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Vol. 102, Issue 24 • June 12, 2014
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‘No’ vote on cell tower
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n Community planners reverse vote on Cliffridge Park cell tower
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Class salutatorian Priyanka Nanayakkara (center) is flanked by co-valedictorians Danielle Collins and Allen Cao.
Vikings send off 340 grads, June 12 By Ashley Mackin ongratulations to the 340 seniors in La Jolla High School’s Class of 2014, who will be graduating 2 p.m. June 12 at Gene Edwards Stadium. Check out next week’s La Jolla Light for photos from the ceremony, but here are some stats on the bright, young minds about to enter the adult world: This year’s class includes 24 National Merit-commended students, one National Merit finalist, nine National Merit Scholarship recipients, 13 California Scholarship Federation
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life members and 64 Cum Laude Society inductees. Of the graduates (182 boys and 158 girls), 195 of them are leaving LJHS with academic distinction. This year’s valedictorians are Allen Cao and Danielle Collins, who are tied with a 4.85 Grade Point Average (GPA). Priyanka Nanayakkara earned the second highest GPA, 4.84, and is this year’s salutatorian. The future UCLA student will also deliver a speech during the graduation ceremony.
See Graduates, A6
By Pat Sherman The La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) has righted what many in the community felt was a wrong course of action on AT&T’s proposed cell tower in Cliffridge Park. During the LJCPA’s June 5 meeting, more than 40 people (mostly parents of Torrey Pines Elementary School students) raised their hands to express opposition to an AT&T cell tower going in near the school, which would be the third at Cliffridge. In April, LJCPA trustees initially voted 7-6-1 to reject the cell tower, with the meeting’s acting president, Patrick Ahern, abstaining from the vote. However, during an ensuing debate about Robert’s Rules of Order, trustees and attendees discussed whether the parliamentary guidelines require a board president to vote when it would result in See Cell Tower, A16
SANDAG shifts trolley bridge location n Still others oppose trolley stop and parking garage at La Jolla Village Square By Pat Sherman Responding to complaints from the residents of Cape La Jolla Gardens (CLJG) condominiums, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has changed the location of a bridge
over Interstate 5 that would have brought the planned expansion of the San Diego Trolley line within a little more than 100 feet of the CLJG complex (read La Jolla Light’s series on this issue at bit.ly/trolleybridge). The decision, made during SANDAG’s May 9 board meeting, moves the bridge 360 feet north, to a position that was originally shown to and approved by UTC residents during a series of community forums in early summer 2013. It was moved southward toward CLJG in November
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2013 at the behest of Mormon temple officials, SANDAG says, largely to prevent obscuring views of the temple as people drive north on I-5. Residents said the November switch was made with little public notice and no additional input. SANDAG’s $1.7 billion northward expansion of trolley service includes proposed stops at La Jolla Village Square Mall, the UC San Diego campus, VA Medical Center and UTC Westfield Mall.
See Trolley, A9
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