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San Diego psychologist describes the benefits to health and well-being of gratitude

The Sandwich Club of La Jolla, a 30 year mainstay at 7825 Fay Ave., closed its doors for good Dec. 4.

Kristin Lancino is the new director of La Jolla Music Society, moving to town after a serving as an independent artistic & strategic consultant, with a three-decade career in the arts. Previously, Lancino was the executive director of IMG Artists, overseeing the artist management divisions for North and South America. Prior, she was vice-president for G. Schirmer Inc., North America’s most vital music publishing company. At Schirmer, she conceived and developed “Scores on Demand,” and worked to negotiate complex media and copyright issues across all areas of the performing arts, including opera and ballet.

La Jolla teen Megan Phelps was one of the 14 finalists in the Project Green Challenge – a 30-day eco lifestyle competition.

There have been many articles published this year on the “mansionization” of La Jolla. For starters, please define “mansion”? Is “mansionization” the rebuilding of a neglected 1,000-square-foot home into a 3,000-square-foot home? Is a 3,000-square-foot home now the definition of a mansion? Hey mom, your kid has made it, he lives in a mansion!

We Olive is celebrating the holiday season with freshly pressed Olio Nuovo. “It’s an exciting time in California because the fall olive harvest is in and we’re now featuring freshly pressed Olio Nuovo (new oil) at We Olive,” said general manager Michae…

Things to do in La Jolla this week, including several concerts, special events at La Jolla Community Center, theater productions and pre-holiday parties.

WSOHOIDPS: it stands for A Ship in the Woods. If you don’t get it, don’t feel bad; it took me awhile. (Hint: first find the SHIP, then the WOODS around it.) But the artful nonprofit, which stages inventive, interactive events combining art, music and science, didn’t take long to win me over.

The Female Faculty Group at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla hosted the first of a new public lecture series, called ResearcHERS, providing a behind-the-scenes look at biomedical research and the work of women in the field. The series kicked off Oct. 21, 2015 with a presentation by TSRI professor and trustee Linda Sherman, whose research focuses on the body’s immune system. In particular, Sherman explained how some of her lab’s insights into the immune system’s overreaction in type 1 diabetes might be harnessed to boost the body’s defenses against cancer.

Development Permit Review Committee hears plan for Su Casa demolition and redevelopment as a three-building, mixed-use development