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“We are a community that gets to celebrate together tonight,” Bird Rock Elementary School Principal Andi Frost said as she welcomed hundreds of school and community members on the school’s blacktop May 26 for “Sensational at 70,” an open house party to mark the seven decades of BRES.
If 2020 has proved anything, it’s that La Jollans don’t lose their fighting spirit. As the world battled the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, locals hopped online or otherwise did what they could for various causes — whether it be neighborhood character, racial justice or adapting to ever-changing public health restrictions to keep their businesses open. All of this without in-person entertainment, meetings and events and while staying masked and socially distanced. Through Dec. 26, residents of La Jolla’s 92037 ZIP code had registered 833 cases of the virus. San Diego County’s cumula...
Bird Rock and La Jolla elementary schools bid farewell to retiring employees Lorene LaCava, left, holds a sign made for her during a surprise parade recognizing her retirement from Bird Rock Elementary school after 25 years. (Elisabeth Frausto) Dec. 21, 2020 8 AM PT As the two-week winter break begins for students and staff across San Diego Unified School District, three staff members from Bird Rock Elementary School and La Jolla Elementary School are beginning a much longer break: retirement. They are part of the 370 district employees who opted for an early retirement package and w...
With a 23 percentage point lead in the vote count the day after the Nov. 3 election, it appears La Jolla resident Joe LaCava will win the San Diego City Council seat representing District 1. He says he’s ready to get to work. Guided by the words of environmental innovator Hal Harvey, “Respect science, respect nature, respect each other,” LaCava said he would focus on working with his council colleagues, being responsive to his district and “getting things done.” He began by expressing his gratitude to his immediate family members for their support, his “immigrant parents” for in...