Drivers urged to watch for cyclists on Oct. 17 Residents of Pacific Beach and La Jolla are being cautioned that about 2,500 cyclists will be riding through the area on Sunday morning. The cyclists, in conjunction with The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, will be taking a 50-mile trek as part of the 27th annual Bike MS Bay to Bay Tour in order to raise money for MS research, programs and services. Several area roads will be affected, such as Torrey Pines Hill, North Torrey Pines Road, and La Jolla Shores Drive. In Pacific Beach, streets such as Crown Point Drive, Pacific Beach Drive and Grand Avenue will also be congested. The race begins at 7 a.m. and cyclists are expected to finish in San Diego’s Mission Bay area around 10:30 a.m. Registration information, as well as event information, is available at www.biketofinishMS.com. Anonymous donor helps The Athenaeum The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library recently received a proposal by an anonymous donor asking members, residents and businesses to help match their $50,000 donation for the endowment fund by Dec. 31. In order to help reach the $100,000 goal, The Athenaeum is re-launching its “Brick Campaign.” For $1,500, contributors can have their name, a loved one’s name or business name engraved on a brick, which will pave the library’s courtyard on Wall Street. Individuals who are interested in reserving a brick can call The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library at (858) 454-5872. Suspected La Jolla bank robber nabbed Primitvo Martinez was arrested Oct. 6 and charged with robbing the Chase Bank on Villa La Jolla Drive on Aug. 30. Investigators said the 50-year-old man used a demand note but it is still unclear if Martinez was armed at the time. The arrest comes at a time when there have been several high-profile La Jolla robberies. They include those of the “Geezer Bandit,” who robbed the San Diego National Bank on Ivanhoe Avenue in September 2009, and the “Ho-Hum Bandit,” who robbed a Citibank branch at the corner of Wall Street and Herschel Avenue on April 8. Suspect fails to appear for sentencing A judge has issued a no-bail bench warrant for the arrest of Amier Rock Issa, 33, of La Jolla, after he failed to show up in court to hear the guilty verdict against him in his assault trial, in which a man said Issa slashed his face with a knife in 2008. Issa, who worked with computers at the University of California, San Diego, had been free on $20,000 bond when his jury reached a verdict Oct. 6. San Diego Superior Court Judge Joseph Brannigan waited several hours for Issa to show up, but the verdict was read in absentia after his attorney said he did not know where Issa was. Issa was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon upon a former friend, Michael Serrato, 29, who received a 5-inch slash across his face in Hillcrest on July 11, 2008. The jury acquitted Issa of making a death threat against Serrato, who received 28 stitches to his face at an emergency room to close the wound. On Monday, Sheriff’s Sgt. Russell Moore of the Fugitive Task Force said authorities believe Issa has fled to Nevada where his parents live. He faces seven years in prison and possibly more for failure to appear in court. — Neal Putnam