Brian Burke was agonizing over whether to appeal the court’s decision in the Mount Soledad landslide case. “Have you ever been too close to something to decide wisely about it?” he asked. He raised the …
December 23, 2009
La Jolla Stories
Plaintiffs lose Mount Soledad landslide case
War at La Jolla Farms
Life should be peaceful at La Jolla Farms, that tony area of 100 superluxury homes adjacent to Torrey Pines State Park.But war has broken out there. One resident controls a local biotech. A former resident …
December 2, 2009
Brothers Back and Forth
Link and younger brother Booth have virtuoso hands. To hear him tell it, Link was “the Stink,” the “be all end all,” best three-card monte hustler in town. He could “throw” the cards — two …
November 18, 2009
Snapshots of all sides of San Diego neighborhoods
BALBOA PARK Another Perfect DayBy downtownphotoguy, June 26Today we were in Presidio Park in the morning and Balboa Park in the afternoon. We were shooting with a variety of lenses and techniques…. It seems everybody …
Balboa Park
Bankers Hill
Bay Park
Bonita
Borrego Springs
Cardiff-by-the-Sea
Carlsbad
Carmel Mountain
Chula Vista
City Heights
Clairemont
College Area
Coronado
Cover Stories
Del Cerro
Del Mar
Downtown San Diego
Encanto
Encinitas
Escondido
Golden Hill
Grantville
Hillcrest
Imperial Beach
Julian
Kearny Mesa
La Jolla
La Mesa
Leucadia
Linda Vista
Little Italy
Logan Heights
Mira Mesa
October 21, 2009
Captured at Sea
According to a press release from the San Diego office of the Customs and Border Protection agency, two Mexican nationals involved in human smuggling were apprehended by CBP officers early Tuesday morning, October 13, about …
October 14, 2009
Libelous Tell-All
Thus far, the La Jolla Playhouse’s season has been forgettable. In Terrence McNally’s slight Unusual Acts of Devotion and Claudia Shear’s not-ready-for-prime-time Restoration, the sets — for good or ill — were more memorable than …
October 14, 2009
Checking in at Morrison Hotel
High-end music photography shop Morrison Hotel Gallery shuttered its five-year-old La Jolla location at the end of August, shifting its business to a storefront at Flower Hill Promenade in Del Mar. Though both galleries ran …
September 30, 2009
Oxygenated Septuagenarian Robber
A man described as being 70 to 80 years old is suspected of robbing the La Jolla branch of San Diego National Bank on Saturday, September 12. Clad in a beige-and-black-checkered blazer and wearing a …
September 15, 2009
Crab Bag
Truluck’s is a Florida-based surf-and-turf house specializing in crabs — above all, Florida stone crabs, but also Maine Jonahs, Pacific Dungeness, never-frozen (they claim) Alaskan King, and even a bit of Maine Peekytoe and blue …
September 2, 2009
Unclear Crumple Zone
A minor traffic accident with no injuries that occurred in La Jolla left a traffic police officer working on an accident report slightly confused. On Tuesday, August 25, just before 3:45 p.m., an ambulance traveling …
August 27, 2009
Fishlike
Todd Robinson of the La Jolla Swim Club set the men’s Catalina-to-California-mainland swim record on August 25, with a time of 8 hours, 5 minutes, and 44 seconds. Beginning from Catalina Twin Harbors at around …
August 26, 2009
La Jolla Lutheran Church
A message was pinned to the bulletin board standing in the cozy courtyard off to the side of the trim yellow church with the red-tile roof: “If your photo is not on this board, please …
August 12, 2009
Top of the World, Ma!
La Valencia is a sheerly gorgeous hotel. Walking through that Spanish-Moorish tiled lobby en route to the Sky Room elevator, you want to sell your shack and move right in. A small, old-timey operator-run lift, …
July 22, 2009
More Signs
There are nearly a dozen merchants in violation of the ban on A-frame signs in Bird Rock along La Jolla Boulevard. With the recent cutbacks in code compliance officers, there is little follow-up when merchants …
July 16, 2009
In the Realm of the Senses
Marine Room kicks off this summer’s unofficial series on “Rooms with a View — and Bargains, Too.” The small tradeoff that recession brings to visitors and staycationers alike is that some of San Diego’s most …
July 15, 2009
Pitifully Doomed
San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders recently announced that the City has launched a new website at which people can make donations to support the fire-pit program. Despite a $259,500 donation, fire-pit funding has only been …
A Play in Pieces
The La Jolla Playhouse’s popular Page to Stage series, which presents readings of works in progress, has an astonishing track record: Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays was a major Broadway hit; Doug Wright’s I Am My …
July 8, 2009
Poachers Get Shellfish
For many San Diegans, the La Jolla Underwater Park is a tranquil place to observe marine life in its natural environment. Poachers, however, seem to view the state-protected marine conservation area as their own personal …
June 25, 2009
Tainted Catch
Divers take note — if you’re in Mission Bay, La Jolla, or anywhere else along the California coast, don’t move a mussel. Or, to be more specific, don’t harvest and eat a mussel. A quarantine …
June 1, 2009
Torrey Pine Down
What caused a healthy 60-foot pine tree to snap at the base and crash down on Torrey Pines Road during rush hour last week? Typically, wet weather can soften areas around roots. But May 14 …
May 21, 2009