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Afro-Cuban jazz quintet Mar Picao, led by San Diego-based Panamanian composer Julio Valdes, performs a free noon concert at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Monday, Sept. 14, as part of the library's long-running Monday Mini-Concert series.
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UC San Diego's StartBlue accelerator at Scripps Institution of Oceanography has selected 12 ocean-focused startups for its fifth cohort, offering up to $150,000 in non-dilutive funding, with a public showcase set for Nov. 19 at the Scripps Forum in La Jolla.
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San Diego is processing a proposal to demolish the fire-damaged Red Rest cottage on Coast Blvd., but the La Jolla Historical Society has appealed and the Community Planners Committee voted 22-2 to demand full historic and environmental review.
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Geppetto's toy store celebrates 50 years on Sept. 19, 2026, with giveaways and entertainment at its Girard Avenue location and all eight other San Diego County stores, plus a custom NeeDoh toy fundraiser pledging at least $50,000 to Rady Children's Hospital.
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Near-record crowds hit La Jolla Shores and Windansea on Labor Day as Tropical Storm Marie's warm swells and record heat capped a summer in which lifeguards logged more than 5,000 water rescues across 19 million San Diego beach visits.
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The Windansea Surf Club is accepting entries for its annual Menehune junior surf contest, set for Saturday, Oct. 3 at La Jolla Shores, with a Sept. 25 registration deadline and $250 scholarships at stake.
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and the La Jolla-based Dr. Seuss Foundation announced a partnership to mail free monthly books to all San Diego County children under 5, covering more than 170,000 eligible kids in the largest launch in the program's 31-year history.
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A new Scripps Institution of Oceanography study quantifying how seafloor slope shapes breaking waves was funded by a La Jolla family's memorial to Marko Wolfinger, an avid local surfer who died in 2015.
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The Bird Rock Community Council has filed a city permit and launched a fundraising campaign of up to $70,000 for two pelican-topped monuments on La Jolla Boulevard, while the fifth annual BirdStock Music Festival returns Saturday, Sept. 19 with five stages, BMX shows and more than 70 vendors.
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The 110th La Jolla Cove Swim on Sept. 13 has drawn more than 1,100 swimmers, roughly double the 2023 count, with proceeds benefiting the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego.
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San Diego New Music kicks off its new season with "Glissade," a concert that replaces a string quartet's second violin with a double bass, at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Friday, Sept. 25.
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The fifth annual BirdStock Music Festival takes over La Jolla Boulevard on Saturday, Sept. 19, with five live music stages, 70-plus artisan vendors, BMX performances and a new VIP tequila deck, all free to attend and benefiting both Bird Rock Elementary and the La Jolla Coastal Conservancy.