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La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 670 __ |a GNIS, July 5, 2018 |b (La Jolla; PPL; San Diego County, California; variant names: El Nito, La Joya, Lajolla; 32.8472695, -117.274040 (DEC); 325050N, 1171627W (DMS); another PPL in Orange County called La Jolla) 670 __ |a Wikipedia, July 5, 2018 |b (La Jolla; La Jolla ... is a hilly seaside and affluent community within the city of San Diego, California, United States occupying 7 miles (11 km) of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean within the northern city limits; Local Native Americans, the Kumeyaay, called this location mat kulaaxuuy ... "land of holes"; An alternative, pseudo-etymological suggestion for the origin of the name is that it is an alternate spelling of the Spanish word la joya, which means "the jewel" ... That supposed origin gave rise to the nickname "Jewel City"; coordinates: 32°50ʹ24ʺN, 117°16ʹ37ʺW)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

La Jolla Journal, 1935-03-21 to 1937-09-30

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Scope and Contents

La Jolla Journal was a weekly publication. Library holdings include volumes 23, 24, and 25, each bound separately. Bylines: "Legal newspaper of La Jolla" (1935) and "La Jolla's pioneer newspaper" (1936 and 1937).

Dates: Publication: 1935-03-21 to 1937-09-30

Prensa Popular (vol. 1, no. 2), 1973-11-26

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Scope and Contents "Chicanos and Arabs... Victims of Aggression"; "Pete Wilson Blind To Deportations, Seeks Political Power Instead" [police Chief Ray Hoobler and mass deportations; profile of Mayor Pete Wilson's rise to power in San Diego and actions against Chicano community]; "UC-MECHA Conference" [discord at conference at UC-Riverside for state-wide U.C. Mechas, included in article are the majority position and minority position from conference regarding the ideology of U.C. Mecha, and a critique by the...
Dates: Publication: 1973-11-26

Prensa Popular (vol. 1, no. 3), 1974-01-29

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Scope and Contents "Braceros Sought Amidst Deportations" [talk of reopening Bracero program or something similar, exploitation of farm labor]; "Partial Israeli Withdrawl No Solution"; "L.J. [La Jolla] Council Fears Minority Pollution" [La Jolla Town Council asked to endorse UCSD Third College]; "Third or Muir???" [UCSD Third College proposal to eliminate "basic three quarter sequence of Third World Studies, Urban and Rural Studies and Communication"]; "Letters"; UFW Report [Gallo wine strike]; "Boycott...
Dates: Publication: 1974-01-29