Sounds wonderful? It is, but it’s also not easy. Cities and their outlying areas are complex places, and to build great neighborhoods, companies have to negotiate financing, real estate, permitting, ...

To help draw La Jolla visitors from the beach to the business district, the La Jolla Village Merchants Association is trying two new promotions — including one that will be tested in coming weeks. One ...

When prepping assorted sides, be a culinary adventurer and amp up the heat with warm autumn spices, as turkey tends to be a bland bird. Try garam masala, a blend of cinnamon, peppercorns, cardamom, ...

La Jolla Community Center staff members Deborah Miller, Barbara Graf and Nancy Walters attend the center’s Day of the Dead celebration Nov. 2. (Provided by Barbara Graf) 2 / 10 La Jolla Community ...

Amid its growing popularity, the La Jolla Recreation Center has hired a new assistant director. Jon’nae McFarland will replace former Assistant Director Quinlan Olds, who left in June, Recreation ...

The stars were out in La Jolla on Oct. 20 at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center for the San Diego International Film Festival’s Night of the Stars Tribute. Honorees who walked the courtyard red ...

News and events briefsSan Diego International Film Festival holds tribute event in La Jolla The San Diego International Film Festival, which runs online and at theaters in La Jolla and San Diego ...

David Garrick has covered San Diego City Hall since early 2014 for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Before that, he covered North County for 16 years for the Union-Tribune, North County Times and Pomerado ...

“We are a community that gets to celebrate together tonight,” Bird Rock Elementary School Principal Andi Frost said as she welcomed hundreds of school and community members on the school’s blacktop ...

Currently, more than 1,500 security cameras districtwide are monitored by the SDUSD school police dispatch team, which operates daily around the clock. The district’s Police Department, the county’s ...

Families & children • The La Jolla/Riford Library presents “Art Class with Mel” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at 7555 Draper Ave. Artist Mel Clarkston will lead the monthly class, teaching ...

The La Jolla Community Recreation Group, the advisory board for the La Jolla Recreation Center, voted to request funds to repair the center’s 8-month-old temporary bocce court. At the group’s virtual ...