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Leorah Gavidor
Articles by Leorah Gavidor
What was that smell near Scripps?
The underwater canyon burps
On Wednesday August 1, I caught a whiff of rotten eggs. Facilities workers at Scripps and Birch Aquarium checked gas lines to verify that it wasn’t methane. After about half an hour, Scripps employees spread ...
Coastal creatures captured
Citizen scientists help Snapshot Cal Coast
For the Snapshot Cal Coast, June 13-20, San Diego, a small contingent hit the beach at Scripps Coastal Reserve and another group scoured Sunset Cliffs on a bioblitz. Isabelle Kay of UC San Diego Natural ...
UCSD human submarine off to England
Students will try Vaquita in La Jolla Shores before leaving
For the first time in UC San Diego history, the school’s human-powered submarine team has been invited to participate in the European International Sub Race. In July 2018, the team of engineering undergrads will fly ...
Scripps pedestrians in a hurry avoid the bridge
Crosswalk beefed up
When a Scripps Institution of Oceanography affiliate was hit and injured while crossing La Jolla Shores Drive at Downwind Way in October 2017, staff, faculty, and students had been voicing the need for improvements to ...
Highly acidic bird poop
Whale wash at Birch Aquarium
The 39-foot-tall whale statue that greets visitors at Birch Aquarium just got a mini-makeover. Sea air, sun, chlorine, and “especially bird poop” have taken a toll on the bronze Legacy, a life-size breaching gray whale, ...
Community garden to grow in National City
Residents seek more access to healthy food amid fast-food landscape
Old Town National City will build a community garden after more than a decade of collaboration between the city, residents, and the Environmental Health Coalition. Mundo Gardens, a “National City–grown” nonprofit, will operate the Paradise ...
Grinchy city grabs rec-center funds
Council vote diminishes community control of activities budgets
Back in October the city attorney’s office delivered a legal opinion that supported the city's decision to immediately appropriate recreation council funds, raised locally by each individual recreation center, and deposit the monies into the ...
Scripps plagued by vehicular vandalism
Heavy '70s Chevy hit-and-run the latest incident on La Jolla Shores Blvd.
The impact from a hit-and-run collision was so strong that it pushed a 1970s Chevelle, parked on La Jolla Shores Boulevard, onto the sidewalk. Owner Jeff Sevadjian said the incident occurred between 7:05 a.m. and ...
A sea hare, a gulper eel, and a colony of sea pork
Ocean oddities coming out of nowhere
A sea hare, a gulper eel, and a colony of what looks like sea pork have all turned up recently on the San Diego coast, keeping local scientists busy. In early October, a beachgoer at ...
