La Mesa Today - Community Website & Online Newspaper
Love where you live!
San Diego Government
Thinking Big And Talking About It
LA MESA -- Starting Friday, May 17, SANDAG will hold a series of daytime and evening community 
workshops throughout San Diego County to solicit public input on the biggest issues facing the region…
Added by La Mesa Today on May 14, 2013 at 12:53pm — No Comments
La Mesa Summer Camps
La Mesa Police Are Looking For A Few Good Teens
LA MESA -- At the end of every summer, students return to school and are asked 'What did you do with your summer vacation?'
For 24 La Mesa and East County teens, the answer will…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on May 2, 2013 at 8:13pm — 1 Comment
La Mesa Community Service
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…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 25, 2013 at 7:00pm — No Comments
Heartland Fire & Rescue
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…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 25, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments
La Mesa Services
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…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 22, 2013 at 10:03am — 4 Comments
Crime Watch
Police Nab 27 Speeders In Saturday Sweep
LA MESA -- Continuing its effort to crack down on speeding in La Mesa, the city police issued 27 speeding tickets during a special enforcement effort on Saturday. Police said the enforcement effort was intended to mix enforcement and public education as a means to help reduce deaths and injuries on our local roadways.
Police said drivers stopped Saturday…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 21, 2013 at 12:11pm — No Comments
La Mesa Village Development
Does A New PBID 2.0 Loom?
LA MESA -- With news of the last piece of funding potentially in place, attention quickly turned to the unfinished business of determining how refined the finishing touches will be for La Mesa's downtown…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 19, 2013 at 5:40am — 3 Comments
La Mesa Village Development
City Told Big SANDAG Grant Is Won
LA MESA -- Word has come to city officials that La Mesa has successfully competed for a $2-million grant that represents the final piece of the financing for the La Mesa Village redevelopment…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 17, 2013 at 9:00pm — 15 Comments
Weekly Crime Report
Car Burglar's Escape Doesn't End Well
LA MESA -- A call to police resulted in the arrest of a car burglar who was chased down by police. See Case Highlights below.
Case Highlights:
On April 14, 2013 at…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 16, 2013 at 4:02pm — No Comments
April 9 La Mesa City Council Meeting is cancelled. Was it the right thing to do?
On Friday April 5th at approximately 4PM the La Mesa City Clerk issued a notice that the April 9 4PM City Council Meeting was cancelled due to "a lack of agenda items." We find this curious! For one regular agenda item, the open public comments portion of every meeting, the City has no way to measure interest outside of actually providing this vital forum. It seems here that because the elected officials could not come up with their own items to discuss, then the…
Added by La Mesa Citizen Oversight Group on April 9, 2013 at 4:30pm — 17 Comments
Pictured (from left to right) Dr. Michael T. Long, 2013 board president, Grossmont Healthcare District: La Mesa Mayor Art Madrid; Connie Conard, board chair, Grossmont Hospital Foundation; Dr. Brian…
ContinueAdded by Gina Garcia on April 4, 2013 at 7:00am — No Comments
Crime Watch
Keeping Valuables Out of View
Click on the graphic above for a more readable version of the weekly crime statistics.
LA MESA -- Thieves often choose a car to burglarize by what valuables are left visible inside the…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 2, 2013 at 8:53am — No Comments
La Mesa City Council
Talking Short Term Troubles, Long Term Hopes
LA MESA -- That 300 airplanes landed safely at Lindburgh Field is not news.
That one plane crashes, is huge news.
With that in mind, herewith the real news from the La Mesa…
Added by La Mesa Today on March 28, 2013 at 8:30pm — 6 Comments
La Mesa City Council
Charting A Course In Troubled Waters
LA MESA -- For five hours Thursday, La Mesa's political leadership will gather in the new fire house, next door to the new police station and just a few yards from a ten acre swatch of downtown…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on March 27, 2013 at 7:35am — 4 Comments
A Challenge to the City Council (Delivered at the 3/26 Meeting)
Mayor Madrid and Council members: You may have read an article in the U/T a month or two ago about a program the city of Escondido implemented to reduce the cost of firefighting services - more specifically the cost of Emergency Medical Services. I heard a presentation about this program from the two senior Firemen in Escondido last Friday. Their work, like all fire departments, has increasingly shifted from fighting fires to providing EMT services. Escondido's 2012 calls…
ContinueAdded by Russell Buckley on March 26, 2013 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments
La Mesa City Council
A Quiet Night At Council
LA MESA -- The City Council met Tuesday and, for the most part, the meeting was routine and uneventful.
San Diego Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister stopped by for his annual visit, sharing…
Added by La Mesa Today on March 26, 2013 at 8:30pm — No Comments
La Mesa Business News
Lights Going Out On Boulevard Trees
LA MESA -- The Christmas lights in the La Mesa Village area had a good run, but the holidays do eventually…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on March 23, 2013 at 11:24am — 2 Comments
Pay & Benefits For Part-time La Mesa City Officials
The La Mesa City Clerk has provided a listing of pay and benefits for La Mesa's part time mayor and city council officials. Also included is a list showing stipends received for the various outside meetings they may attend.
Council%20Salaries%20%20Benefits%202012.pdf…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Citizen Oversight Group on March 21, 2013 at 8:30am — 2 Comments
Heartland Fire & Rescue
Garage Gutted In Morning Blaze
LA MESA -- Firefighters just after 8 a.m. today were called to a residential fire at 4336 Gordon Way.
The fire began in the home's garage and, firefighters said the garage was destroyed. The home,…
Added by La Mesa Today on March 12, 2013 at 1:10pm — No Comments
La Mesa City Council
Another Neighborhood Dispute Returns
LA MESA -- The City Council meets Tuesday afternoon and, in ways, it may feel like deja vu all over again.
The gnarliest item on the…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on March 11, 2013 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
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.
rick griffin posted a blog post
Barry Jantz commented on La Mesa Today's blog post 'Crime Watch'
2 events by La Mesa Today were featuredLa Mesa Today posted events
A blog post by midge hyde was featuredmidge hyde posted a blog post© 2013 Created by La Mesa Today.
