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A Grand End To A Grand Year
LA MESA -- The city's centennial year ended Saturday night with a party that lived up to its billing as "The Party of the Century."
The more than 300 people who crowded into the La Mesa Community Center found a facility literally transformed to another era. Each part of…
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Home Tour Returns To La Mesa's Historic Core
LA MESA -- The La Mesa Historical Society's Centennial Year Home Tour is returning to the city's historic core with visits to five wonderful homes that display the range and depth of the city's 100 year history.
Some of the homes are older than the city itself.
The society is also adding a showing of local art and vintage…
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La Mesa Centennial
Creating A Lasting Legacy Of 2012
LA MESA -- Among the many Centennial activities that have been underway this 100th year in La Mesa's…
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Centennial Photo Re-Enactment
Historic Photo Re-Enacted In The Village
LA MESA -- At the end of Saturday's Flag Day Parade, hundreds of La Mesans gathered on La Mesa Boulevard to re-enact an historic photo taken nearly a century ago. Click on the photo below for a larger version and find your neighbors in the crowd.…
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"La Mesa Past and Present"... a Special Art Show
Foothills Art Association will be putting on a special show to mark the Centennial of La Mesa during the month of June in its Porter Hall Gallery at 4910 Memorial Drive. The show which starts on June 2nd and runs through Wednesday 3rd July will show paintings of La Mesa over the last 100 years. The gallery is open…
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La Mesa Village Development
Car Show Stuck In First Gear
LA MESA -- The annual Back To The 50s Car Show is supposed to start in La Mesa in just over two weeks, but the regular Thursday night summer event may be delayed for several weeks.
And when it…
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Getting A Peek At La Mesa's Hidden Gems
LA MESA -- Tucked in away from the streets, down quiet lanes and in shaded ravines, the gardeners of La Mesa are creating some amazing places.
Dozens of people bought tickets to have a few moments enjoying the labors of these master gardeners. From collections…
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La Mesa Centennial
Location, Finalists Chosen For Legacy Project
LA MESA -- It is not yet clear which artist will have the honor of creating La Mesa's Centennial Legacy project, but it is becoming clearer where that installation will be…
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Miss La Mesa - Miss Santee Pageants
Miss La Mesa 2012 Competition
SANTEE -- The annual joint Miss La Mesa and Miss Santee Pageants were conducted Friday night at the Sonrise Church on Magnolia Avenue. The evening was a celebration of young talent.
Civic leaders of both Santee and La Mesa attended the event,…
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La Mesa Centennial
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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La Mesa Centennial
Historic Photo: Calling All La…
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La Mesa Centennial
A Picture Perfect Start To City's 100th
LA MESA – This city’s big year began just as the planners had hoped. Blue skies, sunshine and the kind of sweet, series of events that emphasized the small town nature so many La Mesans have prized over the city’s first century.
Bill Walton, the basketball champion and perhaps La Mesa’s…
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La Mesa Centennial Begins
La Mesa Centennial Celebration Is Rolling Down The Tracks
LA MESA -- If you are at work and unable to attend the ceremonial opening of La Mesa's…
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La Mesa Centennial
Village Cleanup Off To An Ecumenical Start
LA MESA -- The La Mesa Centennial Village cleanup, an event spontaneously planned by some downtown merchants and scheduled for today, drew several dozen groups of people early Saturday who…
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LA MESA CENTENNIAL
A Call To Celebrate La Mesa's Centennial With
Noisy "Flash Mob" Car Alarms & Horns, Bells, Whistles!
LA MESA -- Wouldn’t it be unique to celebrate La Mesa's Centennial…
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La Mesa Village Cleanup
Village Clean Up Saturday Hopes For Citizen Help
LA MESA -- For a number of months, factions among Village merchants and civic leaders have been debating who should be paying to regularly help clean up and spruce up the…
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Town Hall Meeting
Town Hall Becomes A 'La Mesa Love-fest'
LA MESA -- When a large group of people show up at a City Council meeting it usually means two things: People are angry and it is going to be a long night.
So as the…
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La Mesa Centennial
Centennial Will Be Off To A Rolling Start
LA MESA -- The La Mesa Centennial will officially arrive by rail.
The Centennial…
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The Wall Street Journal
Over 50 percent of Americans expect home prices to rise
More than half of Americans now expect the country’s home prices to climb within the next year, illustrating a growing optimism toward the health of the housing industry, according to new data from Fannie Mae. Read the full story.
Los Angeles Times
Some homes are slow to sell even in the hottest markets
With full-fledged sellers’ markets underway in dozens of metropolitan areas around the country, new research has found curious statistical patterns emerging: Even in cities where listings get multiple offers within days or hours, significant numbers of homes are sitting on the market for six months, 12 months, or more with no takers. Among the reasons: Mispricing, excessive restrictions on access to buyers and agents, failure to clean or make repairs, and a variety of other marketing bungles. Read the full story.
The Wall Street Journal
Principal forgiveness could reduce costs for taxpayers
Allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce loan balances for borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth could ultimately reduce mortgage defaults and save the government money, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office. Read the full story.
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