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LA MESA -- Amid all the challenges schools are facing because of state budget cuts and a struggling economy, it was a nice break for school and community leaders to gather on a sunny Wednesday afternoon to celebrate something new.
Rani Goyal, leader of…
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LA MESA -- The City Council had its first official group discussion of the Property Based Improvement District Tuesday night but there was little in the way of substantial comment or action. In fact, this discussion suggested the PBID debate eventually may end up…
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College Preparatory Middle School (CPMS) Open Enrollment for the 2012-13 school year is NOW underway.
Open Enrollment for new students is taking place NOW until March 2nd.
If there are more…
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A Fifth Birthday For A Great Race
MISSION TRAILS -- For the fifth year, friends and family of children helped by Rady Children's Hospital's Heart Institute gather for a walk inspired by two young men -- Max and Jake.
For some it is a walk of remembrance. For others a way of appreciating the gift of…
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California Youth Conservatory (CYC) Presents
“Big River, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
At The Joan B. Kroc Theatre in San Diego
March 3—March 11, 2012
Featuring several of San Diego’s most talented local professionals and up-and-coming young…
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Book Lovers, Authors Crowd La Mesa Event
LA MESA -- Book lovers and book authors gathered in the plazas surrounding the La Mesa public library today.
There were self-help books and true crime grippers. And in the middle of it all, former San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy was there pitching his book explaining his years in…
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Bridging Students' Roads To Higher Education
LA MESA -- More than 130 women gathered Saturday morning at the La Mesa Women's Club to raise money for scholarships.
Women played bridge and bunco, had a catered lunch and will raise enough money to fund five $1,000 scholarships for graduates from the…
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Getting Some Distance On This Jewel Of The Hills
LA MESA -- A friend of mine once pointed out that if you hold a rock up, close to your eye, you won't be able to fully appreciate its true essence. It is only as you move it away, extending your arm and hand, that you start to see its…
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Sheriff Seeks Help Identifying Bank Robber
LEMON GROVE -- Detectives from the San Diego Sheriff's Department Lemon Grove Station want your help in identifying a woman wanted in connection with a bank robbery in Spring Valley.
The suspect walked into a Bank of America inside an…
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Police Warn Of Service Worker Scam
LA MESA -- Police are warning local residents that burglars recently have been posing as service workers to gain entry to homes and commit crimes.
Police have received two recent reports of burglars using this technique and are issuing directions to residents on how to verify that service workers are legitimate.
On February 16 at about 3:00 p.m., a resident in…
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Parking Commission Asks City To Spend On Cleaning Effort
LA MESA -- Breaking with recent traditions, the City Parking Commission Tuesday voted 4-1 to ask the City Council to spend $32,000 of parking meter money to increase cleaning of the streets during the Centennial year.
The Parking Commission vote was followed soon after by a decision of the La Mesa Village Merchants Association to resume…
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LA MESA -- Saturday's "Human 100" photo shoot was a production worthy of the organizational skills of Cecil B. De Mille. Photographer Brent Haywood flew overhead in a helicopter and got some shots of the effort.…
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The California Youth Conservatory (CYC) presents the Tony Award-winning musical based on Mark Twain’s classic novel at the beautiful Joan B. Kroc Theatre from March 3 - 11, 2012.
For tickets, go to http://www.cyctheatre.com or call (858) 227-9427.
Twain's timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as…
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College Preparatory Middle School (CPMS) Open Enrollment for the 2012-13 school year:
Open Enrollment for new students will take place Feb 15 - March 2.
If there are more applications than space available, a lottery will take place March 9 for new students.
CPMS is also happy to announce that we will begin accepting enrollment packets for 5th…
Added by Mitchell S. Miller on February 21, 2012 at 7:23am — No Comments
La Mesa, Lemon Grove In Cable Spotlight
LEMON GROVE -- La Mesa and Lemon Grove will be in the national spotlight thanks to film crews and landscaping talents that recently worked to rehab two local properties.
Crews sponsored by Scotts Miracle-Gro Company working under the watchful…
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Tree Mapping Project Will Ask For Your Help
LA MESA -- La Mesa resident Robin Rivet, an arborist with a passion for all tree things, is making the rounds at community events pushing an interesting interactive project.
"It's a community tree map,'' Rivet says. "You will be able to join,…
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An Appreciation of Japanese Brush Paintings Today
MISSION TRAILS -- The Friends of Taka Sumi-e art society will exhibit traditional Japanese-style brush paintings, called sumi-e, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, as part of the Mission…
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Two Armed Robberies, Assault On Cops In La Mesa
LA MESA – This weekend started with a busy 12 hours for La Mesa police. A Friday night robbery was followed by a Saturday morning robbery and then an early morning confrontation with car burglars that landed two in jail for attempted assault on law enforcement officers.
Friday night at about…
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La Mesans Gather For Historic Photo
GROSSMONT CENTER -- La Mesans started lining up before sunrise Saturday to be part of the city's "Human 100" historic photo.
The roof of the Grossmont Center parking garage was transformed into a morning festival with coffee, bagels and music.
A happy gathering of more than 400 men,…
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Grossmont Board Compromises On Boundary Shift
LA MESA -- The Grossmont Union High School District has been struggling with parents upset over changes to the attendance zones for the next school year.
Last night the board voted to give families in transitional neighborhoods -- that is those that will be changing in the future -- to have a choice for one more year.
Here is the district's official…
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