July 2012 La Mesa Blog Posts (46)

Dean Takes Another Run At Council

LA MESA -- Patrick Dean, the La Mesa resident who lost in his first bid for City Council two years ago, has spent the last two  years attending virtually every council meeting, meeting with local residents and learning more about his adopted home city.…

La Mesa, From A Distance, Still Looks Good

GENEVA, NEW YORK -- As beautiful as it is, it is healthy to get away from the Jewel of the Hills. Living in a place that is as comfortable as La Mesa, there isn't as much pressure to "get away from it all'' than if you live in, say, the hot…

One week after HWD General Manager Carlos Lugo stood before the La Mesa City Council professing how the HWD has done all things right about reducing costs in an attempt to keep water rates from increasing even further, the back room deals are back.

 The HWD Board, General Manager and Employees have conspired to bypass the regular process of re-negotiating the MOU which wasn’t up until 2013   In exchange, the rate payers get to watch the payroll costs continue to balloon out of…

Police To Citizens: Report Traffic Scofflaws

LA MESA -- In its weekly crime report, the La Mesa Police Department is asking local residents to file traffic complaints listing places where motorists are…

Friends Gather To Celebrate A La Mesa Original

LA MESA -- Every few years, the friends of E. Kathleen Wood gather at the Grossmont Gardens Assisted Living Facility to honor this woman they all call "Katy."

She is 95 now, having lived much of her life in tandem with the city that itself…

Mt. Helix Fauna Has A Name!

MT. HELIX -- We asked the birders of the world to identify this feathered visitor to Mt. Helix and the birders responded. Osprey, baby golden eagle, peregrine falcon, cooper's hawk. And with that variety of answers, we were required to turn to a birding expert to…

Just read about the "American" Olympic team considering dipping the flag, our flag, MY flag during the opening ceremonies. Thought I'd toss that out and let it sit for just abit. Your thoughts? Well, if you have not allowed yourself to sink so deeply into the socialist agenda and the collective swoon over the messiah you'll realize that its against the law to dip the…

La Mesa Police Arrest AM/PM Robbery Suspect

LA MESA -- On July 9th, the AM/PM MiniMart at Grossmont Center Drive and La Mesa Boulevard was robbed by a man brandishing a pair of scissors.

On Friday, La Mesa police announced that the cash box and scissors were recovered as they announced…

Bring your child or yourself (or both!) to learn how to hand construct wonderful and creative objects with clay. Instructor Christine Rodriguez-Brown, recently retired Art Instructor with the Public Schools, will guide you in learning how clay works, and what it can do with your creative ideas. $170 for 8 weeks Wednesday evenings from 7pm-9pm. Ages 12 and up. Limited to 8 students. Sign up soon! Class begins August 1. (619)667-7077

A Weekend Of Music And Movies

LA MESA -- Families can gather under the predictably cloudless summer skies Friday night for a free, outdoor movie being offered by the city's Recreation Department. The family-friendly film How To Train Your Dragon will be presented in La Mesita Park…

Life. Crazy wonderful funny sad life. I watched the City Council meeting last night with my best friend. We had some wine and snacks and watched as person after person came to the microphone and voiced his or her thoughts to the Council. I admire them all: the Council for their dedication to a task that must sometimes be mind numbing and the citizens who surely must brave eye rolling or obvious shifts in posture when their words are at odds with their audience's pleasure.

I was moved…

Council Won't Sign PBID Petition Yet

LA MESA -- This city is in its Centennial year and, well, its politics is showing its age.

Some may interpret that judgment as respect for the complexity of its issues and the measured ways it resolves its differences.

Others who sat through…

Kristine Alessio, Planning Commission Member, Starts Council Run

LA MESA -- The City Council race in November will have at least one loser. A third person has pulled papers in anticipation of a race for the two seats being contested.

City officials today confirmed that Kristine…

Power Outages Planned For Swath of La Mesa

LA MESA -- San Diego Gas & Electric announced today it will conduct two planned power outages in La Mesa that will leave hundreds of families and a number of key intersections without power for hours on upcoming dates.

The first of the…

College Promotion Makes The World Record Book

GROSSMONT COLLEGE -- Officials at Guinness World Records in London have confirmed that Grossmont College was successful in its bid to set a world record for the most signatures on a birthday card in one day.

The record was set at the…

Police Looking For Closer Ties To Neighborhoods

LA MESA -- Citizens have been important partners in a number of recent arrests this year and  La Mesa police are looking to nurture that partnership further. Police are offering to visit your neighborhood as part of the…

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To quote Yogi Berra, "Its De' Javu all over again"!! Here we go again. Flash! Aurora, Colorado.  Looney arms self, enters theatre and shoots people then smiles for the camera. Yes, we all got the word and we ALL get it. Like every other story it is twenty four hours a day with every talking head "expert" telling us what we already know and adding nothing apart from their receiving personal face-time and a check from the…

PBID Heads Toward Another Rubicon

LA MESA -- Tuesday's City Council meeting was supposed to be a final referendum on the proposed Property Based Improvement District for the La Mesa Village District.

In April, the council…

Dryer Lint Causes Fire, $100,000 Damage

LA MESA -- At 4:06 a.m. Friday morning, Heartland Fire & Rescue crews from La Mesa assisted by units from San Diego Fire were dispatched to reports of a residential structure fire in the 5500 hundred block of Dugan Avenue. Heartland Communication…