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LA JOLLA LIGHT
Enlightening La Jolla Since 1913
Vol. 99 Issue 47 • November 23, 2011
Online Daily at www.lajollalight.com
■ Country Day duo wins doubles tournament A18
OH, THE HOLIDAY GLOW!
■ Research Institute marks 50 years B14
■ Holiday events fill the calendar B16
BY DAVE SCHWAB daves@lajollalight.com La Jolla merchants are seeing more spending this year than in the immediate past, restaurant bookings are up and vacancies are down. “I see the La Jolla retail marketplace rallying and improving and the availability of quality retail space continues to diminish — vacancies are dropping,” said Phil Wise, a commercial Realtor with Collier’s International who specializes in the Village. “The vacancy rate for retail is under 6 percent in all of La Jolla. And a large majority of that 6 percent is among the 30,000 square feet in Wall Street plaza, the former Jack’s building.” Terry Underwood, general manager of the Grande Colonial Hotel at 910 Prospect St. with it
The Village is sparkling this season as shoppers, merchants await.
La Jollans mourn Dale Naegle’s death BY DAVE SCHWAB daves@lajollalight.com High-profile La Jolla Shores architect Dale Naegle, who mentored many of his contemporaries while remaining active in community planning, succumbed to cancer at age 83 on Nov. 14. Services are being planned for after Thanksgiving. Characterizing Naegle as “one of the great architects in this town,” longtime friend Fritz Liebhardt said, “He was a man of vision with insight. He could see how architecture would affect the whole community.” Dale Naegle His work, he added, was “understated, subtle and very beautiful and functional.” Among his most notable local architectural works are the Sam Bell Residence & Beach House, Coastwalk La SEE NAEGLE, A6
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Police caution: Identity thefts are on the rise in La Jolla BY KATHY DAY kday@lajollalight.com If you’ve been watching La Jolla crime alerts lately, you may have noticed a spike in fraud, residential break-ins and car burglaries. Alan Alvarez, the community relations office for San Diego Police Northern Division, last week provided details on more than a dozen recent cases, noting that the increases have been reported citywide. And with the holidays, there’s a likelihood the numbers will continue to climb unless people pay more attention to safety tips police
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offer year-round, he added. If they don’t pay attention, they may end up victims of identity theft. Alvarez is the officer who makes the rounds at Bird Rock Community Council, La Jolla Shores and Town Council meetings, as he says, “preaching” about being smart with your belong-
ings and surroundings. Nearly every fraud case he detailed involved reports that individuals’ credit cards had been used to obtain cash or to make purchases — but not by the authorized cardholder. And way too many of the break-ins involved unlocked car doors or open windows, he added. Two late October incidents on Via Alicante involved neighboring homes where thieves entered through unlocked windows and took laptops and other computer gear
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