La Jolla crime and public safety news: ‘Daylighting’ tickets; police blotter for Sept. 25 to Oct. 2

La Jolla remains a hot spot for ‘daylighting’ tickets

Vista del Mar Avenue in La Jolla is the second-most-ticketed street in San Diego in the city’s enforcement of the “daylighting” law that prohibits street parking within 20 feet of an intersection or a crosswalk in an effort to improve visibility and pedestrian and bicycle safety.

From March 1 to Sept. 18, the city issued more than 13,000 such citations overall, 300 of them on Vista del Mar, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune analysis. That trailed Polk Avenue in North Park and City Heights, which had more than 800.

However, Vista del Mar had the most-ticketed intersections, near an entrance to Windansea Beach: 7000 Vista del Mar had 75 citations and 6600 Vista del Mar had 69.

According to city data, the tickets were worth a total of $1.4 million in fines. The city raised the fine from $77.50 to $117.50 the month after implementation began.

In early September, when a report by CBS-TV/8 said Vista del Mar Avenue was the location of the most daylighting tickets in the city, San Diego Police Department spokesman Travis Easter told the La Jolla Light that officers had noticed violations in that area during regular patrols and continued to enforce there, resulting in more tickets. However, he said the neighborhood was not being specifically targeted. — The San Diego Union-Tribune and La Jolla Light

Police blotter

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Sept. 25

• Petty theft: 7800 block Girard Avenue, 5:55 p.m.

Sept. 26

• Shoplifting: 8600 block Villa La Jolla Drive, 11:01 a.m.

Sept. 27

• Felony vehicle theft: Downwind Way at La Jolla Shores Drive, 4 p.m.

• Felony grand theft: 8600 block Villa La Jolla Drive, 5 p.m.

Sept. 28

• Assault with a deadly weapon: 1900 block Via Casa Alta, 7:16 p.m.

Sept. 29

• Fraud: 500 block Palomar Avenue, 7 a.m.

• Fraud: 5600 block La Jolla Boulevard, 7:40 a.m.

• Felony vandalism: 1000 block Wall Street, 8 a.m.

• Battery: 700 block Arenas Street, 9:30 a.m.

• Disorderly conduct (alcohol): 5200 block La Jolla Boulevard, 9 p.m.

Sept. 30

• Vehicle break-in/theft: 8500 block Villa La Jolla Drive, midnight

Oct. 1

• Robbery (no weapon): 3300 block La Jolla Village Drive, 4:30 a.m.

Oct. 2

• Battery: 8800 block Villa La Jolla Drive, 1:40 p.m.

• Commercial robbery (weapon used): 900 block Pearl Street, 5:05 p.m.

• Felony assault with a deadly weapon (not a firearm): 8200 block Camino del Oro, 7 p.m.