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La Jolla Community Center plans June 15 reopening The La Jolla Community Center will reopen its doors Tuesday, June 15, after being closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. LJCC will follow a hybrid model, continuing its current online offerings and adding in-person events. All classes and events will take place in the center’s open-air courtyard or the larger Great Room. For the record: 4:50 PM, May. 25, 2021This article’s headline and photo have been corrected to reflect that the La Jolla Community Center plans to reopen June 15. Visitors will be required to maintain so...

Stabilization planning begins for Red Roost and Red Rest cottages in wake of October fire Red Rest cottage burned down in October. The adjacent Red Roost was damaged. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) April 9, 2021 3:19 PM PT Print Much like the decay of the path to La Jolla’s historic Red Roost and Red Rest cottages has been slow, such is the case with their planned restoration after a fire last year. Crews and San Diego city representatives were onsite recently on Coast Boulevard to determine how to stabilize and preserve the structures — the first step in what is exp...

Birch Aquarium to reopen with outdoor exhibits Feb. 27 After almost three months of closure, Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla announced it will open to the public outdoors-only beginning Saturday, Feb. 27. A members-only day is scheduled for Feb. 26. The aquarium’s outdoor spaces have been enhanced with new animals and activities and will be open to guests with discounted ticket prices. Birch has been closed since early December because of COVID-19 restrictions. Activities include Preuss Tide Pool Plaza experiences, Kelp Cam viewing on a big screen, an ...

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...

Nonprofit group deems five historic sites across county “endangered” [The San Diego Union-Tribune] A local group focused on preserving historic buildings is adding five new sites to its annual “endangered list,” which aims to raise awareness of the old buildings and prevent demolition or major renovations that alter their character. The five new entries this year are the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, a Chase bank in eastern Pacific Beach, a Victorian house in San Marcos, pepper trees in Kensington and auto cottages on the beach in Oceanside. The other seven sites are Presidio Park, the...