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LAJOLLAVILLAGENEWS.COM | VOLUME 18, NUMBER 15
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2016
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What SeaWorld’s shift means for its San Diego park
Town Council votes to aid short-term vacation rental effort
By LISA HALVERSTADT Voice of San Diego
By HANNA LAUKKANEN SeaWorld, a company that’s been floundering since the controversial documentary “Blackfish,” is making a sea change. SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby announced March 17 that the company will halt killer whale breeding, end its theatrical orca shows and double down on conservation and rescue efforts. And it’s partnering with a longtime adversary, the Humane Society, to do it. All signal a massive shift for one of San Diego’s top employers and taxpayers. SEE SEAWORLD>> PG. 10
La Jolla Recreation Center was host to a packed and vocal house on the night of March 10 when La Jolla Town Council accepted a motion in support of a local neighborhood group's effort to prohibit short-term vacation rentals in La Jolla. In a 9-2 vote, town council promised to do what it can to promote Save San Diego Neighborhoods' agenda on the matter. Audience members asked questions of Jonah Mechan-
The orca shows will end at the San Diego park in 2017, while the San Antonio and Orlando parks will end the shows by 2019. PHOTO BY ANTOINE TAVENEAUX/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
History says the Easter Bunny is an all-around good egg By MARTIN JONES WESTLIN
All things considered, and as pagan goddesses go, Ostara's pretty nice. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Animal intelligence is hard to measure, because it's such a subjective thing (humans, which are animals, are also the only ones that decide what constitutes intelligence and what doesn't). That said, the jury is out on rabbits – they're cute and can learn commands and make nice companions and stuff, but they have weak hearts, and they practi-
cally invite predation by eating out in the open, which is sorta stupid (you won't get any argument from the coyotes in my neighborhood). They're also the animal kingdom's version of a baby mill – females can actually conceive a second litter of kits while pregnant with the first; the little ones' gestation period is only 31 days, and their moms can crank out as many as 18 kits in one litter. SEE BUNNY>> PG. 7
‘Vacation rentals, are driving up the cost of rent and cost of housing.’ RONAN GRAY, PRESIDENT OF SAVE SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOODS
ic, spokesperson for San Diego Vacation Rental Managers Alliance, but they appeared not to accept his answers. SEE RENTALS>> PG. 6
Angry faces and elevated numbers signal the mood over shortterm vacation rentals in La Jolla.
PHOTO BY HANNA LAUKKANEN
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