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UC San Diego, Conflict Resolution Center team up on civility project UC San Diego and the National Conflict Resolution Center have launched a new research program aimed at evaluating and and building civility in American life. The Applied Research Center for Civility, based at the university, will study the dynamics behind hate, intolerance, racial injustice and other social ills, then identify and assess ways to curb them. It will share the findings in reports and conferences. “Civility in our public life as we know it is on life support,” said Steven Dinkin, president of the San Diego-...

Development permitters approve vacation of Cuvier Street for Rec Center renovation The proposed transformation of the La Jolla Recreation Center is shown in a rendering. La Jolla Presbyterian Church is across from the Rec Center on Draper Avenue, with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego located across from the center on Prospect Street. (Courtesy) Print After some hefty debate and deliberation, a request to vacate a portion of Cuvier Street from city ownership got the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee’s support during its May 11 meeting. During the discussion, the c...

Print Hoping to find quantitative data that can measure the impact of short-term rentals under the city of San Diego’s new ordinance, the La Jolla Community Planning Association will work with the Ocean Beach Planning Board on a set of metrics to submit to the city. The idea came from the San Diego Community Planners Committee, which has representation from all the city’s planning groups. The metrics were to be taken back to the groups for feedback before a final list is voted on this month. The new STR ordinance was signed into law in April and is to be reviewed annually for effectivenes...

Sustainable Grandview: Volunteers clean up litter from Scioto Bike Trail ThisWeek group A group of 28 volunteers picked up enough litter to fill 50 trash bags April 10 during a little pickup event hosted by the nonprofit Sustainable Grandview. The volunteers met at the Scioto Bike Trail entrance on Grandview Avenue, near Interstate 670 and just south of the Sunoco gas station. "The trail entrance is right by the exit ramp from 670, and a lot of people just toss trash out their window as they drive by," said Brian Will, one of the local residents who serves as an organizer for Sustainable Gran...

La Jolla permit reviewers approve two home projects and dispute design plan for addition to historic house La Jolla’s Development Permit Review Committee approved plans to add to this property at 5692 Dolphin Place. (Courtesy) Print Two Bird Rock residential projects got the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee’s approval on the first try during the board’s March 9 meeting. Any preliminary review can be made final by a unanimous vote, which allows the board to make a recommendation on the project. Such was the case for a proposal to add a 444-square-foot unit to a house...