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Scripps climate scientists to share stage with Dalai Lama at UCSD
refute the editorial in a letter to the editor. At 70, Somerville is currently working Two world-renowned climate scientists on the history of climate science. He has from Scripps Institution of Oceanography received awards from the American Metewill share the stage with the Dalai Lama orological Society for his research and his when he visits San Diego for a symposium book, “The Forgiving Air: Understanding entitled “Compassion Without Borders” Environmental Change.” He is a coordion April 18 and 19. The spiritual leader’s nating lead author for the first trip to the city was 2007 Fourth Assessment arranged by and will Report of the Intergoverninclude lectures at UC San mental Panel on Climate Diego, San Diego State UniChange (IPCC). The IPCC versity and University of shared the 2007 Nobel San Diego. Peace Prize with Al Gore. At UCSD, Richard La Jolla Village News: Somerville, a professor and When you received your theoretical meteorologist, Ph. D. in meteorology from and Veerabhadran RamanNew York University in athan, professor of atmo1966 did you see yourself in spheric and climate scithe role of environmental ences, will join the Dalai UCSD professor Richard communicator? Lama in a panel discussion Richard Somerville: AbsoSomerville. Sylvia Bal Somerville on “The Global Impact of lutely not. I was a weather Climate Change: Balance through Univer- buff. I had been a nut about the weather sal Responsibility, Compassion and since I was a little kid. I had a weather Human Consciousness.” Tickets for the badge in Boy Scouts. I had a weather staevent go on sale Feb. 22 at www.dalai- tion in the back yard. I thought I was lamasandiego.org. going to be a weather forecaster or have Somerville, an expert on computer sim- something to do with weather forecastulations of the atmosphere, was recently ing. When I came to Scripps in 1979 I got in the heat of debate over climate change involved in climate and for a long time I after an op-ed column in the Wall Street did just research as a scientist. The whole Journal titled “No Need to Panic About idea of outreach and communication Global Warming” debunked the severity of dawned in mid-career. global warming. Somerville joined 37 other scientists from around the world to SEE SOMERVILLE, Page 9
BY PATRICIA WALSH | VILLAGE NEWS
Laura Buckles and Donald Rizzo (in the front seats) perform in La Jolla Playhouse’s production of Moving Arts’ “The Car Plays: San Diego,” running Feb. 23 through March 4. Below, Michael Shutt and Sara Wagner interact with their backseat audience. Photos by Jay PG Photography
‘The Car Plays’ ride into La Jolla Playhouse By Patricia Walsh In our technology era of intimacy interrupted, “The Car Plays: San Diego” drives into town for a site-based theater experience at the La Jolla Playhouse — staged up-close-and-personal in cars. “Expect the unexpected,” said Michael Shutt, who has acted and directed in The Car Plays since its 2006 inception. “What’s amazing is how intimate the shows are. The audience comes right into your world.” The Moving Arts’ production, conceived by Paul Stein, is a series of 10minute plays in which audiences of two move from car to car to experience five works by different playwrights. Carhops usher the audience to a car, the doors close and a drama — or comedy — unfolds. Ten minutes later, the doors open
and the audience moves to a new car with new actors and a new story. In the course of an hour, the audience takes in five plays. “The Car Plays: San Diego,” which runs from Feb. 23 to March 4, is the second in the Playhouse’s Without Walls series. The production, funded by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation, will feature work by four commissioned playwrights from UC San Diego’s Graduate Playwriting Program, seven local directors and Moving Arts’ playwrights. Sara Wagner, a “Car Plays” actor and director, said using a car as a stage creates a new theatrical dimension. “It’s like you’re doing a film scene in a car, but instead of a camera and a director, SEE CARS, Page 6
Leslie Davis, chairwoman of the La Jolla Historical Society’s preservation committee, addresses the crowd at a Feb. 4 rally at Wisteria Cottage to save the post office. Photo by RUDY VACA
La Jolla mobilizes to save post office BY PATRICIA WALSH | VILLAGE NEWS
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The race is on to save the La Jolla post office building. In a rare meeting of the minds, civic and business groups throughout the Village have locked arms and formed a task force through the La Jolla Historical Society to preserve the post office building at 1140 Wall St. The goal is to keep the building as is, Belle
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Baranceanu murals and all, and the postal operations right where they are. The group rallied Feb. 4 on the Historical Society lawn to officially launch its plan. District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner spoke and led the crowd of more than 100 people in a “save our post office” chant just as the 10 a.m. bells chimed from St. James by-the-Sea SEE POST OFFICE, Page 7
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