LA JOLLA LIGHT
Enlightening La Jolla Since 1913
THE WEEK IN REVIEW Path to cityhood eased?
Vol. 99 Issue 46 • November 17, 2011
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FACELIFT FOR ‘THE TEARDROP’
A change in rules on how new cities are incorporated could clear a hurdle for Independent La Jolla’s campaign to create the city of La Jolla. More on A4.
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INSIDE ■ Learn how to rate your children’s teachers A18
Local schools honor vets Students at several La Jolla schools learned lessons in history while honoring veterans. More on A8, A9, A12.
Visit the ‘Cultural Zone’ Seven La Jolla organizations have joined together to present the first “Open Doors La Jolla: A Taste and Tour of the Cultural Zone,” from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 at St. James by-the-Sea, The Cuvier Club, La Jolla Historical Society, La Jolla Women’s Club, The Bishop’s School, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and the Bed & Breakfast Inn at La Jolla. More on B1.
■ Local water polo team wins national title A22
Parking crunch pits neighbors against students from UCSD
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BY DAVE SCHWAB daves@lajollalight.com Students and neighbors agree UCSD has parking problems on — and off — campus. But how to resolve them is where the agreement ends. “They should build a huge parking structure instead of building (more) housing,” said Pedro, a former UCSD student now a Salk Institute employee, who parks in the same vacant lot near the Torrey Pines Gliderport that he did as a student — and as hundreds of students still do. “It’s (parking’s) way too expensive,” said Parisa, a fourth-year UCSD theater major about the $732 annual — or $61 monthly — cost of a student parking permit. She was making the 5to 10-minute walk to class one morning last week SEE PARKING, A14
Cars line La Jolla Scenic Drive North, where many UCSD students park, on a recent school day. DAVE SCHWAB
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■ ‘Fallen Star’ is 18th sculpture in UCSD Stuart Collection B1
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The median strip on the La Jolla Parkway known as ‘The Teardrop,’ above, will get a new look with cobblestone pavers filling in the dirt-filled space. The stamped concrete border will remain.
Community Foundation takes on La Jolla gateway paving project BY DAVE SCHWAB daves@lajollalight.com It took Texans to point out to La Jollans that their teardropshaped traffic median east of “The Throat” in La Jolla Parkway needed some attention. The suggestion led the nonprofit La Jolla Community Foundation to take on restoration of the 3,000-square-foot,
weed-filled median — nicknamed “The Teardrop” as its latest project. “We’ve been working on it for probably three months, and it really sort of grew out of a suggestion by good friends in Texas who have second homes here,” said Andy Nelson, a Foundation board member who is heading the project for
the organization formed in 2009 to enrich the Jewel’s environmental, social and cultural landscape. “The idea is to get $55,000 needed in donated funds, then get final approval from the city to get this accomplished as quickly as possible,” said
SEE TEARDROP, A12
■ Symphony & Chorus honors an Arts Angel B12
■ Eagle Scout project benefits Kellogg Park B17