The luxurious seaside resort community of La Jolla features seven miles of glorious coastline along the Pacific Ocean. Although La Jolla is home to almost 43,000 people, the city has retained its own, unique small-town atmosphere as well as its own sense of local pride. Renowned for its rugged coastline of ocean bluffs and sandy beaches, steep canyons and the hillsides of Mount Soledad, La Jolla has become one of the most coveted residential destinations in the region.

Located only 12 miles from downtown San Diego and 40 miles south of Orange County, La Jolla and its residents enjoy beautiful weather year round, as evidenced by the area’s average daily temperature of 70.5 degrees.

Because of the city's relatively wealthy population, La Jolla has also become known for its elite shopping and dining, upscale boutiques, foreign brand boutiques and gourmet restaurants.

Beach culture is part of everyday life in La Jolla. Some of the more popular sandy beaches that dot the local coastline include La Jolla Cove, La Jolla Shores, Black's Beach, Windansea Beach, and Wipeout Beach. The Torrey Pines Golf Course, host of a number of PGA events including the 2008 U.S. Open, is located in La Jolla at the foot of steep cliffs and along La Jolla's famous coastline.

• The University of California, San Diego is the center of higher education in La Jolla.
• UCSD includes the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

• La Jolla High School
• La Jolla Elementary
• Torrey Pines Elementary
• Bird Rock Elementary
• The Preuss School UCSD,public charter school

• The Bishop's School
• The Children's School
• Integral Elementary School of La Jolla
• Delphi Academy
• All Hallows Academy
• The Gillispie School
• The Evans School
• La Jolla Country Day School (located in University City).

• La Jolla Farms - the homes on top of the cliffs above Black's Beach and adjacent to the western boundary of the UCSD campus
• La Jolla Shores - the residential area and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus along La Jolla Shores beach and east up the hillside (also includes a small business district of shops and restaurants along Avenida de la Playa)
• La Jolla Heights - the homes on the hills overlooking La Jolla Shores
• Hidden Valley - lower portion of Mount Soledad on the northern slopes
• Country Club - lower Mount Soledad on the north-west side, including the La Jolla Country Club golf course
• Village - a.k.a. Village of La Jolla (not to be confused with La Jolla Village) the "downtown" business district area, including most of La Jolla's shops and restaurants, and the immediately surrounding residential areas
• Beach-Barber Tract - the coastal section from Windansea Beach to the Village
• Lower Hermosa - coastal strip south of Beach-Barber Tract
• Bird Rock - southern/coastal La Jolla, and the lower slopes of Mt Soledad in the area
• Muirlands - relatively large area on western middle slope of Mt. Soledad
• La Jolla Mesa - A strip on the lower southern side of Mt. Soledad, bordering Pacific Beach
• La Jolla Alta - The neighborhood east of La Jolla Mesa
• Soledad South - Southeastern slopes of Mount Soledad, all the way up to the top, east of La Jolla Alta
• Muirlands West - The neighborhood between Muirlands to the south, and Country Club - to the north
• Upper Hermosa - North of Bird Rock, east of La Jolla Blvd
• La Jolla Village - (not to be confused with the Village of La Jolla) - north-east La Jolla, east of La Jolla Heights, north and west of I-5, and south of UCSD. This neighborhood's namesake, The La Jolla Village Square shopping and residential mall, including La Jolla's two movie theatres, is located here.

• La Jolla, CA Official Website
• Trails.com
• SanDiego.org
• San Diego City
• DiscoverSD
• La Jolla Blue Book Community Directory
• San Diego City Department
• La Jolla Community Profile
• La Jolla Town Council
• La Jolla Rough Water Swim
• IStayGreen.org
• La Jolla Cave Store
• www.sdjewishjournal.com
• www.lajollalight.com
• www.fairhousingforall.org