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Vice President Stephanie Thompson leaves the board as Joline Mann and Mark McDonald join to replace Maddie Mackey and Marc Cormier, who resigned last month.

Summer Shoemaker and Natalia Petrova leave for work-related reasons. Japhet Perez is selected as the new president.

Amid suggestions to distribute ballots and allow voting by mail, the board may review and possibly revise its bylaws.

After years of planning and discussions, the La Jolla Village Merchants Association approved a design and vendor Feb. 8 for directional signs to be created as part of its "wayfinding" program.

Looking to honor La Jolla’s past, the upcoming La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival has named parade marshals who represent some of the area’s most iconic and long-standing institutions.

More than 850 companies in The Village have only one or two employees. A survey of 106 businesses found that parking, foot traffic and staffing issues are among their primary concerns.

A dozen people were elected or reelected to the La Jolla Village Merchants Association board this week from among 14 candidates.

The La Jolla Village Merchants Association will focus in 2022 on engagement with businesses and the community, along with ways to streamline that process.

Print Following a Dec. 16 ruling and a clarification the next day from a San Diego County Superior Court judge that coronavirus-related restrictions limiting restaurants to takeout service were no longer applicable, several La Jolla restaurants reopened for onsite dining service. Restaurants, along with several other businesses, were asked to close their doors Dec. 7 to in-person dining after the state enacted regional closures based on the region’s hospital intensive care capacity dropping b...

Merchants group explores ways to get more visitors to The Village The sea lion population draws tourists and locals to La Jolla Cove, as seen in this 2016 photo. (File) Print With more and more people seeking outdoor activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, like visiting La Jolla landmarks such as The Cove and the Children’s Pool, the La Jolla Village Merchants Association is looking at how to attract those visitors to local shopping opportunities. “This has been a crazy year … ...