www.SDNEWS.com Volume 15, Number 3
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
High-Speed Rail Authority asks for public comment BY ADRIANE TILLMAN | VILLAGE NEWS
San Diego residents will have the chance to weigh in on the three proposed routes for the California High-Speed Rail line that is expected to run from Los Angles to San Diego by 2019. The state is planning to construct a high-speed train that will ultimately run from San Francisco and Sacramento to San Diego. The railroad line is being planned in eight segments by the California High-Speed Rail
Authority with input from regional planning groups. Three meetings will be held, on Oct. 13, 14 and 15, for the public to comment on the three proposed routes that will stop in University City and then continue downtown. The meetings will feature various information booths — rather than a lecture presentation— to discuss environmental issues, stations, the process and so on. “It’s an opportunity for everySEE RAIL, Page 4
Two-day art/wine fest planned for October BY ADRIANE TILLMAN | VILLAGE NEWS
Founders of the popular La Jolla farmers market have organized a two-day art and wine festival to benefit La Jolla’s elementary schools on Oct. 10 and 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A jury has selected more than 150 artists in various mediums — oil painting, watercolors, sculpture and jewelry — from Southern California and Northern Baja to showcase their work that ranges from affordable to expensive in price.
Dancers and musicians will perform onstage, including Eveoke Dance Theater, Stage 7 School of Dance and the San Diego School of Performing Arts. Resident Sherry Ahern envisioned the art festival as a way to support the local schools and artists, boost the village economy and bring art into the village. Ahern wants to draw La Jolla back to its roots as an art community. She recalls as a child in SEE FEST, Page 2
INSPIRATION Quadriplegic painter Wayne Hosaka uses a paintbrush extended with a carbon fiber tube to paint “Stern’s Gym” with acrylics Sept. 19 at Laureate Park. The event, which also included a children’s art project with Lisa Thorik, was hostVILLAGE NEWS | PAUL HANSEN ed by La Jolla Art Association.
Bombers away! SIO finds new sea worms BY JULIE KINYOUN | VILLAGE NEWS
For most people, worms inspire images of garden pests or degradation tools for spoiled or discarded food. For University of California (UCSD) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) researchers, worms are delicate,
fluorescing buoyant creatures that swim in the deep sea above the sea floor. This frontier habitat for researchers at a depth of 3,280 to 13,120 feet is literally a new sea of research opportunity. “These [worms] are gorgeous with their transparent body, and their hundreds and hundreds of
long, glass-like bristles that just glisten when you hit them with the lights of your camera,” said Karen Osborn, postdoctoral student and researcher in the lab of Prof. Greg Rouse at UCSD and SIO. “Recently, we discovered SEE WORMS, Page 3
UC forms Canyon Fire Watch program BY SEBASTIAN RUIZ | VILLAGE NEWS
Ashes fall like snow over UC during the 2006 wildfires.
Surf Report SATURDAY
Hi: 7:07 a.m. 4:08 p.m. Low: 10:20 a.m. --+-Size: 3-5 ft. Wind: 10-15 mph
SUNDAY
Hi: 7:20 a.m. 5:28 p.m. Low: 12:03 a.m. 11:51 a.m. Size: 2-4 ft. Wind: 12-14 mph
VILLAGE NEWS | DON BALCH
California fire season started on full blast with fires erupting in Ventura, Sonoma and Riverside counties earlier this week, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection incident reports. In anticipation of a strong fire season, University City residents are working to keep a watchful eye on local canyons. Like a Neighborhood Watch for fires, Rose Canyon rim residents need look out for fires that may start in the canyon and call 911 before they burn out of control.
That’s the message San Diego city officials and University City community leaders are sending to residents this fire season while starting the University City Community Canyon Fire Watch Program. University City Community Association President and program cochair Andy Freeburn said he hopes to sign up community volunteers to watch for smoke or potential fire hazards around the canyon in twohour shifts between 2 and 10 p.m. daily. Residents should look for smoke, children playing with fire or bonfires, according to Freeburn. “We try to look for residents
directly on the canyon rim… they don’t have to have binoculars or anything. It’s just to make sure there’s nothing happening out there that might be a threat,” he said. University City community leaders will gather at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Standley Park Recreation Center Game Room, 3585 Governor Drive, to take the next steps to lay out fire safety procedures. Community members have already hosted at least one meetSEE FIRE WATCH, Page 4
Toasting tuna
Knights by a nose
Monte Carlo marvel
Statue salutes San Diego’s rich history of fishing and canneries. 5
Bishop’s narrowly beats Country Day in crosstown gridiron rivalry. 14
Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual gala features Buddha Lounge and a tub full of rose-petal lovelies. 8-9