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Doctor/patient relationships are the essential reason why Dr. Debbie Kim with Beautiful Smiles of La Jolla became a dentist, she said. Dr. Kim has practiced dentistry in San Diego since 2002 and opened her La Jolla office last July at 8861 Villa La Jol…

La Jolla’s Village Veterinary Hospital at 7527 Draper Ave. is offering 15 percent off pet dental care through the end of March 2016, along with a low cost vaccination clinic featuring 30 percent off all vaccines.

Like most people these days, we use online bill paying. We enter our bill pay information once, the company sends an e-mail notification of the bill, we review it, and if it’s correct, we click Pay. What we won’t do is Auto Bill Pay where you give a company permission to automatically debit your credit card or bank account every month. This is especially true if the company in question is a cable or water company, or anything that purports to be a health club. The first two are prone to errors (see my recent column about my neighbor’s $41,000 water bill after a meter reader transposed two digits); the latter is notorious for continuing to charge your credit card months after you’ve cancelled (or have expired). Further, our credit cards are compromised too often these days requiring replacement so an automatic debit is a recipe for disaster and/or having your water turned off. This is especially annoying in August.

To address the growing problem of illegal overnight camping in Kellogg Park during outdoor celebratory holidays La Jolla Shores Association is being proactive, and will work with police to set the tone and deter the problem at its onset.

La Jolla Shores residents and business owners hoping for a reprieve from the ongoing street work will have to wait a little longer. Make that a lot longer.

Things to do in La Jolla this week, including concerts, art events, cultural events and more

Maeve Rochford, owner and baker at La Jolla’s Sugar and Scribe, has been named the Irish Woman of the Year by the Irish Congress of San Diego

Combining a family history of performing and her culture’s rich native traditions, La Jolla resident Qi Zhang has brought the art of Chinese dance to San Diego.

Tensions ran high during the La Jolla Town Council forum on the contentious issue of Short Term Vacation Rentals, March 10