The end of summer. Is it really? Beings how I haven’t even come close to a heat stroke yet it feels as though we’ve had more of a five month spring instead of a summer. …
August 22, 2013
La Jolla Stories
The End of Summer
Gonzales Canyon, Torrey Pines Loop
Find two rare plants on the Torrey Pines Loop Trail — bush rue when descending into Gonzales Canyon and Torrey pine trees when ascending to the mesa top.
August 14, 2013
La Jolla Music Society substitute
The La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest is scheduled to end with a grand finale on August 23rd. Maestro James Conlon was to be the conductor for this concluding concert. Conlon is a major figure in …
August 12, 2013
The Good, the Bad, and the I-5 at La Jolla Playhouse
What do the following have in common: Alan Arkin, Melinda Dillon, Barbara Harris, Peter Boyle, Joan Rivers? Can’t say? Okay here’s a clue. What do they have in common with John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan …
August 9, 2013
La Jolla Summerfest
The La Jolla Music Society is taking its Summerfest to a new level of intimacy with a concert at The Loft on the campus of UCSD. Audience members will be practically sitting on the musician’s …
August 4, 2013
A road trip goes Sideways at La Jolla Playhouse
They’re wedded to avoidance behavior, abetted by gallons of vino fino.
July 31, 2013
La Sala's The Cove
La Valencia’s Whaling Bar as the place to go to sit and sip and sop up La Jolla sunsets has been replaced by the La Sala Lounge. La Sala bar manager Scotty Moises says the …
July 3, 2013
Romney's neighbors go for broke
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney have been lobbying hard to build a new dream manse by the sea in La Jolla’s tony Barber Tract, going so far as to …
July 3, 2013
The 10th most expensive home in La Jolla
15 properties in La Jolla's 92037 zip code are currently offered for sale at a list price of $10 million or higher.
June 26, 2013
La Jolla Playhouse stages John Guare's tour de farce His Girl Friday
Ben Hecht was a writer’s writer. He won the first Academy Award for a screenplay (Underworld, 1927). He rewrote the first nine reels of Gone with the Wind in seven days. He wrote 35 books …
June 12, 2013
Patient-care workers strike at UC’s Thornton Hospital in La Jolla
Thirty minutes into a healthcare workers rally at UC San Diego Thornton Hospital, La Jolla, on May 21, a healthcare technician in blue scrubs approached the microphone and said a deal had been reached between …
May 23, 2013
Rescues in the surf zone
There are many ways to go about becoming a San Diego lifeguard.
May 8, 2013
You could be neighbors with Mitt Romney
Check out this $20 million, 9000-square-foot fur storage closet.
April 3, 2013
Drivers clog La Jolla to try and see Tiger win
The announcement of free entry to watch the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines on Monday morning, January 28, created a run on parking spaces at the Torrey Pines Gliderport. The parking area, …
January 28, 2013
More parking problems soon for La Jolla’s VA Medical Center
The troublesome parking situation at the VA Medical Center in La Jolla began to percolate about a decade ago; for a few reasons, it has now boiled over. Space remains finite. Most mornings, lines of …
January 4, 2013
Doug Manchester's La Jolla restaurant Amaya rattles neighbors
"If I could tell you there was going to be a restaurant there, or an art gallery, an office, or a bank — I would. I will tell you there is no definite plan for …
December 26, 2012
No Starbucks Geisha coffee in La Jolla
While at the Starbucks in Pacific Beach this week, I overheard some of the employees saying that the La Jolla Starbucks was selling the new, $7-per-cup "Geisha" coffee. The new brew getting a lot of …
December 14, 2012
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney roots deep and wide in San Diego
Related to the presidential candidate by blood and religion; each traveling separate roads. On a sultry day in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in July 1846, 496 Mormon men, accompanied by many wives, children, and at least …
October 24, 2012
Romney Protest in the La Jolla Sand
Approximately 50 activists reportedly left a message in the sand for Mitt Romney on Saturday, October 20 in La Jolla. With the days counting down to the presidential elections, some politically inclined beachgoers wrote out …
October 21, 2012