Mysterious painted hearts are being removed
More than 100 hearts painted around La Jolla are being removed from light poles, metal signs and sidewalks, authorities said.
Enhance La Jolla, which administers the Maintenance Assessment District for The Village, has been working to remove the graffiti. Enhance La Jolla has the authority to enhance services provided by the city of San Diego, including graffiti and litter abatement, landscape maintenance, street and sidewalk cleaning, and additional trash collection.
MAD Manager Brian Earley told the La Jolla Light that “anything that is put up in the public right of way” is brought to the group’s attention for removal.
“We treat all graffiti the same, regardless of what it is,” Earley said.
He said the person responsible for the hearts is unknown, but he asked that the person “cease and desist … because we have to take them off.”
The ones on sidewalks are being removed as part of Enhance La Jolla’s routine power-washing through vendor Urban Corps of San Diego County. With the power-washing, which is done at night, the wastewater is collected separately to avoid discharging it into the storm drain.
Graffiti on signs and other fixtures is removed with a solvent.
“We have removed more than 100 [hearts] already, and we have to remove them all because, if we don’t, it tells people that it is OK to do this, and it’s not,” Earley said.
He added that the board welcomes information about who is behind the hearts. Enhance La Jolla can be contacted at (858) 444-5892 or by email at manager@enhancelajolla.org.
Woman is charged with attempted murder in La Jolla trolley attack
A 31-year-old woman accused of stabbing a man in the chest while he was asleep on a trolley in La Jolla has been arrested and charged with attempted murder.
Angelina Stricklen pleaded not guilty Nov. 1 in Superior Court in San Diego. She was ordered to remain jailed without bail.
Records show Stricklen was booked into jail Oct. 30. No additional details were available.
The 21-year-old man was sitting in a trolley car stopped at the Nobel Drive station when a woman attacked him around 5 p.m. Oct. 22, San Diego police said. The man suffered several stab wounds.
The man exited the trolley and flagged down Metropolitan Transit System security for help. He was taken to a hospital.
The woman stayed on the trolley until she exited at the UTC station on Genesee Avenue, police said.
San Diego County Crime Stoppers released surveillance photos of a suspect Oct. 25 and asked the public to help identify her. — The San Diego Union-Tribune
Children’s Pool lifeguard tower vandalized
The Children’s Pool lifeguard tower was vandalized last week when an unknown person threw a rock and broke one of the windows.
“We reported it to [the San Diego Police Department] and will get it fixed as soon as possible,” city spokeswoman Monica Muñoz said.
The incident happened Oct. 30. The same day, a rock was thrown at a parked car a few blocks away on Coast Boulevard, severely damaging the windshield. It wasn’t immediately known whether the two incidents are related.
Police blotter
Further details were unavailable from San Diego police.
Oct. 11
Sex crime: 7100 block La Jolla Scenic Drive South, 4:57 p.m.
Oct. 19
Fraud: 1600 block Clemson Circle, 11:25 a.m.
Oct. 26
Vehicle break-in/theft: 7200 block Rue Michael, 4:55 p.m.
Oct. 27
Vandalism: 1600 block Via Corona, 11:31 p.m.
Oct. 29
Felony threatening crime with intent to terrorize: 7800 block Revelle Drive, 8:35 a.m.
Petty theft from building: 5600 block La Jolla Boulevard, 4 p.m.
Oct. 30
Commercial burglary: 600 block Pearl Street, 12:09 a.m.
Oct. 31
Vehicle break-in/theft: 7500 block Girard Avenue, 6 p.m.
Nov. 2
Vehicle break-in/theft: 7700 block Girard Avenue, 6:15 a.m.
Nov. 3
Vehicle break-in/theft: 7100 block Caminito Cruzada, 4:20 a.m.
Felony vandalism: 5500 block Calumet Avenue, 4 p.m.
Vehicle break-in/theft: 2600 block Torrey Pines Road, 8 p.m.
— Compiled by Ashley Mackin-Solomon from police and other local reports ◆