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Upscale culinary shop Sur La Table opens in the VillageBy Pat Sherman

La Jolla welcomed its newest addition to the Village design district Aug. 28, as Seattle-based culinary retailer Sur La Table greeted customers with free espresso and cappuccinos, as well as smoothies, mushroom pastries and chocolate-almond scones prepared in the stores on-site kitchen.

We want you to come in and feel like youre coming to a party, into somebodys home, feeling welcomed, store manager Carola Christopherson said.

The 6,563-square-foot culinary shop (at 7643 Girard Ave.) offers everything from cutlery to food processors and specialty kitchen utensils, as well as a full range of on-site cooking classes.

The store currently employs 10 part-time sales associates, as well as a fulltime store manager, two assistant managers, one floor supervisor, a chef and kitchen assistant.

As employees stocked shelves during the week prior to

See Sur La taBLe, a10Sur La table floor lead michael Garner serves up espressos and cappuccinos to customers on opening day. Pat Sherman

By Sarah LowreyLa Jolla resident

After reading several write-ups on the littering, overflowing garbage cans and cracked sidewalks in the La Jolla Light, Id like to propose a new feature for your paper: Tarnishing Our Jewel. It would be great! Whats better than public humiliation to get people to clean up their acts?

Heres your first feature: the state of the pavement and concrete on Marine and Cuvier Streets.

I have written to the city several times to request that the serious cracks and fissures be fixed (photo at left), only to be assured that Cuvier Street is on hold for an underground utility project (that the resident engineer knows nothing about)

and Marine Street is currently being evaluated for permanent repairs (that havent taken place during my two years living here).

Not only are these streets serious eyesores, they are bicycle and pedestrian accidents waiting to happen!

Lets call the city and other offenders out to clean up our Village.

Editors Note: Here we go! Fellow La Jollans, for this new feature to work, we need citizen journalists to send us the leads and we will go after the perpetrators! Just e-mail the scenarios and attach a photo, or call us and well investigate who or what is Tarnishing Our Jewel!

Reach Editor Susan DeMaggio at (858) 875-5950 or [email protected]

Tarnishing Our JewelNew feature to spotlight blighted areas in La Jolla

Though it is still 10 months away, more than two dozen doctors, lawyers, bankers, architects and other professionals belonging to the Torrey Pines of La Jolla Rotary Club are gearing up for their golden moment the clubs upcoming 50th anniversary celebration, June 30, 2014.

Over the past 50 years, weve had hundreds of the most dynamic, giving, and personable members youre going to meet anyplace in Southern California, said club president Gordon Shurtleff, who has visited almost 230 other Rotary clubs in 11 states and four countries in the past 43 years.

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TP Rotary readies for 50th year

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From rotary, a1The club has consistently

been active in the region, sponsoring Little League, youth soccer, ambassadorial and college scholarships, student organizations and the International Caf at UC San Diego.

Were always seeking ways to do more, to help those around us, Shurtleff said. This includes the clubs maintenance of the Guy Fleming Trail at Torrey Pines State Reserve, holiday gift programs for families in need, homes theyve built for homeless families, and a medical clinic they built and supplied in Tijuana.

Weve helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for development

projects in India, Africa, and South America and this is our fifth year running the Share N Care Toy Drive, which collects stuffed animals for Rady Childrens Hospital and a dozen other childrens charitable organizations, Shurtleff said.

The club also has assisted veterans, the military, elementary school students and seniors, both locally and internationally

The club is currently

welcoming like-minded La Jollans to join their community-based endeavors. Meetings are Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rock Bottom Brewery, 8980 La Jolla Village Dr. Each includes lunch and a speaker on a topic of interest to Rotary and the general community.

Find more information at torreypinesrotary.org

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Meetings: 11 a.m. Wednesdays, Rock Bottom Brewery, 8980 La Jolla Village Drive

On the Web: torreypinesrotary.org

Dr. Budd rubin of the San Diego Downtown rotary Club and Bob Goodman of the torrey Pines of La Jolla rotary Club peruse wines available for tasting at the torrey Pines of La Jolla rotarys aug. 14 meeting.

artist and song stylist Dorothy annettte (left) attends the aug. 14 torrey Pines rotary meeting as a guest of member Nancy Stoke. Photos by Pat sherman

rotary club member mike Cummings, Carol Irwin, visitor ricky Barrett and past rotary president Jim Likes

torrey Pines of La Jolla rotary past president Bill Irwin and current President Gordon Shurtleff pose with a spoon given to them by a rotary club representing the English villages of Four marks and medstead.

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By Pat Sherman UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla

delivered some sobering statistics during the Aug. 20 meeting of the Rotary Club of La Jolla: the annual cost for a UCSD student living on campus is about $40,000. Meanwhile, the median income for a family of four in the United States is just $45,000.

That is really a problem facing American higher education right now, Khosla said, noting that as the cost of education continues to soar, the number of people who cannot afford it without taking out too much in loans is going down.

Though education costs are rising faster than inflation, Khosla said the real culprit is the decline of the American middle class.

While research institutes such as UCSD were evolving over the past five decades initially spurred by the need for more lab research during World War II the country and economy benefited from their contributions tremendously, Khosla said.

When we were busy generating all this wealth to make everybodys life better, the best thing was that this wealth was distributed reasonably evenly, he said. That means the middle class was growing

in this country.Fast forward to 2010 and beyond. The

wealth is not being distributed evenly and there is a bigger divide now between the rich and the poor, Khosla said, adding that the smaller the middle class, the closer the U.S. moves toward becoming a third-world country.

Its going to take decades, Khosla said, but I think we are on that trajectory and I think the American public university has an obligation to make sure that we dont go down that path.

That means that I have to focus a lot on raising money for scholarships and making sure that this education is accessible and affordable to one and all the rich, the middle class and the poor, and that is not a simple challenge.

Role of a public university Though UCSD remains a public university,

Khosla said many schools in the UC system are increasingly regarded as private institutions, for all intents and purposes.

UCSDs revenues are about $3.6 billion per year. However, it only receives $250 million from the state to educate nearly 30,000

UC San Diego chancellor addresses high education costs at LJ Rotary lunch

rotary Club of La Jolla President Pat Stouffer tells UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla the club is donating a flock of chickens to a family in africa in his honor for speaking at their aug. 20 meeting. Pat Sherman

Top tier university Shanghai Jiao Tong University recently ranked UC San Diego 14th best

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The median GPA for incoming freshman at UCSD is 4.06. If I were to apply today, I would not get in, quipped UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla. s

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students and pay some 15,000 employees.People tell me, Only 6 percent of your

budget comes from the state; why are you (considered) a public university? Khosla said.

However, he said being labeled a public university is not only about how much money UCSD receives from the state, but what it perceives its mission to be.

To that end, Khosla said UCSD is focused on ways to better serve the public, and increase access to higher education.

If you look at our student body, we dont have enough Latinos and we dont have enough African Americans, he said.

Im not saying there has to be a 1-to-1 (ratio), but there has to be a critical mass so that every student, when he or she attends UC San Diego feels like they belong they see the role models they see a community out there of similar thinkers and similar backgrounds.

To boost access to higher education in the region, Khosla and UCSD have taken three schools from disadvantaged areas under their wing, providing free tuition to students who apply and meet admission guidelines (part of UCSDs participation in the Achieve UC program). So far, 45 first-generation college students have been admitted from these schools, Khosla said.

For me, as chancellor, one of my biggest challenges is to make sure that the public university does not become an elitist university, where only people who can afford to pay can come, he said. It should be an elite university for the pubic.

Khosla said another challenge will be to increase a sense of connection to the university for current students and alumni, the latter of which contributed only 2 percent to the $1 billion capital campaign spearheaded by former chancellor Marye Anne Fox (the national average contribution to university fundraising campaigns by alumni is 50 percent).

Asked by a Rotarian to comment on the college admissions process for high school students and their families, Khosla said, It creates more turmoil than it needs to.

The number of applications universities receive across the nation has risen markedly.

Its not that the number of college-(bound) students in the is country went up, Khosla said.

Whats happening is the same kid is applying to 20 colleges instead of five, and

its all becoming more and more competitive.Questioned about the status of liberal arts

programs within a research university, Khosla said he believes they play a crucial role in preparing students to become critical thinkers and adapt to changes in technology by utilizing both the right and left brain.

However, he noted, Its also the most difficult to maintain because the feds dont want to fund it. The Republicans think this research is making people too liberal. The liberal people think that this research is trying to make people more conservative and thats not really a good way to think about research.

Seeking the truth should be independent of whether you like the answer or not.

In other Rotary newsn Western-themed dinner: Rotarian and

western art collector Orrin Gabsch will host a sit-down dinner at his home, 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Oct. 6 to raise money for the club. A board member of the Oklahoma City-based National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Gabsch assured his collection, including paintings, kachina dolls, turquoise-inlaid whistles and Native American pottery will show, Theres more to western art than cowboys and Indians.

n Real Crime lunch: Rotary Club of La Jolla and Kiwanis Club of La Jolla will host a joint luncheon presentation by former FBI Special agent Keith Slotter and TV personality Lynn Stuart, comparing real life crime with how it is presented on TV, noon, Sept. 24 at the Cuvier Club, 7776 Eads Ave.

Slotter is co-creator and host of San Diegos Most WantedFBI Files, Saturday nights on the San Diego Fox network.

The cost is $27 at rotarycluboflajolla.com

Rotary Club of La Jolla

n Meetings: Noon, Tuesdays at Cuvier Club, 7776 Eads Ave. (Meetings return to La Valencia Hotel on Nov. 5)

n Online: rotarycluboflajolla.com

Former FBI special agent Keith Slotter (left) and TV personality Lynn Stuart will host a presentation on how real life crime compares to what is presented on TV during a lunch hosted jointly by the Rotary Club of La Jolla and Kiwanis Club of La Jolla, noon Sept. 12. Tickets are $27.


By Ashley MAckinAt the Aug. 26 La Jolla Parks & Beaches

(LJP&B) meeting, Childrens Pool was the center of attention. City Park & Recreation Department District Manager Dan Daneri explained the legalities involved with any beach cleaning at the Pool and LJP&B Chair Dan Allen read a response to the groups suggested guidelines for the Seal Cam stationed there (currently in storage).

Later, Phyllis Minnick provided an update about her fundraising efforts for the

proposed Coast Walk beautification project, and the group was informed about Cove cleanup, District 1 City Councilmember Sherri Lightners new community representative, and the La Jolla Cultural Landscape Survey.

n Wrack cleanup

Daneri came to the meeting to address reports hes received about the wrack at Childrens Pool. (Wrack is described as anything that washes up on shore; in this case, lots of kelp that is drawing sand flies to the beach.)

He told La Jolla Light that historically, lifeguards would rake the wrack off the beach as part of their duties, but that is no longer the policy. It is now the responsibility of Park and Rec employees to collect the wrack with tractors and load it into a dump truck at beaches where a Coastal Development Permit is not required and the wrack is accessible to their equipment, such as at The Shores. However, at Childrens

Pool, the city equipment cannot access the wrack and private citizens are not allowed to remove it without a Coastal Development Permit as required by the California Coastal Commission.

Daneri said he would report any updates regarding wrack removal from the Coastal Commission at the next LJP&B meeting.

n City responses

At a previous meeting, LJP&B voted to send a letter to the city suggesting guidelines for the live streaming Seal Cam at Childrens Pool, based on subcommittee concerns that the camera is being misused by aiming it at humans and areas of the beach where there are no seals. The letter contained eight guidelines for camera operators.

Though the camera has temporarily been taken down (due to the lifeguard tower construction), the letter was sent

anticipating its reinstallation.Allen said he determined that the

appropriate department for the letter was the lifeguard service, so he sent it along with photos of camera misuse. The lifeguards response indicated they are considering guidelines for camera operations and would be happy to consider LJP&Bs suggestions.

Responding to requests from LJP&B about the stench cleanup at the Cove, Allen said he received a note from Councilmember Lightners office indicating the second phase of the Cove cleanup is scheduled for early September. The message, which Allen read aloud, reported that Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists have been observing the area every few days for nesting birds. Once the biologists confirm that the nesting period is over, the second round of cleanup will begin.

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Thursday, Sept. 5n Sunrise Rotary of La

Jolla meets, 6:55 a.m. The Shores Hotel, 8110 Camino Del Oro. $20. (619) 992-9449.n Pen to Paper writing

group meets, noon, Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. (858) 552-1657.n Health workshop, learn

how to access health information and get medical questions answered online, 1 p.m. La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. (858) 459-0831.n 12th annual Taste at

the Cove, featuring samples from San Diego restaurants and a fashion show, 5:30 p.m. Scripps Park at La Jolla Cove. TasteAtTheCove.comn La Jolla Community

Planning Association meets, 6 p.m. La Jolla Rec Center, 615 Prospect St. [email protected]

Friday, Sept. 6

n La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club breakfast meeting, 7:15 a.m. La Jolla Marriott, 4240 La Jolla Village Drive. $20. (858) 395-1222 or LaJollaGTRotary.orgn Computer Help Lab,

11 a.m. Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. (858) 552-1657.n Kiwanis Club of La

Jolla meets, noon, La Jolla Presbyterian Church, 7155 Draper Ave. $15 unless attending as a members guest. [email protected] Ico-dance class, low-

impact full body movement, 12:30 p.m. La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. $5-10. (858) 459-0831.

Saturday, Sept. 7n Ikebana classes, flower

arranging to take home, 8:50 a.m. Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. $19. (858) 552-1657.n Seniors Computer

Group, 9:30 a.m. Wesley Palms, 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach. Free for guests, $1 monthly membership. (858) 459-9065.n Arthritis lecture,

dermatologist Dr. William Burrows and rheumatologist Dr. Arthur Kavanaugh, 9:30 a.m.

registration, 10 a.m. speakers. Schaetzel Center of Scripps Memorial Hospital, 9890 Genesee Ave. $4 parking, no other cost. 1-800-723-9166 x362.

Sunday, Sept. 8n La Jolla Open Aire

Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Girard Avenue at Genter Street. (858) 454-1699.

Monday, Sept. 9n Art workshop, Aleph

Art Room, 3 p.m. MyArtShed, 7426 Girard Ave. Workshops to celebrate Jewish culture and give participants pride and meaning of holiday traditions. $18. [email protected] or (619) 977-8340. n La Jolla Community

Planned District Ordinance Committee meets, 4 p.m. La Jolla Rec Center, 615 Prospect St. [email protected] Raja Yoga class, guided

by the Nataraja Yoga and Meditation Center, 4:30 p.m. Congregational Church of La Jolla, 1216 Cave St. Donations accepted. (858) 395-4033.

Tuesday, Sept. 10n The Boardroom San

Diego meets for those changing careers, 8 a.m. La Jolla Presbyterian Church, 7715 Draper Ave. Marissa Marsala with Knock Em Dead: LinkedIn strategies. First three meetings free, then $25 three-month membership. RSVP: TheBoardroomSanDiego.org or (858) 522-0827. n Parkinsons Boot Camp,

8:30 a.m. Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, 10820 North Torrey Pines Road. Day of educational activities for people with Parkinsons and their families. $25. (858) 554-4796.n La Jolla Unit of the

League of Women Voters of San Diego meets, 9:30 a.m. La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. Mental health issues will be discussed, and women and men are welcome to attend. (858) 454-5019. n Alzheimers seminar,

Addressing Behavior Through Compassionate Communication, 10 a.m. White Sands of La Jolla, 7450 Olivetas Ave. [email protected] Rotary Club of La Jolla

meets, noon, Cuvier Club, 7776 Eads Ave. Lunch $30. (858) 459-1850.n Hatha Chair Yoga, 12:30

p.m. Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. (858) 552-1657.

n Development Permit Review Committee meets, 4 p.m. La Jolla Rec Center, 615 Prospect St. [email protected] Community Balance

Class, techniques to improve balance, walk safely and maximize independence, 6 p.m. Ability Rehab, 737 Pearl St., Suite 108. Free for MS Society members, $10 for non-members. (858) 456-2114. n Lets Knit Together,

materials not provided, 6 p.m. Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. [email protected] Toastmasters of La Jolla

6:30 p.m. La Jolla Firehouse YMCA, 7877 Herschel Ave. Free for guests, $78 six-month membership. [email protected] Art History Lecture

with Linda Blair, van Gogh and Cezanne, 7:30 p.m. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St. $14-19. (858) 454-5872.

Wednesday, Sept. 11n Kiwanis Club of Torrey

Pines meets, 7:15 a.m. Torrey Pines Christian Church, 8320 Scenic Drive North. First two meetings free, then $15. [email protected] La Jolla Village

Merchants Association meets, 8:30 a.m. The Cuvier Club, 7776 Eads Ave. [email protected] Social Service League

of La Jolla meets, 10:30 a.m. Darlington House, 7441 Olivetas Ave. [email protected]

n Torrey Pines of La Jolla Rotary meets, 11:30 a.m. Rock Bottom Brewery, 8980 La Jolla Village Drive. $20. [email protected] or (858) 459-8912.n Tapping to the Stars,

dance class for women, 12:30 p.m. advanced; 1:30 p.m. beginner. La Jolla YMCA Firehouse, 7877 Herschel Ave. For pricing, email [email protected] Backgammon

introduction session, 1 p.m. La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. (858) 459-0831.n Film screening, Mystery

Science Theater 3000 presents Brute Man, 4 p.m. Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. (858) 552-1657.n La Jolla Shores

Association meets, 6:30 p.m. Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Building T-29, 8840 Biological Grade. [email protected] American Cetacean

Society meets, whose mission is to protect whales, dolphins, porpoises and their habitats through public education, research and conservation, 7 p.m. Sumner Auditorium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, near Kennel Way and Paseo Grande. [email protected]

Thursday, Sept. 12n Sunrise Rotary of La

Jolla meets, 6:55 a.m. The Shores Hotel, 8110 Camino Del Oro. $20. (619) 992-9449.n La Jolla Bar Association

meets, noon, Manhattan

Restaurant, 7766 Fay Ave. Featuring speaker Donald Rosenberg, general counsel of Qualcomm on patent law, copyrights and licensing. No guest charge, $50 annual membership. (858) 551-2440. n Pen to Paper writing

group meets, noon, Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. (858) 552-1657.n La Jolla Town Council

meets, 5 p.m. La Jolla Rec Center, 615 Prospect St. (858) 454-1444.n Mental health lecture,

International Bipolar Foun-dation, 5:45 p.m. Janssen R&D, 3210 Merryfield Row,

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By Ashley MAckinResidential rental websites like

AirBandB.com, FlipKey.com and HomeAway.com make it easy for La Jollans to rent their seaside homes or apartments to out-of-town guests.

There are more than 100 listings in La Jolla on AirBandB and nearly 200 on FlipKey, where homeowners describe rentable rooms and residences with the price they want for one day or one month.

Seemingly simple, but some neighbors are asking if these property owners are following the letter of the law? Specifically, three letters: T.O.T.

All residential rentals are subject to the same San Diego Transient Occupancy Tax (T.O.T.) and Tourism and Marketing District (T.M.D.) as-sessments imposed on hotels. The city treasurers office is the depart-ment responsible for administering and collecting these taxes.

Property owners who list on residential rental sites must obtain a T.O.T. Certificate Number for their property, according to the city treasurers office, so that the department can expect assessments.

The amount due would reflect how long the property was rented during a given time.

Tess Morton, a spokesperson for FlipKey.com explained its policy. Each owner and/or property manager is responsible for keeping

themselves up-to-date and educated on the local laws in their community, as it relates to short-term rentals and taxes, she told La Jolla Light. FlipKey provides a specific field for the owner and/or property manager to input the tax rate, which is

disclosed in the rates section on the site across all of the listings.

Several property managers, whove listed homes, include and identify T.O.T. in the rental fees.

All hotels in the city of San Diego must pay T.O.T. assessments

based on the number of rooms. Hotels with less than 29 rooms must pay 10.5 percent for T.O.T. and 0.55 percent of assessable rent for T.M.D. fees.

Per the City of San Diegos mu-nicipal code, any structure or any portion of any structure. which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping pur-poses, and is held out as such to the public is subject to T.O.T. fees.

One notable exemption, however, is, when the transient has exercised occupancy or was entitled to occupancy for one month or more.

Should a property owner list and collect money on a rental without a T.O.T. Certificate, they could become subject to an audit, at which point penalties may incur. The city treasurers office said the penalty amount is determined on a case-by-case basis by the person or group performing the audit.

The application for a T.O.T. Certificate Number can be found at sandiego.gov/treasurer/pdf/tr172.pdf

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By SuSan DeMaggioLights! Camera! Action!Thats what homeowners need

to defend against crime, said Community Relations Officer Larry Hesselgesser to the group who gathered at the La Jolla Community Center Aug. 28 to hear his presentation on safety precautions.

Lights to indicate someones home and illuminate entrances, yards and driveways; Cameras to survey surroundings and record trespassers; Action to take personal safety matters into their own hands.

Think security! he urged. Role play! To deter burglars, walk your property, think, how do I get in? and then make sure your doors and windows lock and you follow the two-inch rule: use a bar or pole to prevent them from opening more than two inches wide.

Hesselgessel said Northern Division (Pacific Beach, La Jolla and Claire-mont) is experiencing about six home burglaries a week. Most home burglaries happen during the day and car break-ins at night. The perpetrators are looking for guns, cash and jewelry usually for drug money to buy their next fix, he said.

Theyll look in your windows to see what youve got and whats the perfect way to get in and out without being seen. So make it look like youre home, that youve got a dog (put a big water dish out

in the yard), leave the radio or TV on, keep your side gate locked, keep bushes trimmed. Its also good to have a security screen barrier to your front door.

Hessellgesser also said a trip to Home Depot, Costco or Lowes would yield inexpensive security products that are easy to install, like motion lights, fake TVs that shoot out LED lights, alarm systems and surveillance cameras. (Lowes Iris is under $200, he said. The only catch is you need to have WiFi.)

Vehicle theftsThieves break into cars for

electronic devices and valuables in view, Hesselgesser reported. To protect your vehicle, never leave packages, backpacks, cords and chargers in view all suggest an iPad, iphone, laptop or other valuables are inside.

Scams and Internet issuesHesselgesser said Phishing is the

practice of using an e-mail to pry personal information from someone under the guise of we

need to verify your numbers.If this happens to you, do not

respond to the sender (who may have a fake homepage set up so you think youre on that companys website), but instead call your bank or the business directly and ask if they were trying to contact you.

If the scams come by phone, just hang up! Hesselgesser said, relaying a con someone tried on his mother. Be savvy. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is, he said.

Nextdoor.com & Neighborhood Watch

Were reaching out to citizens like we did back in the 1970s, when Neighborhood Watch programs

were the eyes and ears working together with police, Hesselgesser said. Now, social media and smartphones are here, providing a great way to communicate messages to each other.

Nextdoor.com is the evolution of Neighborhood Watch; its free, you register to verify you live there, then you can communicate with your neighbors by posting messages and pictures, and the police can post crime information and updates.

He said the police department does not run the site, but San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne has endorsed its use.

Calling the policeAudience members questioned

Hesselgesser about response times and police procedures. Citing the shortage of officers in San Diego, Hesselgesser explained that calls must be prioritized. We get a lot of complaints about the homeless, he said, as an example, But for us to come out, theyve got to be committing a crime. If the problem is consistent, call us with location, times, descriptions and then we have something to go on.

He said after a burglary is reported, if its cold (the thieves were in and gone) an officer is dispatched to peruse the scene, dust for fingerprints and get any DNA samples. This data is then put into a database and detectives begin to investigate, looking for stolen property or fingerprint matches.

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officer Larry Hesselgesser, a 25-year police veteran, was a recent guest of the Distinguished Speaker Series at La Jolla Community Center, which was well attended by many residents. Photos by susan DeMaggio


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From Sur La TabLe, a1

opening, Christopherson said customers peered through the windows in anticipation, frequently knocking on the door.

Carma Royce of Palm Desert, who vacations in San Diego each summer with friends, was in La Jolla for the afternoon when she came upon the new Sur La Table.

I love it! Royce said, as she purchased a new grater-zester and a few other items. And that kitchen OMG! she added, noting that she would likely be back to take a class.

A calendar of classes is available online at surlatable.com and includes everything from Lessons in French Pastry to Healthy Mediterranean Eating.

Well do fall soups and fall stews, artisan breads, and macaroons, said Chef Andrew Young, who spent several years in the pastry department of the Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad (now Hyatt Park Aviara) before joining Sur La Table.

The classes start at $69, or customers can opt for a quick $5 demo in topics such as pizza preparation. Instruction is hands-on, allowing students to ask questions along the way.

Its a full-on, start-to-finish (experience) you make it, you put it together, and then you enjoy the end result, Young said. Its you cooking with the instructor, not sitting and watching the instructor cook.

The courses also show how to use some of the items for sale at Sur La Table, from a Breville Sous Chef Food Processor to small gadgets such as a balloon whisk.

I think we all know a blender can be used

to make a margarita, but what else can it do? Young said.

Dropping by the store on opening day, Phil Coller, owner of Everett-Stunz bath and linen boutique across Girard Avenue, said he was happy to see the store finally open, adding that he believes other destination retailers like Sur La Table are ideal for La Jollas design district, and will help further entice shoppers to the Village.

The retail chain has more than 100 stores. The La Jolla location is the third in San Diego County. Other locations are at the Forum Shops in Carlsbad and at Fashion

Valley Mall in San Diego.

The Village vibeStreet-front locations provide a unique

way to serve our customers, said Sur La Tables Vice President of Real Estate, Mark Comstock. Particularly in La Jolla, there is a very attractive and fun environment afforded on the street. The convenience of adjacent parking, great restaurants and shops all make La Jolla an exciting new location for us.

With the existing mall store (Fashion Valley) and the lifestyle store (Forum Shops),

opening on the street in La Jolla affords our customers the opportunity to choose the type of venue they like, he added.

Mike Slattery of Cassidy Turley La Jolla Property Group, who handled the lease for Sur La Table, said opening stores in both malls and on main streets can help a company weather the economy. During downturns, people tend to shop closer to home, rather than driving to the mall 10 or 15 miles away, he said.

Slattery said Sur La Table was being offered considerable incentives to open in the UTC Westfield Mall, before they ultimately

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La Jolla artist Patricia Jasper Clark (left) stops by Sur La Table in search of a wedding gift on opening day. Store manager Carola Christopherson shows her a hand-carved wooden cheese tray.

Sur La Table stores, including the new La Jolla location, include a kitchen area for cooking classes and demonstrations. Photos by Pat sherman


From Parks and Beaches, a6

n Coast Walk fundraising

LJP&B treasurer Phyllis Minick opened her report by saying, If I have another month like this, youre going to have to scrape me off the ceiling! Every day since work began on the new lifeguard tower, I have had donations come in.

Thus far, she reported, LJP&B has $40,000 in hand for the Coast Walk project, which would replace 11,000 square feet of cracked side-walk above Childrens Pool. There is also a $25,000 promised donation, as well as non-monetary donations, such as Casa De Manana offering its space for fund-raising events or meetings. The community has stepped up in a most re-markable way, Minick said.

One detail that has yet to be finalized is which method will be used to thank the donors who support the project. One option discussed is having small plaques, three-by-six-and-a-half inches, on natural objects like trees and

boulders, thanking donors. Another option is to have one large plaque with all the donors names at a central location, like the new lifeguard tower, once built.

Some years ago, we had concerns about too many signs and too many benches popping up around the coastline so we want to keep things as natural as possible, member Patrick Ahern said.

One previously discussed option was naming rights, though Daneri said that was not possible. Further, he would have to hear a more definitive plan on the plaques before lending his professional opinion.

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Greg Parkington was

introduced as the new community liaison for Councilmember Lightner. Though he has been with Lightners office for a few years, Parkington said hes been reassigned to attend LJP&B meetings and handle park and beach issues. I look forward to getting to know all of you, Parkington said.

n La Jolla Cultural Landscape Survey

LJP&B decided to form a subcommittee to contribute to the La Jolla Cultural Landscape Survey, a list of places and things that make La Jolla, La Jolla, said Ahern. This inventory would be given to the city so it would know which areas have special

significance to the community; what needs protecting.

The City of San Diego has been conducting this survey for more than 10 years, Allen reported, but is now coming to La Jolla and requested input from the board. Ahern said that places, such as the pebble-cobbled walls at Childrens Pool, certain buildings and historic trees, would be items that make up La Jollas cultural landscape, and suggested they be included in the list.

Those with suggestions may attend the next LJP&B meeting, 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23 at the La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St.

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The owners of the space Sur La Table occupies on Girard recently upgraded their space, including new air conditioning, plumping and roofing all of which helped sweeten the deal, Slattery said.

Tenants are very sensitive to spending a lot of money, he said. Its very expensive for stores to build out. You could be looking at over a million dollars.

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By Pat ShermanDuring the home stretch

of Congressional representatives August recess, La Jolla resident and Congressmember Scott Peters (D-52nd) spoke with La Jolla Light about his focus upon returning to Washington this week.

At the top of his to-do list will be a briefing on the situation in Syria (Last Friday, a war-weary President Obama said that

while the U.S. should hold Syria accountable for a chemical weapons attack that reportedly killed more than 1,400 of its own citizens, he leaning toward a limited response).

People are horrified by the notion that a government might be gassing its own children to death and thats something that deserves serious attention, Peters said, adding that, if the

United States gets involved, it should not act unilaterally.

I dont think it would be appropriate to go it alone, Peters said. To the extent that we have any action we have to be absolutely certain that it is the government thats using chemical weapons. We also want to be certain what the mission is and how we exit.

I suspect that people, like me, while theyre concerned

about the situation, have a lot of questions about what the objective would be and what success would like if we were to take any kind of action. I dont think anyones proposing an extended boots-on-the ground kind of campaign.

Peters and his colleagues will also grapple with the budget and sequestration, hoping to broker a compromise between the House and Senate.

So far the House leadership has refused to appoint negotiators, Peters said. I dont expect to be appointed a negotiator as a freshman, but I think one of us could put together a deal that would make sense and end the sequester.

Congress will also revisit the Senate immigration reform bill.

Its not perfect, Peters said, but it would do a lot for San Diego and for California. Id love to see (us have) a chance to talk about that. I think the Senate gave us something that we can work with.

Then theres the student loan rate compromise Congress struck this year (a previous deal would have fixed the student loan rate at 6.8 percent after a temporary reprieve rate of 3.4 percent had expired).

I, along with a lot of people, thought that that was awful high, said Peters,

who himself made his way through college on student loans. The (recent) compromise was that loans will be able to increase with market rates, but within certain constraints, so families would be able to plan for their kids education without facing drastic changes in the rates and payments.

For my part, I think we are underemphasizing the affordability of college, Peters added.

Part of it is trying to hold down increases in costs at colleges and universities, which has exceeded the rate of inflation. Id love to see us take that up as part of our budget negotiations, but have a bigger discussion about how to make sure that

college is affordable for every American kid who qualifies.

The former two-term San Diego City Councilmember said he was saddened by the sexual harassment scandal that led to last months resignation of Mayor Bob Filner (he reportedly left a phone message for Filner early on, asking him to resign with a modicum of dignity).

Clearly, I think everyone wished hed called me back, Peter said, while expressing his confidence in the citys newly appointed chief operating officer, Walt Ekard, and Interim Mayor Todd Gloria.

Peters said hes weighing the field of potential mayoral contenders in the upcoming special election.

I expect to be engaged in helping to find the right mayor, he said. Its important for the city and Ill probably get involved with a candidate in the next couple of weeks.

At press time last week, former city councilmember and 2012 mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio hadnt announced whether he would drop his intended challenge of Peters congressional seat to run for mayor.

(DeMaio announced Sept. 3 that he wont run; Republicans are instead backing Councilmember Kevin Faulconer.)

Asked if Peters would rather see DeMaio challenge him, or vie to take San Diegos mayoral reins, Peters chuckled, Im enjoying watching him go back and forth like everybody else.

Peters said he is sticking by his campaign promise to be a public servant who builds bridges, and eschews hard-line partisanship.

Im the fourth most independent Democrat, according to the National Journal, Peters said.

We take for granted the California culture of collaboration and cooperation, he said.

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Fagan holds an M.S. in clinical psychology (emphasis in marriage and family therapy), so she felt well-suited for her task. She also had more than 20 years of experience working with conflicted couples. After her first book was successfully in print, she penned a second, The Idiots Guide to Romance.

And thats when everything changed, Fagan said. She expected the book to attract couples seeking to improve their relationships, but instead, she got people who wanted help negotiating the details of their divorce. Feeling ill-equipped to assist them, she said she began training in divorce mediation. But she quickly learned she would still need an attorney to handle legal documents.

I now have the largest divorce mediation company in north San Diego and a fantastic team of four mediators with law degrees and

extensive training in divorce finances, Fagan said.

Because Boomer couples (ages 45-65) are

her typical clients, Fagan said shes well versed in the retirement and Social Security issues impacting them. She said its usually

women (85 percent), who contact the clinic and initiate a divorce.

Many people have thought about divorce for years, but they dont know where to start, Fagan said. So we offer a free Divorce Drop-in Clinic where anyone can visit Wednesdays between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and meet privately with a mediator.

Fagan said hiring a mediator with a law degree to facilitate a divorce costs less than one retainer for a divorce attorney. At the Divorce Help Clinic, a divorce costs less than $4,000.

That includes filing a divorce petition, serving a spouse, assisting the client and their spouse to make decisions on support, division of finances, debt, as well as custody and visitation, Fagan said. We also complete the legal documentation, notarize the final Marital Settlement Agreement, and file everything with the court. Best of all, the couple never has to go to court.

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By Pat ShermanOptimism is denying reality and

reality isnt very comforting said Dr. Ajit Varki, a distinguished professor of medicine and cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego, speaking recently with La Jolla Light.

Sound bleak? Depressing? Maybe not. As Varki posits in his new book,

Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind, our unique ability to deny reality may also be the key to our success on the evolutionary ladder.

Varki will discuss his theory and sign copies of his book at Warkwicks, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11.

Though scientists have long sought to answer the question, What makes us human? Varki said he believes researchers should instead be asking what has stopped even the most intelligent creatures such as dolphins, elephants, crows and chimpanzees which have demonstrated the ability to form social groups and make tools from becoming human-like.

The primary human attribute these animals lack is referred to as theory of mind, the ability to attribute ones own

mental states including beliefs, intentions, desire, knowledge and imaginings to others (or more simply put, the ability to put oneself in anothers shoes).

It is also what allows two people not in each others presence to correspond via phone or e-mail.

There have been some pretty smart creatures around for a long time, yet theres only one species like humans that can put out newspapers, have phone conversations, act in comedy shows or give lectures, Varki said. If Im a chimpanzee, Im self-aware but Im not truly conscious of the consciousness of another chimpanzee.

Yet, theory of mind is also what alerted our human ancestors to the ultimate, grizzly reality: our own mortality.

The first time you get this knowledge its very discomforting, said Varki, who believes human brains likely developed a capacity for denying reality as a means of survival.

Since it is unlikely that the brain would develop something as specific as denial of death, Varki said humans developed a broader capacity to deny anything they dislike, wish to avoid or find objectionable.

See Denial, a19

More than a river in EgyptDenial may be the key to human evolution, dominance

UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Cellular and molecular medicine, Dr. ajit Varki, poses in the lab at UCSD. Courtesy

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By Lorri SaBBanLa Jolla Resident

twelve years later, our country pauses to remember the worst terrorist attack on U.s. soil, which reduced the World trade Center to rubble and turned it into an instant gravesite for nearly 3,000 victims.

today, Ground Zero is home to One World trade Center, (the tallest building in the United states), a museum, and a memorial paying respect to the innocent people who perished on sept. 11, 2001.

At our annual family reunion in New York this summer, we reminisced about the unifying moments we remembered from that gut-wrenching day. my brother was working at the bank of New York on Wall street. Once the planes struck the World trade Center, the area became a disaster zone, and his best recourse was to walk uptown toward our parents place.

On his way, he was lucky to catch a ferry to New Jersey where he lived with his wife, and he physically escaped the mayhem that had struck NYCs financial epicenter.

Our mom was near Central park on the upper westside and smelled the acrid smoke billowing from the attack located over a hundred blocks downtown.

meanwhile, I was living in san Diego, feeling helpless and worried. We didnt know if this was an isolated attack or if there was more to come. the phones were jammed as we stayed glued to the tV watching the horrifying footage of the World trade Center under attack. No one will ever forget the images of New York Citys brave firemen lugging their heavy equipment into the burning buildings trying to rescue as many people as possible, the sheer panic as people ran for their lives as the North tower was ablaze and a second plane crashed into the south tower, and then the devastating collapse of both buildings. It was like a war zone. the impossible had happened and we watched in helpless disbelief.

each summer since, the thought of going to visit Ground Zero crossed my mind, but the feelings were still too raw. my hometown had been attacked and thousands of people killed. still, it had become my mission to visit the 9/11 memorial for the first time.

In July, my husband, two sons and I took the subway to the last stop. As got off and approached the site, I recalled the glimmering beauty of the twin towers and the special

occasion years ago when my parents took me to Windows on the World restaurant atop the former One World trade Center, riding the elevator to the 107th floor and enjoying dinner in the tallest skyscraper in the city. While I dont remember what we ate, the view was spectacular.

At the revitalized site, my family and I gazed upon the new awe-inspiring One World trade Center building, also known as the Freedom tower. It was designed by michael Arad, an Israeli architect, who also created reflecting Absence, the matching footprints with tranquil waterfalls, artfully framed with the victims names engraved in bronze overlooking the empty pools of flowing water filling the void of where the World trade Center towers once stood.

extensive time and contemplation went into rebuilding this hallowed ground to give it the perfect blend of a memorial to honor the dead and a breath of new life for the cosmopolitan area that once thrived with hard-working people.

As we walked around the footprints and read the names, we remembered the sept. 11th tragedy and the many precious lives lost in one senseless act of violence. It is no longer a disaster zone, but instead it is a sacred zone for visitors to come, reflect, and honor the memory of 9/11 victims and to never forget.

by next year, Cond Nast and other prestigious companies will occupy One World trade Center, adding glitz and glamour to an area being reinvented while overcoming its tragic past with patience and fortitude.

(Authors note: patience and Fortitude are the names of NYCs Library Lions. they are words used to describe the nature of New Yorkers. While some people may not grasp the meaning of those two words together, true blue New Yorkers will understand.)

Remembering 9/11The 9/11 Memorials twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and sit within footprints of where the Twin Towers once stood.

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Lori Sabban visits new york City. Towering behind her (and at right) is one World Trade Center, the main building of the new World Trade Center complex. Photos couRtesy of LoRi sabban


From Denial, a17

I know many cardiologists who watch other people die of heart attacks and strokes from smoking and theyre still smoking cigarettes, he said. We know what were supposed to do in terms of exercise and eating right, and we just ignore all of that.

In the book, Varki uses the phrase mind over reality to express this.

Actually, what we have is diminished fear responses, he said. We humans do crazy things. We jump out of planes, we drive fast cars. When theres a tornado in the midwest, all the animals disappear 10 to 15 minutes early; all the humans come out to watch.

A positive byproduct: optimismOnce humans obtained the ability to

deny, the world became a much more

tolerable place. We do amazing things, Varki said. We

can say, I dont care what they say, Im going to swim across the english Channel or Im going to try out this crazy new idea everybody thinks is not going to work. so, denial also gives us optimism.

Humans employ denial on my levels political, social and religious, Varki said.

In some case the denials are actually good, because they help us get through the day and get things done, he said.

However, not all denial-based optimism is beneficial, said Varki, citing mankinds collective denial of global warming, and Americans denial of the national debt (each U.s. taxpayer owes approximately $100,000 as their share of the national debt, now more than $16 trillion).

We have this magical thinking, Varki

said. people just completely ignore it; they just put it out of their mind.

maybe we will strike some new economic model and will pull ourselves out

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