On Oct. 29, 1964, an article in the
Light announcing the merger quoted a joint statement from the two papers’ publishers: “By combining forces . we will be able to present a more comprehensive coverage of the La Jolla community. … The plan of this merger is to give La Jolla a bigger and better newspaper it is as simple as that!”
The merged paper was published as the
La Jolla Light-Journal until the mid-1970s, when “Journal” was dropped and the publication continued as the
La Jolla Light, which it does to this day.
Other April events
(Courtesy of La Jolla Historical Society)