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The annual Halloween Festival scheduled for Oct. 27 at La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., was cancelled due to the wildfires.
Rec center officials said Oct. 30 that it would not be rescheduled.

City Council to vote on density bonus ordinance
The San Diego City Council is scheduled vote on the density bonus development ordinance on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the City Administration Building, 202 C St.
If approved, the land development code amendment would provide incentives for developers to provide affordable housing, said Kathryn Rhodes, Peninsula Community Planning Board member.
The ordinance could allow deviations from regulations in local communities regarding local development, affecting parking needs and height restrictions on buildings, Rhodes said.
“This would take away power from the City Council and make it the [City] Clerk’s decision,” she said at an Oct. 18 PCPB meeting.
The city’s Planning Commission voted unanimously in October 2006 to recommend approval of the ordinance with recommendations that include safeguards against the abuse of the provision by developers, according to city documents.

Dollars for Scholars hosts 5K this Saturday
This year, several communities throughout San Diego County have come together to raise money for deserving students to go to college. To accomplish the goal, community members are being invited to the fourth annual Walk For Education on Saturday, Nov. 3, with registration starting at 9 a.m. at the University of California, San Diego.
That day, about 500 students and volunteers from 17 San Diego County Dollars for Scholars chapters, including Ocean Beach and Torrey Pines chapters, will participate in the 5K walk to raise money for students hoping to continue their higher education.
Those who donate $25 or more at the event will receive a commemorative shirt.
Judy Lewis Logue, director of financial aid at UCSD, said the AVID San Diego County Chapter has already raised $158,000 this year.
“Students often borrow more money then we would like them to,” she said. “It’s a good experience to help them apply and receive [scholarships].”
Aside from helping send students to college, Logue said the walk is an example of how grassroots community organizations can help raise money for students in their own community.
Ocean Beach Dollars for Scholars president Katie Whalen-Elsbree said the Ocean Beach chapter has raised more than $20,000 in scholarship donations from local businesses this year, including $3,000 from the Point Loma Realtors Association.
Each community decides on the types of students to receive the money. One award, for example, goes to students who have “aged out” of the foster-care system, she said.
“[The program] is growing every year, and we hope to double it every year,” she said.
Whalen-Elsbree is a founding member of the Ocean Beach Dollars for Scholars, which she helped establish in 1987. It was originally called the Steve Rogow Dollars for Scholars, named for a local community volunteer and personal friend who died at the age of 42 that year, she said.
Soon, others wanted to donate scholarships in the names of friends and loved ones as the movement grew, she said. In 1993, in conjunction with Scholarship America, the group officially became Ocean Beach Dollars for Scholars.
For information, visit www.californiadollarsforscholars.org.