The La Jolla Playhouse’s popular Without Walls Festival begins Friday, October 9 and runs through October 11. That’s 22 events in three days, and all are “site-specific.” “The Playhouse has four theaters,” says artistic director …
October 4, 2015
La Jolla Stories
Talking walls
Odds-on favorite for the most scenic hike in San Diego
Follow the trail as it winds through old groves of Torrey pines and opens up to wonderful ocean views.
September 30, 2015
La Jolla Banker bought ticket to perdition
Amalia Martinez, head of Small Business Administration lending at the now-defunct La Jolla Bank, pleaded guilty today, September 25th, to conspiracy to misapply bank funds. Martinez admitted that she and other senior bank officials accepted …
September 25, 2015
The soul force of Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin
Roll the credits! Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) performed on Broadway with Paul Robeson in John Henry. As a student, his rich tenor sang blues and gospel in nightclubs to make ends meet. An exceptional athlete, he …
September 23, 2015
Tribute to Arthur Wagner by Jefferson Mays
Arthur Wagner, indefatigable champion of the theater, passed away yesterday morning. He was 92. I asked Jefferson Mays, one of his most devoted and accomplished students — and Tony Award-winner for I Am My Own …
September 22, 2015
Astra's ex and a drunken text
“Over the past two and a half years,” says Astra Kelly, “in the midst of a serious musical reinvention and a shifting of life focus, I have started — and not completed — three new …
September 17, 2015
Best in La Jolla? Try all of Southern California
Beds: 11 Baths: 13 Current Owner: Doug Manchester (through corporate layers) Asking Price: $13,900,000 This property promises “the premier in-village living experience in La Jolla, if not all of Southern California.” Indeed, the 11-bedroom, 13-bath …
September 16, 2015
La Jolla lipo litigation
The executive director of the Medical Board of California has filed an accusation against Jerrell Lawrence Borup, M.D., who took a job as a "supervising physician" at a liposuction company although he was not interested …
September 15, 2015
Why kayak fishing got going in La Jolla
The La Jolla submarine canyon runs east to west, beginning a few hundred yards off the sandstone bluffs that feature the caves and the La Jolla Cove. From the La Jolla Shores side, the ocean …
September 9, 2015
Feast! Beach Towns
If BEACH TOWNS never offered better than fish tacos and carne asada fries, we'd all be fat and happy. But gentrification always brings a taste for something more, and even the Beaches Ocean and Pacific …
September 9, 2015
George’s at the Cove offers a one-two punch
It often seems you can either have great food or an amazing view but not both, especially in a tourist town. But with all the lovely ocean vistas available to us in the San Diego …
September 5, 2015
Beat up in La Jolla? Or posturing for money?
Martin Chitwood has been cleared by a jury on charges brought by Carol Chitwood. UPDATE ON THIS CASE Carol Chitwood sued Martin Chitwood in San Diego Superior Court for allegedly pulling her hair, punching her …
September 4, 2015
Best to wake up early for this La Jolla Cove walk
Stroll along one of the most picturesque parts of the San Diego coastline.
August 26, 2015
One San Diego bad boy sentenced, one released
Alfred Louis "Bobby" Vassallo, perpetrator of telecom scams, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison in federal court in the Central District of California on August 24. The onetime La Jollan had …
August 25, 2015
Cirque du Chaotic
Long before the dancing cacti showed up or Audrey III flapped mastic jaws in a pile of laundry, I began to wonder if Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez’s romantic-comedy musical, Up Here, was actually a …
August 19, 2015
Eschatalogical SummerFest
Imagine Beethoven standing on top of all his musical accomplishments. He’s at the summit of Mt. Genius. He is a wizard surrounded by a swirling tornado of musical notes with storm clouds racing by in …
August 17, 2015
Black’s Beach during flash flood
July 19 started out warm and pleasant at Black’s Beach. Around 1 p.m., an intense squall poured rain on the area and destabilized the trails, especially the Box Canyon and Goat Trails as several beach-goers …
August 12, 2015
Tough love at Summerfest
“Besides the Faure, that concert was tough. I’m glad you couldn’t make it. It would have put stress on our friendship.” “Hahaha. Best critique ever. Put that in your review. After the Mainly Mozart introduction …
August 11, 2015
The malling of UCSD’s La Jolla
The revolving door of real estate development officialdom continues to rotate with the latest move at UCSD, troubled of late on another front by the defection of a top Alzheimer’s researcher. Jeff Graham, onetime chief …
August 10, 2015
Wet Hot Viennese Summerfest
I smelled perfume as I walked down Draper Street toward Sherwood Auditorium. It worried me at first. When you're going to a concert, one of the last things you want is to be next to …
August 9, 2015