly called 'household hint,' for everything. But do they...

La Jolla author Barbara Burton recently launched the nonprofit Neighbors as Family. (Provided by Barbara Burton)

La Jolla author launches nonprofit to help neighbors connect

March 23, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

Inspired by her debut novel last year, Barbara Burton (also known as Barbara Graf) began...

The final Spindrift Drive/Marine Room beach access walkway feasibility study tackles issues with this stairway in La Jolla Shores. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

Feasibility study for stairway repair marks end of Spindrift Drive beach access committee

March 23, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

Report includes options to repair the staircase and add handrails or replace the stairs within...

Opera singer Renée Fleming will make her SummerFest debut in La Jolla on Aug. 5. (La Jolla Music Society)

La Jolla SummerFest cooks up something new with onstage pairings of chamber music greats and prominent chefs

By George Varga

March 24, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.

Bestselling author and New York Times food columnist J. Kenji López-Alt will cook onstage while...

Stuart Stielau and Lisa Kriedeman of Island Architects discuss a proposed home development at 8204 La Jolla Shores Drive during the March 20 La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee meeting. (Noah Lyons)

Home project ‘pushes the envelope’ too far for Shores review committee

March 22, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.

Proposal for a new house on La Jolla Shores Drive is expected to return later...

Sea lions and people mingle at La Jolla Cove. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

La Jolla Cove access group leans toward options of deterring sea lions and combining shared use with behavior education

March 22, 2025 at 12:05 p.m.

The group is looking at ways to maintain public access to The Cove amid conflicts...

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Evelyn Jean Wright stands with the plaque honoring her military service at the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial in La Jolla. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

Mount Soledad ceremony honors women of the military

March 21, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Evelyn Jean Wright, 95, gets a plaque at the National...

These “L-” and “T-” shaped parking markers were placed along Paseo del Ocaso in La Jolla Shores last year. (Erik Gantzel)

Pay it yourself, but don’t do it yourself: La Jolla traffic board backs idea for ‘L’-shaped parking markers

March 21, 2025 at 8:14 p.m.

The board recommends to San Diego a program in which communities would raise money to...

Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner (center) stands with 2025 Women of Impact honorees. (Provided by Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner’s office)

Two La Jolla women among Assembly honorees for ‘breaking glass ceilings’

March 21, 2025 at 12:51 p.m.

Dr. Rebecca Rakow-Penner of UC San Diego is named 77th District Woman of the Year...

UC San Diego’s Tyler McGhie, with Hayden Gray, reacts after missing a possible game-tying three pointer against Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 20, 2025 in Denver, CO. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

UCSD men see NCAA Tournament run end with first-round loss to Michigan

By Mark Zeigler

March 21, 2025 at 1:14 a.m.

Tyler McGhie's game-tying 3-point attempt rims out at the buzzer and the 12th-seeded Tritons fall...

Cindy Peterson of La Jolla has served as advisory committee chairwoman for the Balboa Park Easter sunrise service for four decades. This year she is stepping down from that role. (Matthew Peterson)

La Jollan prepares for her 40th and final year leading Easter sunrise service at S.D.’s Balboa Park

March 21, 2025 at 12:43 p.m.

Cindy Peterson, 94, is stepping down as chairwoman of the event's advisory committee

“Firebird” by the Netherlands performance group Touki Delphine will be presented at La Jolla Playhouse’s 2025 Without Walls (WOW) Festival. (Chris Doyle)

La Jolla Playhouse unveils 2025 WOW Festival lineup

By Pam Kragen

March 22, 2025 at 6:56 p.m.

More than 20, mostly free events of theater, dance, music, puppetry and spectacle will be...

A rendering depicts the proposed expansion of Sea Change Church (formerly La Jolla Christian Fellowship) at 627 Genter St. (File)

Appeal of planned La Jolla church expansion is denied

March 20, 2025 at 11:16 a.m.

San Diego council upholds a city determination that the project at Sea Change Church —...

UC San Diego women’s historic season ends with First Four loss to Southern

By Bill Center

March 20, 2025 at 5:28 a.m.

'We’ve had a great run through the Big West in the regular season and the...

Bishop’s School student Anna Krolik is a 2025 Coca-Cola Scholar. (Provided by Anna Krolik)

Bishop’s student is named Coca-Cola Scholar, joining a community of ‘change agents’

March 20, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.

Anna Krolik, part of a Scripps Research team and robotics captain at her school, wins...

Honorees Paul Hoffman (basic sciences), John Pendry (advanced technology) and William Forsythe (arts and philosophy) gather with Erica Westbrook at the Kyoto Prize Symposium gala March 12 in La Jolla. (Vincent Andrunas)

La Jolla gala honors Kyoto Prize laureates and high school scholarship winners

March 20, 2025 at 1:15 a.m.

Photo gallery

“I, Sean/a: The Story of a Homeless Intersex Woman Who Inspired a Community” is co-authored by Seana Smith and Kirsten Harrison. (Provided by Kirsten Harrison)

Intersex, homeless and now author: Ex-La Jolla resident shares her uncommon journey in new book

March 19, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

Seana Smith will return to The Village for a launch party April 5 at the...

An aerial photo of neighborhoods in southeastern San Diego and National City. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego agrees to promote affordable housing, density in higher-income neighborhoods

By Jeff McDonald

March 19, 2025 at 9:54 p.m.

The commitment is part of a settlement of a long-running lawsuit that accused the city...

Finnegan Blue will open the La Jolla Music Society’s spring outdoor series of concerts on Friday, April 4, in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. (La Jolla Music Society)

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

March 20, 2025 at 11:36 a.m.

Local events and activities

Community Calendar: La Jolla meetings and more, March 20-28

March 18, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.

Weekly and monthly events, plus blood drives

Christian McClellan of La Jolla has more than 20 years’ experience as a senior executive, an entrepreneur and a consultant. He shares his knowledge in his book, “Project Manager: What You Need to Successfully Implement Your ERP Project.” (Angela Sterling)

La Jolla author gets down to business in re-released book

March 18, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

Christian McClellan's 'Project Manager' has a new lease on life after his post-pandemic workload prevented...

A rendering depicts Birch Aquarium’s new “Living Seas” exhibition, which is set to open Thursday, May 22. (Birch Aquarium)

La Jolla News Nuggets: New aquarium exhibit, $4.5M gift for Salk, garden tour tickets, more

March 18, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

News and events in brief

A sewage spill over the weekend temporarily closed a stretch of ocean water at the end of Vista de la Playa in La Jolla. (Bing Maps and La Jolla Light)

Ocean closure lifted after sewage spill in La Jolla

March 17, 2025 at 5:32 p.m.

San Diego County says 'sewage is no longer visibly present in the water' at the...

La Jolla Village Merchants Association Executive Director Jodi Rudick reads a statement at LJVMA’s Feb. 18 meeting addressing allegations brought against her. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon)

‘A prompt and clear reaction seems warranted’: Local leaders react to merchants group not investigating executive director

March 18, 2025 at 7:10 a.m.

Three former board presidents and others had accused Jodi Rudick of various forms of misconduct...

Our Readers Write: San Diego trash fee proposal

By Letters To The Editor

March 17, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Letter to the editor

A section of the lawn beside the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial in La Jolla was vandalized with tire tracks the night of March 14. (Joe Santinello)

La Jolla crime and public safety news: Vandalism at veterans memorial; blotter

March 17, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

Crime and public safety

Chuck Patton hosts a coffee tasting Jan. 18 to try out coffee from Yemen and Peru. (Elijah Nicolas)

Chuck Patton is in the coffee business again — this time without the grind

March 17, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

Eight years after he sold Bird Rock Coffee Roasters while feeling burned out, Patton is...

Let Inga Tell You: If you’re sick, don’t try to tell me you’re not contagious

By Inga

March 17, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

There's no lack of virulent organisms floating around this time of year, and I'd like...

A Q&A with Julia Vogel, a researcher fighting long COVID and searching for relief

By Paul Sisson

March 18, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

Five years after the pandemic, scientist says clinical trial landscape must expand

Principal investigator Rob Knight (left) talks with Knight Lab’s scientific director, Daniel McDonald, at UC San Diego in La Jolla. (Erik Jepsen)

UC San Diego researcher wins local Scientist of the Year award

March 16, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Rob Knight is an international leader in the study of microbiomes and how they affect...

The Campus Point project could establish 600 residential units north of Genesee Avenue across from Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. (Bing Maps and La Jolla Light)

Big residential project near La Jolla gets mixed support from University City group

March 16, 2025 at 10:01 a.m.

Alexandria Real Estate is seeking to add 600 apartments at its Campus Point complex

Sewage spill causes ocean closure off La Jolla