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Cove Pavilion project to start this summer BY DAVE SCHWAB | LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
Harry’s Coffee Shop building sold, but business remains open SEE PAGE 5
Christopher Briscoe (right) and his son, Quincy, rode their bikes on Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago. CHRISTOPHER BRISCOE / CONTRIBUTED
91-year-old La Jolla volunteer helps clean up Coast Walk SEE PAGE 2
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR MORE ADVENTURES La Jolla author and photographer releases book about bicycle trip with son BY EMILY BLACKWOOD | LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
hristopher Briscoe is no stranger to cross-country bike rides. In fact, he had ridden the more than 4,000 miles from sea-to-sea three times before his son Quincy asked him to do it once more. “[Quincy] went from Alaska and bicycled all the way down to Tijuana,” Briscoe said. “Then he came to me and said, ‘Dad, we have to do this
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San Diego Chicken visits UC Del Sol Girls Softball SEE PAGE 9
old son. But a test drive riding an electric-assist bike was enough to change his mind. “It’s like having a personal tailQUINCY BRISCOE wind,” he said. “That narrowed the fitness gap between the 23-year-old together.’ In between the lines he was macho kid and the AARP guy. So at really saying ‘before it’s too late.’” the end of the day, we were equally At first, Briscoe was hesitant. He exhausted. It was the perfect techworried that he was “too old and too nology at the perfect time." fat” to complete the trip a fourth time, SEE TRIP PG. 4 let alone keep up with his 23-year-
‘Dad, we have to do this together.’
In February, La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc. read a letter by a visionary local architect withdrawing his controversial proposal for a Marine Street memorial, and got an update from city officials on La Jolla Cove Pavilion redevelopment. Project manager Elizabeth Schroth-Nichols updated La Jolla park planners on the status quo of redevelopment of La Jolla Cove Pavilion, a long-term project to replace outdated and deteriorating restroomshower facilities with an attractive, sustainable pavilion honoring the beauty of the Cove and Scripps Park. “We have approval for the aesthetics of the buildings and are working through the design,” said SchrothNichols. “We opened bids on the project in late January, and construction will begin soon after the construction bid is awarded, which we anticipate happening in the next couple months.” The city spokesperson added that worn grass in SEE PROJECT PG. 4