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The newest Chick-fil-A restaurant in San Diego County, at 8200 Fletcher Parkway, La Mesa, will open on Thursday morning, June 22. However, one day earlier, on Wednesday, June 21, the Chick-fil-A Grossmont restaurant will host the chain’s traditional “First 100 Campout.”

The line begins forming in the restaurant parking lot at 6 a.m. on June 21. Local residents who live within a 10-mile radius of the restaurant location are invited to camp out in the restaurant’s parking lot…

Take A Deep Breath La Mesa!

LA MESA -- The Grossmont Healthcare District’s Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care Library, 9001 Wakarusa St. in La Mesa, will host “Qigong: Meditation in Motion,” a free program on Qigong, an ancient breathing technique originated in China, from 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 28. The program is part of the library’s “Wellness Wednesday” series, normally held on the…

Beauty From The Laboratory Team

LA MESA -- The Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care Library, a consumer health library at 9001 Wakarusa St. in La Mesa, is now presenting its Spring 2017 art exhibit…

Celebrating 50 Years of Musical Inspiration 

LA MESA -- “A national treasure right in our midst!”*  That’s the incomparable Valerie Victor, organist/pianist at The Table:  United Church of Christ of La Mesa (UCCLM).

Valerie was seven when she started to play the piano, eight when her elementary school music teacher asked that she not return to class – it was “too easy” for her.  Taken on as the…

Teens Get A Chance To Teach

LA MESA -- June signals the beginning of what are known as the "100 Deadliest Days" for teenage drivers on the road. Summer is a particularly dangerous time for teens on the road, as they're out of…

Getting To The Center Of Peripheral Neuropathy

LA MESA -- The Grossmont Healthcare District’s Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care Library, 9001 Wakarusa St. in La Mesa, will host “All About…

DONATE your gently used items on Sunday, June 4 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. and Monday through Wednesday,

June 5 - 7, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

HUGE SALE open to the public Friday, June 9 from 7:30 a.m. to 2…

Nurse Joins Construction Committee

LA MESA --The volunteer citizens group monitoring the spending of millions of dollars in public funds for new and improved…

Inspiration At Mt. Miguel Village

SPRING VALLEY -- During the 2017 Inspiration Awards…

Bettie Wells Joins Grossmont Board

LA MESA -- El Cajon resident Bettie Wells has been appointed to serve on the Grossmont Hospital Corporation (GHC) board of directors as a representative of the Grossmont…

LA MESA -- New research shows that 7-in-10 people engage in smartphone activities while driving. It’s no longer safe to assume that people are just texting from behind the wheel; it involves taking selfies, watching videos and checking social media.

On Thursday, March 30, AT&T pioneers and La Mesa…

Springtime in La Mesa, means it is time for another Broadway musical production from La Mesa's own Peter Pan Junior Theater.  Now in its 47th year, PPJT was started by Mr. Bob Kuhne while a teacher at Casa De Oro Elementary school.  Mr. Kuhne brought the theater to La Mesa when he moved to Lemon Ave. Elementary School to teach 6th grade.  Twenty-five years ago Kuhne handed the theater over to Dr. Mark Arapostathis, co-founder of La Mesa Arts Academy, Director of Theatre Arts at LMAAC and the…

Take A Test, Get A Meal

LA MESA -- To commemorate Tuesday, March 28 as the American Diabetes Association’s “Alert Day,” the nine Chick-fil-A restaurants in San Diego County, including the Chick-fil-A…

The Joy of Easter

 LA MESA -- Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and, depending on which Gospel you read, one or two other women – Joanna?  Salome? – arrived together on the third day to find Jesus’ tomb empty, then…

Making San Diego The Smartest City

SAN DIEGO -- “America’s Finest City” is also becoming the smartest. The City of San Diego recently announced a $30 million investment to deploy the world’s largest smart city IoT sensor platform in partnership with Current, powered by GE. Transforming 3,200 street lights into a connected digital infrastructure, San Diego will collect real-time sensor data across the city…

A Chance To 'Ask The Pharmacist'

LA MESA -- The Grossmont Healthcare District’s Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care Library, 9001 Wakarusa St. in La Mesa, will host a free program on “Ask the…

Decade-Long Health Bond Still Working

LA MESA -- More than a decade after…

Probing The Color Of Stress

LA MESA -- The Grossmont Healthcare District’s Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care…

Looking For A Few Good Heroes

LA MESA -- The Grossmont Healthcare District (GHD) is seeking nominees for its 2017 Healthcare Heroes Awards. Now in its 11th year, the Healthcare Heroes is GHD’s…