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www.SDNEWS.com Volume 17, Number 28
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
Scenes of scenic La Jolla
Photos by Sharon Hinckley
As spring settles in and the weather slowly begins to change (as much as it changes in San Diego), the signs of the season show themselves in La Jolla. Flowers reveal their colors, birds strut their stuff and waves pound the shore for some of the most dramatic backdrops around.
Former U.K. prime minister dissects world’s financial troubles in La Jolla
La Jolla-trained swimmer to brave the waters of the Hudson River
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BY DJANI SCHAFER | VILLAGE NEWS To raise funds and awareness for the Monarch School, Blair CanBlair Cannon, who regularly trains in the non is asking people to dive into waters off La Jolla, their wallets as he dives into the will attempt to swim Atlantic. Cannon is vice president all the way around of Bernstein Global Wealth Manthe island of Manhatagement in San Diego and on June tan to raise money 23, he will be competing in the and awareness for Manhattan Island Marathon the Monarch School. Courtesy photo Swim — a 28.5-mile long feat circumventing the whole island of Manhattan. Last year, Cannon completed a 21-mile swim from Catalina to the coast of California, also in an effort to raise money for the Monarch School. He finished the swim in August SEE SWIM, Page 6
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La Jolla schools start off baseball season strong,
CVS robber still at large
see Page 8 La Jolla High’s Tyson Youngs rounds the bases during the Lions Tournament against Brawley on April 4. Youngs went 3-for-6 with two RBIs and two stolen bases in the 11inning victory. The final score was 10-3.
he world may be suffering from war, strife and economic collapse, but an audience in La Jolla recently had the honor of hearing from a top political mind that there is indeed hope for the future. Gordon Brown, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, spoke at the Estancia Hotel on April 3, addressing the challenges facing the globe as it ascends from 2008’s financial recession. Brown, who served as prime minister from 200710 and as the leader of the U.K.’s Labour Party, spoke specifically about the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals to a packed audience at the hotel. In 2000, the United Nations created the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, laying out goals for each nation to work toward, including the development of universal primary education, the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, and the reduction of maternal mortality by three
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Police are seeking the suspect responsible for the robbery of the CVS Pharmacy, located at 5495 La Jolla Blvd, on March 29. The suspect is described as a black male in his late 30s to 50s, 6 feet tall with a thin to medium build. He was last seen around 8:15 p.m. on the evening of the robbery wearing black sunglasses, a Chargers beanie, dark jeans, black gloves and a dark
quarters by 2015. “The changes “The changes that will occur in our lifetime that will occur in will be bigger our lifetime will than the Indusbe bigger than trial Revoluthe Industrial tion,” Brown Revolution.” said to the audience at the Estancia, pointFormer Prime Minister ing out that the of the United Kingdom world will soon be dealing with fundamental changes in the economy and Photo by Morgan Carmody increased globalization. Emphasizing this connectivity, he discussed unless we work together.” And then, to demonstrate the potential the spread of the global financial crisis. “We are increasingly finding national for this struggle in the future, he pointed to problems to really be global problems,” he SEE BROWN, Page 3 said. “And these problems can’t be solved
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hoodie. According to police reports, the suspect walked directly to the restricted area behind the pharmacy counter in the back of the store, pointed a handgun at the pharmacist and demanded Oxycontin, Xanax and Vicodin. The suspect received several bottles of the drugs in a plastic CVS Pharmacy bag before he walked out of the store in an unknown direction. Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the San Diego Police Department’s Robbery Unit at (619) 531-2299 or San Diego Crime Stoppers
at (888) 580-8477. — Mariko Lamb
Would-be bank robber has second thoughts A suspect attempting to rob the Wells Fargo Bank, located at 7714 Girard Ave., on April 7 was apparently spooked before he could take off with any money. According to police reports, the suspect handed a demand note to the teller. The teller looked at the note, then looked back SEE BRIEFS, Page 12