LA JOLLA LIGHT
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Vol. 99 Issue 48 • December 1, 2011
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Parade will bring street closings Sunday BY DAVE SCHWAB daves@lajollalight.com This year’s 54th annual La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival Sunday, Dec. 4 starting at 2 p.m. at the corner of Girard Avenue and Kline Street promises to deliver on its “Classic Christmas” theme.
“We have probably the biggest parade yet with more than 100 entries, nine bands, a bunch of equestrian units, three canine units, four fire engines and lots of beauty queens,” said Ann Kerr Bache, parade chair for the La Jolla Town Council-sponsored event.
And with the crowd of an estimated 20,000 when you count attendees and participants come lots of cars. This year’s parade grand marshal, June Barrymore Ash, recalls antique cars were always a big part of the event, with 15 classic Rolls Royces carrying dignitaries, like the late ac-
tor Cliff Robertson, during the early days when the parade resumed after being suspended a few years during and after World War II. Noting she’s “quite honored and pleased” to be this year’s grand
SEE PARADE, A4
Pantai Inn adds spice to La Jolla lodging scene BY DAVE SCHWAB daves@lajollalight.com La Jolla has a new exotic hotel: Balinesethemed Pantai Inn. Phase 1 of the new hotel, formerly the site of rundown Shell Beach Apartments-Motel bungalows and townhouses at 1003 Coast Blvd. South, opened Monday. “We were having a conversation on what to do with this di■ Hotel La Jolla lapidated, eclectic assortment of remodel shifts gears; buildings we had restaurant stays put, A8 acquired that needed (a lot) more than paint,” said Larry Jackman, whose family purchased the property in April 2010. Architect David Lee Soanes, who had designed resorts in Indonesia, said this property reminded him of some villages in Bali, adding,
■ AIDS: 30 years of progress and promise A12
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New Balinesian-themed Pantai Inn sits on the La Jolla waterfront. TOP: DAVE SCHWAB / INSET: COURTESY PHOTO
SEE PANTAI, A14
Road Remedy: Pothole patching fills the bill BY KATHY DAY kday@lajollalight.com City street crews have been working in La Jolla and other parts of Council District 1 this week on what Councilwoman Sherri Lightner calls a “pothole roundup.” She announced the “event” recently on Facebook, urging people to submit repair requests as they did last April after the Light urged readers to let city officials know where streets needed fixing. The streets that residents report most often, according to her spokeswoman Jennifer
Davies, are La Jolla Parkway, Torrey Pines Road, Via Capri and Coast Boulevard. The staff compiled a list for this week’s effort from the requests and “from staff driving around the different communities to make sure we had a comprehensive list,” she added. They have noted about 60 streets that need fixes, some of which have several potholes. In La Jolla more than 15 stretches of road are on the list. When Lightner set up the spring “roundup,”
SEE POTHOLES, A6
Street repairmen smooth things over during spring’s pothole roundup in La Jolla. KATHY DAY
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