4-12-2012 La Jolla Light

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Researcher’s new drug is a gift to premature infants, A7

UC San Diego breaks ground for Jacob’s Medical Center, A12

Vol. 100, Issue 15 • April 12, 2012

City removes six 90-year-old trees from Village streets By Dave Schwab “The last tall eucalyptus tree in The Village, in front of U.S. Bank on Girard Avenue, is being cut down as I write this on April 5 with a broken heart,” wrote bookkeeper Caran Hardy to The Light from her office on Herschel Avenue. “There is also a big white X on another two trees further up Girard toward Vons. Slowly, all The Village places of uniqueness, history and wonderment are disappearing. Thank goodness the ocean can’t be trucked up and hauled away! Welcome to Any Commercial Town USA. If this community doesn’t succeed in saving our historical post office, then it is yet one more block in La Jolla that becomes truly unremarkable.” According to city arborist Drew Potocki, a total of six eucalyptus trees in the area of U.S. Bank — three on Girard, two on Herschel and one on Wall Street — all suffered from the same deteriorating condition as the tree that toppled over last spring, crushing one car and damaging two others in front of Mary, Star of the Sea church. “And, based upon the failure of that one tree last spring, we did a thorough analysis of the larger See Trees, A7

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Romney’s in the Hood!

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nd so it begins … now that it appears former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate for U.S. President, his oceanfront home in La Jolla gets Secret Service scrutiny. Step one is to ensure only locals access the neighborhood. These restrictive traffic signs were placed at the entrance to Dunemere Drive off Monte Vista Avenue and monitored by security when Romney arrived for the Easter weekend on April 6. Romney (inset photo) was spotted heading for the ocean with a boogie board. PHOTOS FROM Reddit AND Phil Dailey

Famed architect honored Robert Mosher and his wife Joany pose in front of plaques dedicating the Observation Deck next to Eddie V’s in his honor.

La Jolla High baseball off to hot start, A21

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Time to start planning kids’ vacation activities, B19

Eucalyptus trees are marked for removal last week along Girard Avenue. DAVE SCHWAB

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