Editing La Jolla (section)

==Business and media==

* La Jolla (under the fictionalized name "Esmerelda") is the setting for [[Raymond Chandler]]'s final [[Philip Marlowe]] novel, [[Playback (novel)|''Playback'']], published in 1958. Chandler lived in La Jolla for the previous decade. La Jolla's [[Hotel del Charro]] becomes "Rancho Descansado" in the novel. A number of landmarks described can still be found today.<ref>Raymond Chandler, ''Playback'', Houghton Mifflin, 1958</ref><ref>OriginallyPB (pseudonym),
[http://thewebsters.us/2015/01/16/raymond-chandlers-esmeralda/ "Raymond Chandler's Esmerelda"],
Another Side of History (blog), January 16, 2015</ref>
* La Jolla was home to the comic book publisher [[WildStorm|WildStorm Productions]], from its founding by [[Jim Lee]] in 1993, until its closing in 2012 when [[DC Comics]], which had purchased the publisher as an imprint in 1998, absorbed the company and moved the office to Burbank, California.<ref>Wells, Aaron. [http://www.lajollalight.com/2008/07/25/wild-wild-comic-art/ "Wild, wild comic art"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006234740/http://www.lajollalight.com/2008/07/25/wild-wild-comic-art/ |date=October 6, 2011 }}, ''La Jolla Light'', July 25, 2008</ref><ref>Iyoho, Charles. [http://lajolla.patch.com/articles/is-superman-fleeing-la-jolla#c "Are Superheroes Fleeing La Jolla?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930045914/http://lajolla.patch.com/articles/is-superman-fleeing-la-jolla#c |date=September 30, 2012 }}, La Jolla Patch, October 18, 2010</ref><ref>Phegley, Kiel. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=28446 "WildStorm & Zuda Imprints Close Amidst DC Changes"], [[Comic Book Resources]], September 21, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/09/21/a-day-of-change-bye-bye-wildstorm-so-long-zuda/ "A day of change: bye bye, WildStorm; so long, Zuda"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816103846/http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/09/21/a-day-of-change-bye-bye-wildstorm-so-long-zuda/ |date=August 16, 2011 }}, The Beat, September 21, 2010</ref>
* La Jolla is the base for the [[Sundt Memorial Foundation]], a national organization aimed at discouraging youth from getting involved in drugs.
* La Jolla is also a subsidiary location for Chicago-based [https://linkingefforts.com Linking Efforts Against Drugs (LEAD)], a national drug-prevention organization recognized nationally for its success in reducing substance use and abuse among teens.
* La Jolla is the home of InspirED, an EdTech company that supports schools in supporting their students' mental health through therapeutic services, educational opportunities, and technology.
* La Jolla is mentioned in the [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boys']] 1963 song [[Surfin' U.S.A. (song)|Surfin' U.S.A.]] and in [[The Network]]'s 2003 song [[Money Money 2020|Spike]].
* "La Jolla" is the name of a song on [[Wilbur Soot]]'s 2020 album ''[[Your City Gave Me Asthma]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=La Jolla |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvA6BbgjfGA |access-date=2023-03-21 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Film ===
[[File:Neurosciences Institute01.jpg|thumb|The Neurosciences Institute was a filming location for ''The Cell'' (2000)]]
*Laboratory scenes for the movie [[The Cell (film)|''The Cell'']] (2000) were filmed at [[The Neurosciences Institute]] in La Jolla.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where was The Cell filmed? |url=https://giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-the-cell-filmed/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Giggster |language=en}}</ref>
*La Jolla is one of the backdrops in the movie [[Traffic (2000 film)|''Traffic'']] (2000).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Benninger |first=Michael |date=2016-03-01 |title=Hot Shots |url=https://www.pacificsandiego.com/things-to-do/pac-hot-shots-story.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Pacific San Diego Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Scenes for the movie ''[[The Samuel Project]]'' (2018) were filmed in La Jolla.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Diane |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Old Globe actors use off-stage time to film a movie |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/columnists/diane-bell/sd-me-bell-20170328-story.html |access-date=February 13, 2022 |work=[[The San Diego Union Tribune]]}}</ref>
*The movie ''[[Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea]]'' (2023) is set in [[Riverside County, California]], but some scenes were filmed at the director's home in La Jolla.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |last=Mackin-Solomon |first=Ashley |date=2024-01-14 |title='Good type of cringey': La Jolla filmmaker to screen latest creation at Oceanside International Film Festival |url=https://www.lajollalight.com/personalities/story/2024-01-14/good-kind-of-cringy-la-jolla-filmmaker-to-screen-latest-creation-at-oceanside-international-film-festival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124034007/https://www.lajollalight.com/personalities/story/2024-01-14/good-kind-of-cringy-la-jolla-filmmaker-to-screen-latest-creation-at-oceanside-international-film-festival |archive-date=2024-01-24 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=[[La Jolla Light]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Television ===

* La Jolla is the setting for the 2011 season of ''[[The Real World: San Diego (2011)|The Real World: San Diego]]'', the twenty-sixth season of the long-running [[MTV]] reality television series.<ref name="RealityBlurred">{{cite news |last=Dehnart |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Dehnart |date=June 7, 2011 |title=Real World returning to San Diego for its 26th season |url=http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_real_world_26/2011_Jun_07_san_diego |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=RealityBlured.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.movewithtitan.com/mtvs-real-world-will-screen-from-pacific-beach-california-according-to-san-diego-movers "MTV's ''Real World'' will screen from La Jolla, California according to San Diego Movers"], Titan Movers, May 27, 2011</ref>
* The [[Netflix]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Grace and Frankie]]'' is set in La Jolla, although filming takes place in other parts of California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside The Stunning Homes Of Netflix's Grace & Frankie |url=https://houseandhome.com/gallery/inside-stunning-homes-netflixs-grace-frankie/ |access-date=February 3, 2019 |website=houseandhome.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Disney+]]'s ''[[Big Shot (TV series)|Big Shot]]'' takes place in La Jolla.