April 2013 La Mesa Blog Posts (63)

Police Focusing On Distracted and Drunk Driving

LA MESA -- Police have issued 82 distracted driving tickets this month and are issuing a warning about special drunk driving sweeps that will be occurring duirng the upcoming Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Warnings abound. See Traffic Information…

La Mesa Races Adding Instant Digital Results

LA MESA -- Steering a Soap Box Derby race car downhill just got a little more exciting for kids in San Diego East…

On Thursday the 18th YOUR California Senator, Diane Feinstein, stated during a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, stated, "All vets are mentally ill and government should prevent them from owning firearms." This whilst flailing about attempting to defend the…

Clerks Fight Robbers During Theft

LA MESA -- Liquor store clerks trying to stop booze thieves exchanged blows with the robbers Saturday night on Severin Drive, but couldn't stop the robbers.

Police said that at 7:04 p.m., they received a report of a fight occurring in the 5900 block of Severin Drive. When officers arrived, they discovered that the fight was actually an altercation between the liquor…

Police Stopped Burglars In The Act

LA MESA -- Police quickly responding to a resident's call for help apprehended two people attempting to burglarize a La Mesa home Saturday.

Police said the report came in at 3:12 p.m. of an attempted residential burglary in progress that was occurring…

Sprucing Up The Vietnam Memorial

LA MESA -- La Mesa's Vietnam Memorial is wedged in near the…

On a day when an entire state and most of the sane people in the nation pause to grieve and memorialize the massive loss of life and property in Texas following a tragic explosion and fire, the ugly head of gleeful depravity and giggling looks out and shouts, "Hah! Its his fault and its funny!"  The Sacramento Bee, a yellow journalism effort from one of the many beds…

Kind Words To Distant Friends

HELIX CHARTER HIGH -- Helix Charter High School junior Gillian Morgan, along with her classmates, wanted to do something for the people of the…

Police Charge Resident In Dillon Fire

More photos below.

LA MESA -- The fire that destroyed a house on Dillon Drive was caused by a resident whose cigarette ignited the yard and quickly…

Morgan Turner: The Art Of Making Art

LA MESA -- Anyone who has ever done anything in the art world will tell you that getting that first break is difficult. The qualities that…

Volunteers Needed For Sprucing Up Memorial

LA MESA -- La Mesa’s Aging and Veterans Commission, Youth Advisory Commission and Vietnam Veterans are joining together to clean up the Vietnam Memorial in La Mesa on Saturday, April 27th from 10:00 am – 12 noon. The volunteers will be planting…

Fire Damages Corvette In Civic Center

LA MESA -- A car fire just after 8:30 a.m. Thursday had firefighters out early.

Firefighters made quick work of extinguishing the fire, captured by a…

As the Political Correctness insanity runs amuck throughout the country and all things American and Christian are defamed, debased and despised I thought you that support this radical regime might like to see what the latest dress fad is throughout YOUR muslim world.…

Celebrating Kaji Spellman, New Senior Minister

LA MESA -- The people of the United Church of Christ of La Mesa (UCCLM) announce with great pride the calling of The Rev. Kaji Spellman to serve as their Senior Minister.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Yale…

Armed Robbers Hit Lake Murray Taco Shop

LA MESA -- Just before 10 p.m. Wednesday night three men, one armed with a handgun, robbed the Los Piňos Taco Shop located at 5660 Lake Murray Boulevard.

The suspects entered the store and demanded cash. One of the suspects displayed a black…

Man Pinned Between Vehicles Dies

LA MESA -- A 64-year-old man was killed in a motor vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon.

Police said they received a 9-1-1 call at about 1 p.m. reporting an accident in the 4400 block of Dale Avenue.

 As La Mesa police officers arrived, they found…

Seeking A PBID Cesarean

LA MESA -- It has been nine months since the supporters of the La Mesa Village Property Based Improvement District last formally appeared before the City Council. "Long enough to have produced a baby,'' as City Councilman Ernie Ewin put it.

But it became clear Tuesday that the gestation period for a PBID is longer than that of a human, and that the stretch marks and mood swings…

Speeder Count Rising

LA MESA -- The crackdown on speeding continues unabated in La Mesa with the new total of those caught now up to 86. See Traffic Information below.

Case Highlights:

What do you have in your car right now? Your gym bag? Your briefcase? Your…

Couple of days ago I wrote about that teenager that the Nazis in his school had arrested, jailed and suspended for wearing a t shirt speaking out about his First Amendment right to speech regarding his Second Amendment right for gun ownership. Seems that, having sat out his one day suspension, he returned to class and proudly wore the same shirt to class again. Oh, many other students throughout the country wore the…

EDCO Asks For Rate Increase

LA MESA -- It may soon cost a bit more to have your garbage hauled away.

At Tuesday's City Council meeting, council members will be asked to set a public hearing date to consider an increase in the monthly charges Edco gets for residential and commercial services in the city.

EDCO is proposing a 3.6 percent increase in residential service and a 2 percent increase for…