La Jolla Village News, December 22nd, 2010

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A legacy of laughs Entering its 35th year, La Jolla’s Comedy Store known for solidifying art of stand-up on the West Coast

Students at the San Diego French-American School, located at 6550 Soledad Mountain Road, played in the “snow” on Dec. 17, their last day of school before winter break.

“Snowballs” flew as the children enjoyed winter San Diego-style, with snow made from Dr. Bronner’s Magic Pure Castile soap. La Jollan David Bronner, owner of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, sprayed the environmentally-friendly natural product over the front lawn and trees at the entrance of the school, which sits atop Mt. Soledad, just in time for the children’s arrival Friday morning. For a gallery of La Jolla holiday decorations and festivities, see page 8.

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Holiday Heroes

This story is part of a December series honoring outstanding La Jollans who have gone above and beyond to unselfishly help others.

BY KENDRA HARTMANN | VILLAGE NEWS In the late 1970s, stand-up comedy in Los Angeles was a brutal but exhilarating scene. Documented accounts describe up-and-coming comedians flocking to L.A., living out of their cars and begging for money from friends for drugs or rent while trying to impress audiences at the famous Comedy Store on “We would party Sunset Boulevard, all in with the locals, a desperate attempt to fall in love with get noticed. The worm on the end of the hook the local girls. We was a coveted spot on just couldn’t wait the “Tonight Show” to come down to with Johnny Carson, La Jolla.” which would almost guaranArgus Hamilton tee success.

“There were only a few clubs Comedian in the country where an unknown comic could get on stage, and then it was only on amateur nights,” said Argus Hamilton, a veteran of the stand-up industry, who has been a regular performer at both the L.A. and the La Jolla Comedy Stores since the mid-1970s.

“You would have to work those open mics night after night, week after week, sometimes year after year, to get good enough to work on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then you might have to work another year or two to get good enough to work Friday and Saturday.”

One hundred miles south, things could not have been more different. At the La Jolla Comedy Store, located at 916 Pearl St., SEE COMEDY, Page 6

Teresa Figueredo Doyle, left, lends a hand at the annual holiday distribution at the Casa de Los Pobres in Tijuana. Each of 1,400 families served will receive one blanket, as well as food and clothing.

Photo courtesy of Teresa Figueredo Doyle

La Jollan lives up to Mother Teresa namesake

BY KENDRA HARTMANN | VILLAGE NEWS When Teresa Figueredo Doyle was in her early twenties, she was in a severe car accident while driving on Park Boulevard downtown. Injured and trapped in her car, she described what happened next as nothing short of a miracle.

Several young men “materialized out of the bushes,” helped her from her car and to a safe place under a

tree, and went to a pay phone to call the police.

“One of them even offered me the shirt off of his back to use as a pillow,” said the 51-year-old La Jollan.

“They stayed with me until the police arrived, then they just melted back to wherever they had come from.”

According to Doyle, the men who had helped her were homeless and had nothing, yet still felt compelled to SEE DOYLE, Page 2

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• Dr. Philip Low of La Jolla-based NeuroVigil, Inc. headed a diverse team of engineers, programmers and students to create Dr. Phillip Low the iBrain, a portable b ra i n - m o n i t o r i n g device. Low and his team received the award for the “most innovative new product” in the life sciences/diagnostics and research tools category at the 23rd annual award program presented by CONNECT, a local nonprofit that promotes science and technology.

Stanford University is set to start a two-year study in January using the device to monitor the brain waves of autistic children in the comfort of their own homes.

“We created the iBrain with the hope that we would be able to revolutionize patient care,” Low said. “It was designed with patient comfort and safety in mind.”

• Vanessa Von Taub earned a year’s worth of free food at Rubio’s Mexican Grill as the winner of the Rubio’s Foursquare contest. The franchise, which opened last month at 7350 Fay Ave., held a 12-day-long contest in which contestants could check in using the Foursquare application on their smart phones to receive a free taco at the restaurant.

Von Taub ate at the restaurant every day from Dec. 6 to Dec. 17, and was declared the “mayor” of the contest when it ended Dec. 17.

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CONTINUED FROM Page 1 help someone in need. That’s what she said struck her as miraculous.

“We all have the ability to be of service to others,” she said.

Doyle knows well the business of serving others. Her mother, Anita Figueredo, dedicated much of her life to helping those who most need, something Doyle said had a “profound effect” on her.

In the 1950s, Anita Figueredo, a mother of nine and a surgeon with her own practice, read an article about a then-unknown nun who was helping sick and dying people in the streets of Calcutta. She was so moved by the story that she wrote a letter to the woman, sparking a lifelong correspondence and friendship with the tiny woman known as Mother Teresa.

Figueredo felt driven to do similar work in her own corner of the world, and so, in 1982, along with two other women, she co-founded the nonprofit organization Friends of the Poor with the goal of helping a group of nuns who serve impoverished families in Tijuana. Her association with Mother Teresa influenced her so much that she would even name one of her daughters after her.

According to colleagues, Doyle has lived up to her name. Jean Colarusso, one of the co-founders of Friends of the Poor, describes Doyle as “brave and compassionate.”

Ten years ago, Doyle was a scientist doing research at the Salk Institute, though she says she was always drawn to the work her mother did.

When her mother’s health began to

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PEOPLE fail, she stepped in at Friends of the Poor, performing administrative duties. As her role at the organization began to grow, it became clear that she would have to choose between her well-paying job and a job that paid only in goodwill.

The decision, she said, was not difficult. She said the work she was doing at Friends of the Poor was “intensely gratifying,” and, with the support of her husband, she took an early retirement from science. Today, she is the chief financial officer of the organization.

“I just felt it was the best choice for me,” she said.

Friends of the Poor operates as a blanket organization wherein its four directors work independently on their own projects in various parts of the world. The organization allows Americans to donate funds to overseas nonprofits and still receive tax refunds.

According to Colarusso and Doyle, the organization has virtually no overhead because the directors pay for it out of pocket, and 98 percent of its donations go directly to those in need.

When Doyle came on board, she picked up her mother’s personal project, the Casa de Los Pobres in Tijuana. Run by an order of Catholic nuns, the Casa provides medical care, food, clothing and social services to thousands of impoverished Mexicans.

Doyle works closely with the Casa, raising funds and bringing supplies across the border.

She spends most of her time working tirelessly to raise funds — about $14,000 per month — needed to run the psychiatric hospital the nuns founded 12 years ago. The hospital, located halfway between Ensenada

Teresa Doyle’s mother, Dr. Anita Figueredo, poses with her friend, Mother Teresa, in Calcutta in 1966.

Photo courtesy of Teresa Figueredo Doyle

and Tijuana, provides treatment services for Mexicans suffering from substance abuse or psychiatric illnesses.

The hospital has beds for 18 patients at a time and has a staff of about 30. According to Doyle, those who receive treatment there would otherwise end up in jail, because there is nowhere else for them to go.

“There are places where people can be warehoused, but not places where they can be healed,” she said.

Doyle has found her task of raising money more difficult recently, she said. Rough economic times have tightened everyone’s purse strings, and mentally ill, impoverished Mexicans can be a tough sell.

“I almost wish my primary focus was starving children,” she said, laughing. “They evoke so much sympathy. But what I have are these people that are the least wanted people around.”

Sometimes Doyle has gone beyond the call of duty against the wishes of her friends. Despite pleas from her colleagues at Friends of the Poor, Doyle regularly delivers donated bread and clothing to locations in and around Tijuana, often risking harassment by Mexican customs officials. “She refuses to stop, in spite of the trouble,” Colarusso said.

Once, when on a routine run down to the Casa, Doyle was stopped at the border, detained for six hours and fined $400 for carrying in donated contraband goods. She was told that the next time, she would lose her car.

Doyle shrugs it off, saying she doesn’t give it much thought.

“Every time I go down there, I think about it for about 10 seconds when I cross the border. Then I say a prayer every time I get through,” she said.

“The [customs officials] are just following orders. Our work continues.”

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WEDNESDAY · DECEMBER 22, 2010 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

Fish and Game Commission expands marine protected areas Local conservationists consider south La Jolla reserve ‘biggest victory’

BY KENDRA HARTMANN | VILLAGE NEWS In a historic decision, the California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) voted Dec. 15, to adopt a network of 36 new marine protected areas (MPAs) in Southern California, stretching from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border.

The new plan increases protection for marine life along the San Diego coast from about 1 percent to slightly more than 7 percent, said Meagan Wylie, San Diego Coastkeeper’s marine conservation manager.

“In San Diego, what we ended up with was a huge victory,” she said.

“And the biggest victory was the marine reserve that was put in place in south La Jolla.”

The reserve’s boundaries were increased by two city blocks, extending from Palomar Avenue to Missouri Street in Pacific Beach, bringing it to slightly more than seven square miles.

“The reason the reserve is so important is because La Jolla is one of the top biological hot spots in all of Southern California,” Wylie said. “It’s a kind of underwater powerhouse.”

Advocates for expanding protected areas say the final plan was a compromise between environmentalists and the fishing industry, but not everyone agrees with that assessment. Bob Fletcher, former president of the Sportfishing Association of California, said he believes the process has been tilted toward advocates for protection from the beginning.

“The final product is not something [the fishing industry] would ever have recommended and it will have a devastating effect on both recreational

and commercial fishermen,” he said.

“Frankly, it’s a corrupt process. It was touted as a wonderful, public-private partnership and an open and transparent process, and it was anything but that.”

Fletcher, who represents a coalition of fishing and boating organizations under the banner of the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans (PSO), argues that closing more areas to anglers will only serve to concentrate fishing in other zones, possibly causing overharvesting in the areas that remain open.

The final plan leaves areas in northern La Jolla open for fishing, while protecting the areas of the reef that, according to Wylie, are “less important to consumptive interests but provide a lot of benefits to the marine life that lives there.”

Advocates for protection also say that by protecting these particular areas, the ecosystems within them will thrive. Eventually, the species in those ecosystems will venture outside of the protected areas, potentially replenishing the depleted biodiversity everywhere.

Wylie said that though she was thrilled with the decision, some amendments to the original plan left coastal protection advocates slightly discouraged. At Swami’s in Encinitas, for example, the size of the protected area was increased to 10.5 square feet, but the level of protection was reduced. The region was designated a State Marine Conservation Area, instead of a State Marine Reserve, so spearfishing and coastal fishing will be allowed. “[The Swami’s decision] was a little

Taken in October during an aerial tour by Lighthawk and Coastkeeper, a stakeholder in the process of drawing marine reserve boundaries, this photo shows La Jolla’s southern coastline, bordered by the seven-square-mile reserve that went into effect Dec. 15. CLAIRE HARLIN | Village News

bit disappointing, but it’s something we can live with,” she said.

Fletcher said that, in addition to being one-sided, the plan doesn’t account for what he believes to be the most pressing issues for coastal health.

“The plan does nothing to address major water quality concerns,” he said. “Coastal pollution is the major culprit in the declining health of the ocean.”

He said members of the PSO plan to take steps to prove that the process by which the decision was made was illegal.

“It’s a process that was jaded from the start and we will continue to raise these issues in the courts and in future meetings,” he said. “It was not balanced and objective, and we can conclusively prove that.”

After a long dispute between fishers and conservationists, marine conservation areas (outlined in red) and marine reserves (outlined in blue) were put into place Dec. 15 by the Fish and Game Commission.

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La Jolla fugitive returns to jail A La Jolla man who fled the state and missed hearing a jury’s guilty verdicts against him for assaulting a friend has returned to a San Diego jail, but criminal proceedings were suspended after his attorney said he was not mentally competent to appear for sentencing.

A psychiatric evaluation for Amier Rocky Issa, 33, will be taken Dec. 23 in jail, and another judge will rule on Jan. 10 whether Issa is mentally competent to understand court proceedings. Meanwhile, Issa remains in the George Bailey Detention Facility without bail.

Issa was arrested at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas on Oct. 14 by agents with the Fugitive Task Force on a no-bail arrest warrant. Issa had been free on $20,000 bond, but he didn’t show up Oct. 6 to hear the jury’s guilty verdict for assault with a deadly weapon.

Issa is convicted of assaulting Michael Serrato, 29, a waiter who received a 5-inch slash across his face on July 11, 2008. Serrato testified Issa had been stalking him where he worked in Hillcrest, and was attacked as he walked home from work. Serrato received 28 stitches to his face and inside his mouth.

Issa could face seven years in prison, but no sentencing date can be set until his mental competency is determined. He could be committed to a mental hospital, but if he is found competent, he would face sentencing.

Issa worked with computers at the University of California, San Diego. — Neal Putnam

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WEDNESDAY · DECEMBER 22, 2010 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

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City opens tree recycling sites

‘Mrs. Seuss’ gives $2 million to revamp the historical University House

Artist Roy McMakin created the community-involved mural project at 7596 Eads Ave. in which participants got to pick their own color to be painted on the wall. The event, sponsored by the La Jolla Community Foundation, kicked off Dec. 18 and let community members paint part of the wall in no particular order on a first-come-first-served basis.

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The University of California, San Diego received an unexpected $2 million donation from longtime La Jollan and campus supporter Audrey Geisel in honor of the university’s 50th anniversary.

Geisel, widow of author Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel who wrote “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” among other books, has had a longstanding relationship with UCSD, donating more than 8,000 of her late husband’s original drawings, sketches, books and other memorabilia to the university libraries.

Audrey Geisel, widow of The monetary gift will be used to jumpstart the renova- author Theodor “Dr. Seuss” tion of University House, the currently uninhabitable pri- Geisel, has donated $2 milvate residence for the UCSD Chancellor. In 2004, Univer- lion to revamp the historical University House, which sity House was determined uninhabitable for a number of houses UC San Diego’s reasons, such as its stability in the event of an earthquake. chancellor.

Courtesy of UCSD. Historical organizations later determined that the house should be rehabilitated rather than demolished and re-built.

In 1995, the university’s library was renamed Geisel Library in honor of Theodor Geisel, following a $20 million gift from Audrey Geisel. Audrey, who was recently awarded the prestigious UCSD Chancellor’s Medal, has made an impact on nearly every area of the campus — from the UCSD Libraries, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Health Sciences, to student scholarship and fellowship support and the renovations of the Faculty Club.

The city of San Diego will operate its 37th annual tree-recycling program beginning Dec. 26, collecting trees through Jan. 23.

The city will open 16 drop off locations, including Kate Sessions Memorial Park at Soledad Road and Loring Street; Mission Bay at SeaWorld Drive and Pacific Highway; Ocean Beach Robb Athletic Field at 2525 Bacon St.; and University City at Swanson Pool, 3585 Governor Drive. The sites are open daily during daylight hours.

Yard clippings, Christmas trees and other organic materials are thought to make up as much as 20 percent of waste buried in landfills, said Chris Gonaver, director of the Environmental Services Department (ESD) in a recent statement. The trees are taken to The Greenery at the Miramar Landfill and turned into mulch and compost. Residents who have curbside recycling can recycle Christmas trees with their regular yard waste. It is advised to cut the tree and make it fit into the green recycling bin, said Dennis Williams, ESD spokesman. However, all tinsel and decorations must be removed prior.

For more information and recycling sites, visit www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/.

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WEDNESDAY · DECEMBER 22, 2010 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

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A Children’s Pool horror story

By SCOTT WAGGONER My family and I recently decid- surrounded by people blaring ed to spend a relaxing day at the obscenities. I looked forward children’s beach, where my twin toward my sons, who were being 14-year-old boys could snorkel confronted. I pushed ahead and my wife and I could relax. We toward my children, trying to were all looking forward to our break the circle that was surday together, but upon arriving to rounding them. I broke into the the kids’ beach I knew the day circle, to find a heated woman wasn’t going to be picturesque. scolding my son. I got between her There has been a war brewing in and my children, telling the boys La Jolla for some time now, to head for the car, and that I would be close behind them. snorkelers verses activists.

As the three of us began to get Now, before I go any further, let to the car, the me stress to you woman reached that my family “I was shocked to say the and I love the least. We have always out, grabbing me by the arm. I was seals, and believe ignored the activists, shocked to say the that they should hoping our silent least. We have be respected as well as protected. approach would be like always ignored the activists, hopYet I still do ice on their fire.” ing our silent believe that the beach should remain a children’s approach would be like ice on their fire. I had never given thought to beach, as it was intended.

Now that I have given that brief what would happen if one of them point — back to my story: My fam- laid hands on me; I never thought ily and I walked down the steps and that I would have to. I remained onto the beach and began laying calm, taking in the situation. My out our towels and ice chest, my wife behind me panic stricken, my boys began to suit up into their children in front of me scared, not snorkeling gear. As the activists understanding what they did watched my boys get ready, they wrong, and I was in the middle, began screaming down to them my arm in an activist’s tight grip. awful things, things that you It was then I said my first sentence should never say to a child. My wife to the activist: I told the woman and I told the boys to remain calmly to release my arm or I respectful, but still to enjoy the would have to call the police. At beach. As the boys snorkeled and his time, a lifeguard ran up the played on the beach, my wife and I steps and to our rescue. He was were approached by several able to get my family back togethactivists who proceeded to tell us er, and he stood watch while we that not only were we awful peo- loaded our car.

As we drove away, I took in the ple, but horrible parents who are producing hateful, callous children crowd that had gathered and felt who would one day be responsible an overwhelming sadness that this for single-handedly destroying the is what the child’s beach has come to. How are we supposed to give our planet by ridding it of seals.

My wife and I continued to children a love for the ocean, and a ignore them, not saying anything respect for the beach if this is what at all, for these people were so upset they associate the ocean with? I am I knew the slightest rebuttal could sorry to say that after years of turn the situation from annoying memories at the children’s beach into dangerous. The situation we haven’t yet returned, and to be remained ridiculous but still man- honest, don’t know when we will. I ageable most of the morning. It hope one day the beach can return was only when my wife and I were to the place that I remember as a separated that the situation unrav- child, a place where children can experience and grow to love the eled into something shocking.

We were headed up to our car, ocean. A place of peace and tranready to go home, when we were quility, it is truly a gift, a gift that we overcome by a crowd of activists. all should share.

— Scott Waggoner lives in Somehow, they managed to separate the four of us. I was sur- Menifee, Calif. and often drives to rounded by four people, each of La Jolla with his wife Theresa and them screaming and yelling, their two sons, Ethan and Austin. He voices overlapping each other. I said his kids have been surfing continued to ignore them and since they were two, and the began to look for my family. My beach is very much a part of his wife was about 12 feet behind me, and his family’s lives.

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By FLORENCE L. LAMBERT Our piece of paradise, the Village of La Jolla, has been abundantly blessed with many natural wonders, among them, the seals who have chosen to grace us with their presence at the Casa/Children’s Pool. They truly are a community treasure.

In our fast-paced world, it’s a welcome diversion to watch these graceful creatures move gently in and out of the ocean and rest contently on the beach. Observing the seals’ trust, peacefulness and harmony, and watching their unfettered natural behavior are not only pleasant and entertaining; it brings peace and harmony to our own souls as well. To co-exist so closely with another species is indeed a rare privilege. One leaves richer for having been there.

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This small area is the only seal rookery on the Southern California mainland, south of Carpenteria, and it presents a one-of-a-kind, educational experience for more than 2 million people a year. It is ecotourism at its finest. Fact: According to the lifeguard census, there were more than 2 million visitors to the Casa/Children’s Pool in 2009.

Our nation, along with others, decries countries that poach, cull or kill their wild animals. We condemn countries for encroaching on habitat and displacing wildlife. Yet some want to do here that which we condemn in others.

I am ashamed of and saddened by the selfish, vocal, insensitive few who are trying to destroy this unique natural wonder. We have 73 miles of recreational coastal beaches within

San Diego County — that’s 385,440 feet of coastline. Can’t we allow the seals to have just 300 feet? After all, we have already seized, polluted and destroyed much of their habitat.

I would like to quote a friend of mine, Virginia McKenna, co-star of the movie “Born Free” and cofounder of the Born Free Foundation: “We can no longer pass through paradise in a dream. It is vanishing before our eyes and at our hands,” said McKenna. “Before it is gone forever, we must put ourselves into our true perspective as sharers of the Earth, as compassionate protectors, not as masters.”

— Florence Lambert is a retired nurse. She is a conservationist, environmentalist, native San Diegan and La Jolla resident of 40 years.

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WEDNESDAY · DECEMBER 22, 2010 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

BY CLAIRE HARLIN | VILLAGE NEWS The city Planning Commission issued a continuance Dec. 16 in the appeal hearing of a Bishop’s School variance to increase the height of its library by a little more than two feet.

The contentious project, which many feel is in violation of Proposition D, will be heard again on Jan. 20.

City project manager Glenn Gargas said the architect, Michael Wilkes of the firm Delewie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker, must do more between now and Jan. 20 to demon-

strate he’s taken all possible measures to reduce the height of the structure.

Proposition D mandates a 30-foot height limit for coastal properties, and The Bishop’s School variance would increase its height from 30 feet to 32 feet and 1 inch.

But Gargas said the project, even though it is slightly more than 32 feet tall, would not be in violation of Proposition D because the ordinance allows for a 10-foot differential — which is basically a variance in topography, such as a sloping lot.

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Away to the door I flew like a flash, Raced outside, expecting a crash.

Sunbeams off Mercedes, Lined in a row, Gave the luster of diamonds, To cars that cost dough.

When what to my wandering eyes should appear, But a shiny Rolls Royce and a driver with cheer!

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A true investor he was; No mere amateur was he.

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“The methodology is written that if [the differential] is 10 feet or less, you measure from the high point,” said Gargas. “If it’s greater than 10 feet, you measure from the lower side.”

Proposition D also outlines that a building be measured from the finished grade, as opposed to the preexisting grade (before the project started), he said. In the case of Bishop’s, the preexisting grade is four feet lower than the finished grade.

Gargas said the Bishop’s site is “relatively flat,” but the project is not in violation of Proposition D.

The project pertains to the private school’s plan for a 21,000-squarefoot library and learning center, which would cost about $10 million.

The new facility — consisting of a basement and two above-ground levels — would include a library, classrooms, study areas and group meeting rooms with individual computer docking stations. The school originally requested a 4-foot variance, which was denied.

David Little, who serves on the La Jolla Community Planning Association board of trustees, has been one

of several on the forefront of opposition to the height variance, fearing it could set a precedent for future coastal development.

“If this variance is granted, it cannot be denied to other developers,” he wrote in a recent guest commentary published in the Village News.

“As time progresses, your peek-a-boo view will disappear, the winter shadow of the adjacent building will come further over your property and the wall of condos along the beach will grow a few feet higher as more variances are granted.”

COMEDY

According to Hamilton, the draw of La Jolla came not only from the relaxed feel and party scene. The club itself, he said, is renowned for its exceptional acoustics, and comedians have come from all over the country to record albums there.

“That room is the best comedy room in the country,” Hamilton said. “Crowds get a kind of mob mentality when they realize how much noise they can make, and they start to enjoy making it. There is no room in the country like it.”

Hamilton tells of comedy greats like Kelly Monteith, Freddie Prinze, Robin Williams and Michael Keaton, who shared the stage in La Jolla in the 1970s when comedy clubs were a phenomenon known only to the West Coast and New York City.

Today, in-house comics at the Comedy Store La Jolla do double-duty at the club, working as bouncers, tickettakers, promoters and janitors, all so they can have their eight or 10 minutes of stage time three or four times per week. Mike Vinn, a comedian who also does promotions at the club, said a position as an in-house comic, even if it requires occasionally unclogging toilets, is a coveted spot.

“It’s a great way to learn, and you actually have to be funny to work here,” he said.

Another shift in the stand-up scene was the flow of comics from south to north. While big names do still often come down to La Jolla, and though they still enjoy the “vacation” atmosphere and free beachfront accommodations, the club is no longer expressly reserved

as a haven for seasoned comics. The stream of talent has switched directions, and now comics who start down in San Diego are generally trying to work their way up to L.A. Max Caraisco, a comedian and bouncer at the club, said he was shocked at the process that would-be comedians had to go through to get stage time when he moved to San Diego from New York in 2007.

“In New York, you just pay some money and you get to perform at an open mic,” he said. “Here, you have to pay your dues. But look at the people who have performed here. It’s a proven process, and it works.”

The general consensus among upand-coming comics at the club seems to be that jumping through hoops on the road to success is a lot easier to swallow when you’re doing it in a place with a reputation like the Comedy Store.

“The cool thing,” said Vinn, scanning the headshots of famous comics on the wall of the club, “is that this place has so much history, and I get to be a part of it.”

Most agree that, although there is certainly no shortage of post-show partying, the business of comedy has forever been altered from the days when talk show stars David Letterman and Jay Leno were the acts and not the hosts.

“It’s much more professionally and collegially oriented now, in a chamberof-commerce type of atmosphere, like you’re businessmen on the road together,” said Hamilton. “But back in the late 1970s, La Jolla was just a continuation of the party that was going on in L.A.”

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things were distinctly more relaxed.

Comics had no reason to worry about getting noticed — but they were there only because they were already somebody in the realm of stand-up comedy.

“By the time you were good enough for La Jolla, you were a five- or six-year seasoned comic,” Hamilton said.

“Everyone who came to La Jolla was good enough to work the weekends up in L.A.” Mitzi Shore, owner of the Comedy Store chain, opened the Comedy Store South in Pacific Beach in 1976, and moved the club to its present location in La Jolla in August of 1977. She even bought a pair of condos in Pacific Beach so that out-of-town acts would have somewhere to stay. Hamilton said she wanted a place where comedians who regularly performed up in L.A. could get away for “a week-long vacation and have a nice, paid gig.”

For Hamilton and his peers, La Jolla was just that place to escape from the chaos of the L.A. scene.

“Comics got to bond down there.

Most of the time in L.A., we’re workaholics, scrambling like mad to get our careers going. It really allowed all of the funniest guys in my generation and the generations that followed to sit together on the beach and kick ideas around,” he said. “We would party with the locals, fall in love with the local girls.

We just couldn’t wait to come down to La Jolla.”

BUSINESS

WEDNESDAY · DECEMBER 22, 2010 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

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Local publisher keeps community newspapers forging ahead

BY MARIKO LAMB | VILLAGE NEWS Julie Hoisington, owner and publisher of San Diego Community Newspaper Group (SDCNG), is breaking down barriers in more ways than one. Not only is she the only female publisher and owner of an independent newspaper company in San Diego, her company is succeeding at a time when the novelty of print publications is diminishing and small businesses continue to struggle in an economy on the rebound.

From an early age, Hoisington knew what she wanted, and the determined young woman worked hard to achieve it. In high school, Hoisington served as yearbook editor and took classes in photography and journalism. She continued her passion in college, where she pursued a major in graphic arts.

In 1979, Hoisington was hired at the Idahonian in Moscow, Idaho, a daily newspaper where she acted as the creative designer for ads, special sections and covers, and dummied layouts of the publication.

“Julie was the best graphic artist that our little newspaper had ever seen,” said Randy Frisch, former advertising manager at the Idahonian.

“When somebody needed something done right and done with style, they’d go to Julie,” he said, calling her a quiet, go-to leader in the small advertising department.

In 1988, Hoisington took her talents to San Diego, where she and her former husband, David Mannis, established SDCNG with the publication of a single paper, Beach & Bay Press, serving the Pacific Beach and Mission

Beach communities.

The company continued to expand, with publications to include communities in Point Loma and Ocean Beach, La Jolla and downtown.

After the couple’s divorce, the duo continued to work as co-publishers at SDCNG for eight years.

Hoisington has been operating SDCNG solo for two years now — and despite a downturn in the economy, the emergence of competing businesses, and new technology to contend with — she is thriving at the helm.

Today, SDCNG publishes Beach & Bay Press, The Peninsula Beacon, La Jolla Village News, San Diego Downtown News and San Diego Pets Magazine.

“The secret to success through economic challenges is that we’re able to think of it as a grassroots approach,” Hoisington said.

Larger dailies find it difficult to fulfill their subscription quotas because they compete with an increasingly over-saturated marketplace of media sources from the Internet and television. This, in turn, lessens the influx of advertising dollars and altogether the existence of daily papers overall, she said.

Advertising in community newspapers is ideal for small businesses trying to target a specific audience because the papers are seen by more than just a subscription-based fraction of the market.

In the case of SDCNG, Hoisington’s papers hit a vast portion of the community, delivering niche publications to 56,000 doorsteps every week, she said.

“Having an independently-owned format, we’re not competing with the dailies and broadcast. We’re isolated to the niche of community news,” she

said, calling SDCNG’s business model “hyper-local from day one.”

“We can be creative and not only bring the news, but be creative from the marketing standpoint and come up with the most effective campaign,” she said.

SDCNG executive editor John Gregory, who has worked with Hoisington for 15 years, called Hoisington a “determined and clever business owner.”

“I’ve seen her evolve into a very effective manager and leader of personnel,” he said.

“She is not afraid of making decisions and sparking immediate action,” Gregory said. “She has seen changes in this business, knows how things work and she is pushing for progressive improvements. This is something you rarely see — even today — in the newspaper industry.”

One such decisive action that the business-savvy leader undertook was to embrace the latest trends in technology, instead of blaming it as the culprit of print’s demise. SDCNG launched www.sdnews.com in the mid-1990s. It has since become a comprehensive website for Hoisington’s network of publications. The home page now features daily news updates and the news team has adopted a web-first strategy.

News space used to be really tight in print, and a lot would get cut or held out, Hoisington said. Introducing fresh news online each day provides readers up-to-date and more in-depth information about their community on a regular basis — like an electronic daily newspaper.

In addition, Hoisington mandated an ambitious social media program, which

Julie Hoisington steers her local newspapers through turbulent economic times as publisher of San Diego Community Newspaper Group.

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was launched this year.

“I enjoy the fact that it’s real people with real lives, and we bring them news that will affect and touch their lives,” she said.

Despite difficult times for print, Hoisington has succeeded by pushing forward with new, progressive ideas in the industry to keep niche publications alive in San Diego. She has been an instru-

mental figure in building commerce in local communities and presenting news that larger daily papers and broadcast often overlook.

“It’s an interesting industry to be in,” she said. “There’s never a dull moment.”

For more information about SDCNG, visit www.sdnews.com or call (858) 270-3103.

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HOLIDAYS It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas hristmas is around the corner and La Jollans have taken great strides in dressing up their “jewel” this holiday season — from lights along sidewalks to ornaments in trees to costumes on pets. Here is a collection of images captured by local photographers Don Balch and Sharon Hinckley which exemplify La Jolla’s holiday spirit.

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Local photographer Sharon Hinckley, whose work is on display at Nelson Photo, located at 7720 Fay Ave., captured this image last week at Windansea beach.

Seasonal holiday lights brighten up the A festively-dressed bulldog poses for holevenings along Girard Avenue. iday photos at Muttropolis on Girard DON BALCH | Village News Avenue.

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LaJollaVillageNews.com THURSDAY, Dec. 23 • La Jolla Traffic and Transportation Board, 4 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., (858) 456-7900 • Allegra live at Beaumont’s, 8:30 p.m., 5662 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 459-0474 MONDAY, Dec. 27 • La Jolla Parks and Beaches Committee meeting, 4 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., (858) 456-7900 • Streetscape/Beautification Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m., 1150 Silverado St., (858) 454-1444 TUESDAY, Dec. 28 • La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee meeting, 4 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., (858) 456-7900 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29 • Children’s Storytime, 3 p.m., La Jolla Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, free FRIDAY, Dec. 31 • Last day of exhibition “Passions,” by Anne Labovitz, 10 a.m., La Jolla Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, free MONDAY, Jan. 3 • Lofty Mondays, 6 p.m., The Loft, 9500 Gilman Drive, social hour for graduate students, (858) 822-4532 TUESDAY, Jan. 4 • LOL (Laugh Out Loft), 7:30 p.m., The Loft at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, monthly comedy night hosted by Feraz Ozel, $2 UCSD students, $5 regular admission

A house near Genter and Draper streets is adorned with ornaments this holiday season.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Hinckley

Hinckley captures the reflection of herself and her surroundings as she photographs a shiny ornament on Draper Street. Her photography will be on display at Nelson Photo through Jan. 18 and can be viewed at all times through the window of the store.

Holiday events to round out the year THURSDAY, Dec. 23

FRIDAY, Dec. 31

• Photos with Santa at the UTC Westfield mall, 9 a.m., 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, (858) 546-8858

• New Year’s Eve Party Latin Style, 10 p.m., Miami Grille UTC, 4353 La Jolla Village Drive, dining and dancing to the live music of Latin Groove Combo, midnight Cuban buffet and traditional Cuban drinks, (858) 581-2822, www.miamigrille.com, $35

• Full Measure Carolers and the Rockin’ Cranberries, 1 p.m., UTC Westfield mall, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, (858) 546-8858, free

FRIDAY, Dec. 24 • Photos with Santa at the UTC Westfield mall, 9 a.m., 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, (858) 546-8858 • Christmas Eve Happy Hour, 11 a.m., La Jolla Brew House, 7356 Fay Ave., $10 holiday dinner specials and $4 holiday drink specials, (858) 456-6279, www.lajollabrewhouse.com • Full Measure Carolers and the Rockin’ Cranberries, 1 p.m., UTC Westfield mall, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, (858) 546-8858, free

SATURDAY, Dec. 25 • Christmas Day Dinner and Celebration, 3 p.m., La Jolla Brew House, 7356 Fay Ave., three-course holiday dinner with complimentary glass of champagne, holiday movies, $4 pint specials, call (858) 456-6279 for reservations, www.lajollabrewhouse.com

• New Year’s Eve at Beaumont’s Eatery, 8:30 p.m., 5662 La Jolla Blvd., fourcourse meal and champagne toast featuring live entertainment by 1980s cover band, The Reaganomics, (858) 459-0474, $59, $20 for entertainment without dinner

SATURDAY, Jan. 1 • Rock to the Rosebowl Parade, 4:30 a.m., The Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., ride from the Riford Center to the Rosebowl Parade in Pasadena via limo bus, includes three-course lunch at Il Fornaio, (858) 459-0831, $125 members, $150 non-members • New Year’s Day brunch at Brockton Villa and Beaumont’s Eatery, 8 a.m., 5662 La Jolla Blvd. and 1235 Coast Blvd., $1 mimosas at Beaumont’s with the purchase of an entrée, (858) 459-0474 for Beaumont’s, (858) 459-7393 for Brockton Villa

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY · DECEMBER 22, 2010 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

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CIF STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bishop’s wins Division IV State Bowl in convincing fashion With a section title already in hand, Bishop’s added a state title to its trophy case on Friday, Dec. 17. Behind a strong ground game and stout defense, the Knights beat Stockton Brookside Christian 40-14 in the Division IV State Bowl at the Home Depot Center in Carson.

The Knights were led by running back Alec Fisher, who scored a career-best five touchdowns, four rushing and one receiv-

ing. Fisher ran for 167 yards on 23 carries, caught three passes for 33 yards and his three fourth quarter touchdowns helped Bishop’s win comfortably in a rain-soaked affair.

Bishop’s led 20-6 at halftime, but saw its lead cut to one score midway through the third quarter. At that point, the Knights’ defense stopped Brookside Christian on consecutive drives and its offense got rolling

again to put the game away in the fourth quarter.

Bishop’s finished the season as the only undefeated team in the San Diego Section.

The Knights’ victory brings a football state title to San Diego for the fourth consecutive year and marks the section’s first state title in Division IV. — Anthony Gentile

Left: Bishop’s players celebrate their Division IV State Bowl victory over Brookside Christian on Friday at the Home Depot Center in Carson. The Knights are the first Division IV state champion from the San Diego Section. Right: Bishop’s running back Austin Fisher runs outside against Brookside Christian in the Knights’ 40-14 Division IV State Bowl win on Friday.

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San Diego's Traditional 'Blessing of the Animals' Goes Wild in Old Town Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is hosting a Blessing of the Animals event on Sunday, Jan.16, from noon to 3:00 p.m. Led by Monsignor Mark Campbell from the historic Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Old Town, this event will have a decidedly wild personality.

The Chula Vista Nature Center will be bringing native animals to the event and the Avian and Exotic Animal Hospital will educate the public about rescuing, rehabilitating and supporting wild animals.

On hand will be many native animals that are rarely viewed up close that have

been rescued but are now unable to return to the wild. Also participating in the event is the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA, Chihuahua Rescue of San Diego, Shelly’s Shelter and Friends of Cats.

There will also be a pet expo with treats for pets and owners as well as games for kids. Sponsors and exhibitors are now being sought.

This event has been happening for more than 300 years – dating back to the 1700s. In San Diego the annual Benediction of the Beasts celebrates St. Anthony of the Desert, the Patron Saint of Ani-

mals, and honors San Diego's own Father Anthony Ubach. Because of his hard work, in 1886 a school for Native Americans was established in Old Town. It was named St. Anthony's after Father Ubach. All faiths and convictions are welcome to attend this event to celebrate the animals that make our lives so special.

Activities for both animals and families make this celebration both unique and very moving to all who participate.

Admission to this event is free. For more information, visit: facebook.com/ fiestadereyes or call event producers, j.simms agency at 858-689-9909.

More than 800 people showed up for the 60th annual Las Posadas in Old Town; The Las Posadas procession celebrates Mary and Joseph’s search for a birthplace for the Christ child and culminates with a live nativity scene in front of Casa de Estudillo.”

Bonfire Nights lluminates Old Town Throughout the month of December, bonfires and old-fashioned piñata parties will be bringing a festive holiday atmosphere to Old Town San Diego State Historic Park.

Presented by Fiesta de Reyes, El Fandango Restaurant, and all the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park merchants, bonfires will light up the winter nights at dusk and free s’mores will be provided.

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Bonfire Nights will take place Dec. 28, 29, and 30. The event is a part of line up of festive holiday events taking place throughout December in Old Town.

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‘Dressed to the Nth degree’

Letting your New Year’s Eve sparkle Left: La Jollan Sally B. Thornton, hon-

Michel Malecot, founder and owner of The French Gourmet, has been buying and collecting wines for years, and with New Year’s just around the corner, he’s taking the opportunity to pull a few sparkling gems from his refrigerated repertoire and share them with the public.

On Monday, Dec. 27, at 5 p.m., Malecot will hold a holiday champagne and sparkling wine tasting at his wine boutique, located at 960 Turquoise Street. For a $30 cover, guests of the event will get to enjoy

heavy hors d’oeuvre — including fine cheeses, pâté, tray-passed appetizers and a boneless coq au vin and mashed potatoes station — and Malecot will share some of his favorite bubbly. For those who have yet to buy a special New Year’s bottle or the perfect gift for a certain party host, The French Gourmet will also be marking down some of its overstocked bottles of champagne for the holidays.

A few bubbly beverages guest will get a taste of — Gosset Brut Excellence NV, Iron Horse Classic Vintage

Brut 2004, Laurent Perrier Brut, Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs 2005 and Taittinger Cuvée Prestige.

After building an award-winning reputation for its catering, bakery and restaurant, The French Gourmet added a retail wine boutique to its menu of services about three years ago, and Malecot has since turned his passion into success.

“For me, this is not about the money,” said Malecot. “This is what I love to do.”

— Claire Harlin

Fashion Files Diana Cavagnaro “Dressed to the Nth Degree” was held at the Westgate Hotel on Dec. 14, presenting the 2010 Best Dressed Awards and Fashion Show

by Fashion Forward.

Awardee Phyllis Parrish, of La Jolla, was unable to attend the event but her gown, designed by Nolan Miller was displayed on the stage for all to see. A Lifetime Award was given to Miller, who is best known

orary chair of “Dressed to the Nth Degree,” stands with husband John at the Dec. 14 event, held downtown at the Westgate Hotel. Right: La Jollan Phyllis Parrish, an awardee at the Dec. 14 “Dressed to the Nth Degree” event, was unable to accept her award in person, but her gown was on display in her honor.

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for his designs on the 1980s TV show “Dynasty.”

Sally B. Thornton, also of La Jolla, gave a special presentation and a generous donation from the John M. & Sally B. Thornton Foundation to seven charities: St Madeleine Sophie’s Center, United Way, Center for Children, Arc of San Diego, Big Brother Big Sisters, San Diego Food Bank and San Diego Rotary.

La Jolla screenwriter returns to stage in January

BY CHARLENE BALDRIDGE | VILLAGE NEWS Despite almost daily drives to Hollywood at one time, playwright and screenwriter Stephen Metcalfe never left La Jolla.

This is where he lives with his wife, Claudia, and their two children, ages 19 and 13. From their Upper Hermosa home they have a lovely view of the ocean. As a matter of fact, Metcalfe had his own view in mind when writing his play, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” which will have its world premiere at San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre in January.

Metcalfe, who is an associate artist of the Old Globe, had eight plays produced there between 1984 and 2003. In fact, the first of them, “Strange Snow,”

became the 1989 movie “Jackknife,” starring Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker and Ed Harris. This initial foray into film led to more than a decade of freeway mileage for Metcalfe, who adapted French director Jean-Claude Tachella’s “Cousin-Cousine,” released as “Cousins” and starring Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, William Peterson, Sean Young and Lloyd Bridges.

In the early 1990s Metcalfe took the darkly realistic work “3000” and turned it into the hit film “Pretty Woman,” starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.

Numerous rewrites followed, among them “Arachnophobia,” “It Could Happen to You,” “The Air Up There” and “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” among many others. In addition, Metcalfe adapted numerous novels and plays by others, and in 2002

wrote and directed the Indie film “Beautiful Joe,” which starred Sharon Stone and Billy Connelly.

Then around 2004, an epiphany of sorts occurred.

“I suddenly realized I was doing nothing but other people’s work,” Metcalfe said. “So I decided to start writing my own screenplays.”

The timing was not good, and despite a lot of interest and a lot of meetings, nothing came to fruition. Metcalfe began writing plays again, among them “World of Their Own” and “The Tragedy of the Commons.”

Before programming the world premiere of “The Tragedy of the Commons,” Cygnet Theatre did a script reading 2009.

In the company was Jim Winker, who is

an acting professor at University of California, San Diego, where Metcalfe teaches playwriting. The relationship goes back farther than that, however; both were at the Globe during the same era, and through Winker never acted in Metcalfe’s plays, the two met frequently at Globe parties.

“He has a keen understanding of how people work,” said Winker of Metcalfe.

Anyone familiar with Metcalfe’s Old Globe-produced plays — among them “Strange Snow,” “Vikings” and “Emily” — can attest to that. And lest one think that Metcalfe has all his eggs in the playwriting basket, he is working on a novel — but he’s not saying what it’s about.

Stay tuned. Metcalfe isn’t going anywhere.

Long-time La Jollan Stephen Metcalfe’s play, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” will premiere at Cygnet Theatre in January.

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with Vincent Andrunas The Social Service League of La Jolla held its seventh annual benefit, “Christmas Cabaret at Darlington House,” in early December. Since the time of the Great Depression, the League’s mission has been to provide housing and meal support to seniors who have lived and worked in the San Diego area. The League House (located “near the sound of the sea” at 7441 Olivitas St.) accommodates 52 seniors, who enjoy secure and attractive apartment living and an evening meal served in a gracious dining room. Next door is Darlington House, “a historic villa in the style of Seville” that the league purchased in 1968.

Volunteers hold fundraisers there throughout the year, and rent it for weddings and other gatherings. All funds raised support the efforts at League House.

Guided by decorating Chair Suzanne Ward and cabaret co-chairs Carole Renstrom and Lois Stanton, league members lavishly decorated the historic house for the benefit.

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Christmas Cabaret: 1. Carole Renstrom (event co-chair), Lois Stanton (SSL president and event co-chair), Dr. William Stanton, Joyce Nash, Mary Johnson Candlelight Ball: 2. Betty Knight Scripps (general chairman), Cliff Robertson (guest of honor) 3. Dr. Marc Sedwitz (SMH-LJ chief of staff) and Irene Sedwitz, Eve and Gary Fybel (SMH-LJ chief executive), Rosemary and Chris Van Gorder (Scripps Health president/CEO) St. Madeleine’s: 4. Leonard Simpson, Phyllis Parrish, Debra Turner-Emerson (SMSC executive director), Sally Thornton, Brandi McClain, Ramin Pourteymour (host) 5. Claire Reiss, Laurie McGrath, Judy Manette (SMSC board president), Carlee McGrath, John Seiber (Kraemer Education Fund board president), Sr. Gina Rodee

teers baked hundreds of gingerbread and tree-shaped sugar cookies to delight the 185 guests. Caroling with pianist Greg Watson added to the enjoyment of this popular annual dinner dance.

The Candlelight Ball, a black-tie fundraiser for Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, is always one of the year’s most elegant social events. Its 81st edition took place early this month at the Grand Del Mar, chaired (for the eighth consecutive time) by Betty Knight Scripps. Through her leadership and generosity, the ball has raised nearly $20 million to further lifesaving care at the nonprofit hospital (which originally opened in 1924 on Prospect Street).

Highlights of the perennially-beautiful décor included red-carpeted walkways, palm trees, copious candles and lush gardens of Kathy Wright’s flowers (including centerpieces that stood taller than four feet).

The reception was in the Capella Room, where a festive jazz trio entertained. It has been a Candlelight Ball tradition for famed actor and aviator Cliff Robertson to be Mrs. Scripps’ guest of honor at the event. A longtime La Jolla resident, he was in La Jolla High School’s first graduating class, and has known the Scripps family since his childhood. Before dinner, he spoke of those early times, when La Jolla’s population was only 4,000, and noted, “It’s now 40,000 — with as many BMWs.” The event sold out again this year, attracting 400 guests. Guests dined on a smoked scallop salad followed by

an olive-stuffed beef tenderloin with a wonderful demi-glace. Dessert was a flourless chocolate almond torte, with gingerbread-spiced ice cream. The Bob Hardwick Sound played for dancing.

Ramin Pourteymour hosted a big party at his ultra-modern La Jolla Farms “Atoll House” on Dec. 5, his birthday. But the party wasn’t for him — it was St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center’s annual Donor Appreciation Reception, held to thank their most generous supporters.

SMSC began 45 years ago to help developmentally disabled children, but later transitioned into a facility serving adults with developmental difficulties. These “students” come daily to learn or upgrade marketable skills, develop creative outlets, earn some money, make new friends and gain a sense of independence and self esteem.

Reception guests enjoyed refreshing libations and heavy hors d’oeuvre. Executive Director Debra TurnerEmerson thanked them for attending.

She asked Sally Thornton to be honorary chair for a benefit fashion show.

Sally unhesitatingly replied, “Oh! Yes! Great balls of fire!” — a reference to the big spherical rocks in the flames of the adjacent fireplace.

Ramin, an interesting fellow who has generously opened his house for several nonprofit events lately, was the youngest 737-, 757-, 767- and 747400 captain for United Airlines.

Despite his many other accomplishments, he said that being a good son to his parents has always been one of his most important goals. A book about his life is soon to publish.

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At this Holiday Time, Let’s Reflect on Things We’re Thankful For: We can be very thankful that across the country, single family home sales are creeping up.

Thankful that new home sales are up 6% Nationwide.

Thankful for the 10% of the wage earners that currently pay almost 70% of the total US tax revenues.

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If you are reading this, you are probably not among the almost 50% of the population that pays almost no Federal taxes.

We’ll be thankful should Congress decide to keep what tax cuts we have, and our President allows it in order to take uncertainty out of the market, and hopefully stimulate jobs.

We are thankful that for 3 weeks in a row, the job picture was slightly better, leading economists to believe that we may have 3% growth, up from 2%, in the 4th quarter of 2010.

Thankful if you are not over 50 and out of work.

7.2 % are unemployed, more men than women, and stay unemployed an average of 42 weeks. 32 weeks for younger workers.

Thankful if you are not among the 3.4 million unemployed in the US, or 49.2 million not in the labor force; or maybe thankful to be among the 49.2 million??

Thankful that the 19% of home foreclosures that were caused by people who really could afford the home and chose not to, as values had dropped below outstanding housing debt, will most likely pay taxes on some of the forgiven debt which will help us with unfunded mandated Federal services.

If you love trucks, you are thankful that Ford’s biggest trucks are the highest sellers, which could bode well for upcoming increases in the construction business.

Happy that California was the recipient of

$2,000,000,000 from the Fed, an increase from $700,000,000 under a “Keep Your Home Program”.

Sad that the Fed giving us back tax dollars is a form of redistribution of wealth.

We are thankful record low yields in the 5 yr and 10 yr. bonds, have been creating record low interest rates, that is until the Fed started printing money.

They are up now after the Federal Reserve Board Meeting and announcement, but may not be that way after the Holiday numbers are readjusted.

Happy that the Fed is putting liquidity into the market, sad that they are doing it by printing money, which lowers the value of the $, but happy that this will stimulate Foreign trade, and sad that in the short term rates are going up over concerns of deflation.

Happy that the Korean Market, the Kospi has been trading higher, even 10.9 times earnings. South Korea is often our best friend in Asia. China’s monetary policies present problems for the US balance of trade, which is a constant source of unpleasantness between our two countries.

We can be thankful we don’t live in Las Vegas.

80% of the homes are underwater, meaning more is owed on the mortgage than the home/condo is worth.

We are thankful for the couple who is selling their home in Connecticut and throwing in their vacation home in Florida in a BUY ONE GET ONE FREE promotion. We love all the creative marketing ideas that will help get us out of this Real Estate slow down.

We are Thankful for God, and family and friends, and that finally—California is no longer mentioned in the worst hit Real Estate markets in the country.

That honor goes to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando and Miami and a few other areas.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2010 COURT FOR A DECREE CHANGING PETITIONERS NAME FROM JENNIFER RYAN ISLEY TO JENNIFER RYAN BINN FROM JAKE DAVIS BINN TO JACKSON DAVIS BINN A MINOR ON BEHALF OF DAVID A. BINN AND JENNIFER RYAN ISLEY THE COURT ORDERS THAT all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that indicates the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING TO BE HELD ON JAN 19, 2010 TIME: 8:30 AM DEPT: D-25 220 WEST BROADWAY SAN DIEGO, CA. 92101 ISSUE DATE(S): DEC 16, 22 JAN 06 AND 13, 2011

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2010-030580 THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: SILK ROAD CAFE located at: 841 TURQUOISE ST. SAN DIEGO, CA 92109 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): AXELAN SHORJA-ZIBA, MAHNAZ SOROUSHAZAIR This business is being conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP The transaction of business began on: NOT YET STARTED The statement was filed with David L. Butler, County Clerk of San Diego County on: NOV 15, NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: 2010 Issue Date(s): DEC 09, 16, 22 AND JAN 06, 2010 FELIPE RANGEL YERBA CASE NUMBER: 37-2010-00152421-PR-PW-CTL 1. To all heir’s, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT creditors, and persons who may be otherwise interFILE NO. 2010-030468 ested in the will or estate, or both, of (specify all names THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: by which the decedent was known): MISSION BEACH VACATION RENTALS located at: 704 VENTURA PLACE SAN DIEGO, CA FELIPE RANGEL YERBA 92109 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CAROLYN JACOB SHAW INC. This business is being conducted RANGEL in the Superior Court by: A CORPORATION JACOB SHAW INC. 704 VENTURA of California, County of: SAN DIEGO PLACE SAN DIEGO, CA. 92109 CALIFORNIA The trans- 3. The Petition for Probate requests that: CAROLYN action of business began on: 01/01/04 The statement RANGEL was filed with David L. Butler, County Clerk of San be appointed as personal representative to adminisDiego County on: NOV 12, 2010 Issue Date(s)): DEC ter the estate of the decedent.

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FILE NO. 2010-030437 5. The petition requests authority to administer the esTHE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: tate under the Independent Administration of Estates PROACTIVE MASSAGE located at: 4669 MORRELL ST. SAN DIEGO, CA Act. (This authority will allow the personal represen92109 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): tative to take many actions without obtaining court JOANNE MONTALVO This business is being conducted approval. Before taking certain very important actions, by: AN INDIVIDUAL The transaction of business began the personal representative will be required to give on: 11/01/10 The statement was filed with David L. notice to interested persons unless they have waived Butler, County Clerk of San Diego County on: NOV 12, notice or consented to the proposed action.) The in2010 Issue Date(s): DEC 09, 16, 22 AND JAN 06, 2011 dependent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT not grant the authority.

FILE NO. 2010-032536 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: as follows: MYGAMETICKETS.COM located at: 479-6161 EL CAJON BLVD. STE B SAN a. Date: JAN 13, 2011 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept: PC-1 DIEGO, CA 92115 is hereby registered by the follow- b. Address of court ing owner(s): BLUE CHIP HOSPITALITY GROUP INC. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN This business is being conducted by: A CORPORATION DIEGO, MADGE BRADLEY BUILDING, 1409 Fourth Ave. BLUE CHIP HOSPITALITY GROUP SAN DIEGO, CA. San Diego, CA. 92101, CENTRAL PROBATE 92115 CALIFORNIA The transaction of business began 7. If you object to the granting of the petition, you on: NOT YET STARTED The statement was filed with should appear at the hearing and state your objecDavid L. Butler, County Clerk of San Diego County on: tions or file written objections with the court before DEC 07, 2010 Issue Date(s): DEC 16, 22 JAN 06 AND the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

13, 2011 8. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT mail a copy to the personal representative appointed FILE NO. 2010-032642 by the court within four months from the date of first THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: issuance of letters as as provided in Probate Code MONARCH LILY CONSULTING located at: 748 ARCHER ST. SAN DIEGO, CA 92109 section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire is hereby registered by the following owner(s): before four months from the hearing date noticed MICHAEL WYKOSKY, JILL WYKOSKY This business is above. being conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The transaction 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you of business began on: NOT YET STARTED The state- are a person interested in the estate, you may file with ment was filed with David L. Butler, County Clerk of the court a Request for Special Notice ( form DE-154) San Diego County on: DEC 08, 2010 Issue Date(s): of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in ProDEC 16, 22 JAN 06 AND 13, 2011 bate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME 10. Attorney for Petitioner: Norman Michael Cooley SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 600 West Broadway-Suite 1550 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO San Diego, CA. 92101 619-234-3220 CENTRAL DIVISION, 330 W. BROADWAY ISSUE DATE(S): DEC 16, 22 AND JAN 06, 2011 SAN DIEGO, CA. 92101 CASE NO: 37-2010-00105580-CU-PT-CTL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY, DAVID A. BINN AND JENFILE NO. 2010-033188 NIFER R. ISLEY HAS FILED A PETITION WITH THIS

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THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: POWER GREEN CLEAN located at: 4475 MISSION BLVD. #245 SAN DIEGO, CA 92109 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): BRUCE MARIANI This business is being conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The transaction of business began on: NOT YET STARTED The statement was filed with David L. Butler, County Clerk of San Diego County on: DEC 14, 2010 Issue Date(s): DEC 16, 22 JAN 06 AND 13, 2011 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2010-033356 THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION LOANS located at: 3940 HANCOCK ST #111 SAN DIEGO, CA 92110 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): GILBERT HENRY HARRIES JR. This business is being conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The transaction of business began on: NOT YET STARTED The statement was filed with David L. Butler, County Clerk of San Diego County on: DEC 15, 2010 ISSUE DATE(S): DEC 22 JAN 06, 13 AND 20, 2011 DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE 1350 Front St., Room 5056, San Diego, CA. 92101 (619) 525-4064 Filing Date: December 16, 2010 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: GOOD EDGE INC. The applicant listed above is applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 7728 REGENTS RD, STE 501 SAN DIEGO, CA. 92122 Type of license(s) applied for: 41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE-EATING PLACE ISSUE DATE(S): DEC 22, 2010 DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE 1350 Front St., Room 5056, San Diego, CA. 92101 (619) 525-4064 Filing Date: December 13, 2010 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: CINDY AND SIMON INC. The applicant listed above is applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 4647 CONVOY ST., STE 101B, SAN DIEGO, CA. 92111 Type of license(s) applied for: 41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE-EATING PLACE ISSUE DATE(S): DEC 22, 2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2010-033613 THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: LAG CONSULTING located at: 4435 LEON ST. SAN DIEGO, CA 92107 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): LARRY GUSTAFSON, JOANN GUSTAFSON This business is being conducted by: HUSBAND AND WIFE The transaction of business began on: 01/01/05 The statement was filed with David L. Butler, County Clerk of San Diego County on: DEC 17, 2010 ISSUE DATE(S): DEC 22 JAN 06, 13 AND 20, 2011 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2010-033617 THE NAME(S) OF BUSINESS: RELATIVES located at: 4864 NEWPORT AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA 92107 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): BEKAH BOWDLER, CECILIA WOLFE This business is being conducted by: CO-PARTNERS The transaction of business began on: NOT YET STARTED The statement was filed with David L. Butler, County Clerk of San Diego County on: DEC 17, 2010 ISSUE DATE(S): DEC 22 JAN 06, 13 AND 20, 2011

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REAL ESTATE DIRECTORY · LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2010

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We would like to thank our friends and clients for letting us achieve $14,000,000 in sales during 2010, with 21 transactions.

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