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Seacrest at Home provides comfort for seniors in the location where they typically feel most comfortable. The nonprofit, based in Encinitas, sends caregivers to clients’ residences, where they assist with basic tasks and provide companionship on an as-needed basis.

As the first anniversary of the Nepal Earthquake approaches, La Jolla resident Kathleen Rafaat wants to connect the Village of La Jolla to the small villages of Nepal.

The tour is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, with six “secret” La Jolla gardens to be revealed the day of the event, open for viewing.

Serene indoor/outdoor living spaces!

The newly-opened Shepherd YMCA Firehouse, located at 7877 Herschel Ave. in La Jolla will be hosting a free “Healthy Happy Hour” 3:30-6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 and the entire community is invited. The newly renovated facility will feature group exercise class and personal training demonstrations as well as booths from other healthy living partners that invite you to sample and experience their wares. Healthy Happy Hour partners that day include La Jolla Family Smile By Design, Beaming Café, Lorna Jane, Radin Chiropractic, Jonty Jacobs and more to be announced! More event details will be posted to ymca.org/lajolla

San Diego phlebologist discusses fake home remedies for vein disease

San Diego home theater expert explains what it means when we talk about home theaters

La Jolla’s highest-selling price from March 1-22 is $4.7 million for a home on Chelsea Street.

We can only imagine the astonishment of a mortuary assistant in the 1920s when he unveiled the body of a well-respected male doctor in La Jolla to find out that he was, indeed, a woman. Scientists and community leaders wrote profusely about the scandal. One of those essays was discovered by the man who maintains the landmark documents of La Jolla — Michael Mishler, archivist and curator at the La Jolla Historical Society and its La Jolla Archive. “They described Dr. Perkins as a small, slight man who was very polite, and then some people said he was kind of mousy, but later they understood why,” Mishler said.

There is a lot going at La Jolla’s Riford Library. Thankfully, there are a handful of “friends” on hand to help keep those programs going.