Borrego ranch killings by drunken scion two decades ago marked wealthy San Diego bankers and landholders as star-crossed.
September 19, 2013
La Jolla Stories
La Jolla shooting spree recalls Fletcher family murder tragedy
Top 10 on tap
Earlier this year, I shared the local brewing projects I was most highly anticipating. Most of them (Pizza Port Bressi Ranch, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station, Benchmark Brewing Company, Hess Brewing …
September 19, 2013
Tokyo Quartet
When the sole remaining founder of the Tokyo String Quartet, Kazuhide Isomura, announced his intention to retire along with second violinist, Kikuei Ikeda, the two remaining players began to accept auditions to fill those spots. …
September 16, 2013
Mitt Romney's La Jolla mansion not a done deal
An appeal before the California Coastal Commission meeting on September 11 in Eureka against the planned larger home by Mitt and Ann Romney has been postponed. Architect and longtime La Jolla resident Anthony A. Ciani …
September 9, 2013
La Fenice
Current Owner: Terravista Partners, Ltd. Listing Price: $9,875,000 to $12,900,000 Beds: 6 Baths: 8 House Size: 10,000 square feet “La Fenice,” named after a famed 18th-century Italian theater, is one of the oldest and most …
September 4, 2013
La Jolla Playhouse presents Detained in the Desert
It’s always a relief when license plates with Saguaro cacti exodus east this time of year. Our roads thin out, like arteries purged of cholesterol. But Teatro Mascara Magica’s staging a play all Zonies should …
September 4, 2013
The End of Summer
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
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