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Earth Day On Mt. Helix
A Cool Earth Day On Mt. Helix
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MT. HELIX -- Global warming might have been a discussion point of people at Mt. Helix's Earth Day on Sunday, but there were no signs of warming. Cool temperatures and blustery winds made it a chilly outing this year. Photographer Gary Junker caught the scene. See…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 14, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments
La Mesa Weather
Solid Water Falls From Skies Over Mt. Helix!
LA MESA -- Well, if you've been heard to use the expression "It'll be a snowy day on Mt. Helix before I . . ."…
ContinueAdded by Gina Garcia on February 20, 2013 at 7:14am — No Comments
Caroling On Mt. Helix
Voices On High Welcome The Holidays
Slideshow by photographer Gary Junker below.
MT. HELIX -- Second only to Christmas In The Village, the annual caroling atop Mt. Helix signals the public start of the…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on December 16, 2012 at 9:59pm — 1 Comment
La Mesa People
A Real Dog Day Afternoon
MT. HELIX -- In a world often dominated by bad news, every once in a while we are reminded of those things that really matter.
On Sunday on Mt. Helix, it was all about a black German shepherd found…
ContinueAdded by Gina Garcia on November 4, 2012 at 8:30pm — 3 Comments
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…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on October 9, 2012 at 2:51pm — 3 Comments
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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…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on July 28, 2012 at 3:30am — 12 Comments
Gina Garcia: The Homefront
Changing The Face Of The American Home
LA MESA -- Children don't grow up and leave as soon as they used to. Sometimes they…
ContinueAdded by Gina Garcia on June 20, 2012 at 7:00am — 1 Comment
Sunrise Easter Service
Big Crowd Greets Easter On Mt. Helix
MT. HELIX -- A stunning sunrise and warm desert winds greeted a large crowd that made its way to the top of Mt. Helix for a Sunrise Easter service.
Shuttles were running continuously…
Added by La Mesa Today on April 8, 2012 at 7:30am — No Comments
East County Earth Day
Photos taken by La Mesa Today Photojournalist Gary Junker
Earth Day Draws Crowd to Summit
MT. HELIX -- Once again a committed group of people were drawn to the heights atop Mt. Helix to learn about the newest trends in ecological…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 1, 2012 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment
Holiday Traditions
From Norway To La Mesa With Love
LA MESA -- It is more than 5,000 miles from Oslo to La Mesa. And on this cool Thursday morning in December, 2011, the women working to holiday music in this garage, tucked down a steep driveway scraped out of the foothills of Mt. Helix, are more than a few generations removed from their Norweigan roots.
Still, as…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on December 23, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments
heART of Mt. Helix
A Picture Perfect Night Atop Mt. Helix
MT. HELIX -- A perfect night -- cooling breezes, clear skies and a gorgeous sunset -- greeted participants in the Fourth Annual heART of Mt. Helix event Saturday evening atop Mt. Helix.
The fundraiser, to…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on August 28, 2011 at 12:24pm — 1 Comment
Car Crash On Lemon Avenue
Vehicle Crushes Wall, Ends Up In Ditch
LEMON AVENUE -- A one car crash early Tuesday afternoon left a car damaged and severed off a short piece of retaining wall along the south side of Lemon Avenue…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on August 2, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Boot Camp Update
Boot Camp Ends, But Workouts Won't!
MT. HELIX -- As graduation ceremonies go, this one was understated. After two weeks of sweating, stretching…
ContinueAdded by Gina Garcia on July 1, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments
Boot Camp Update
By Gina Garcia
Publisher
MT. HELIX -- If you think life is short, join a fat flushing boot camp. We began following Jake Glaze's Adventure program last Monday at 5:45 a.m. and the intervening week felt like a month.
After a few outings, the first light of day started to feel like the finger's…
Added by La Mesa Today on June 27, 2011 at 7:00am — No Comments
Boy Scout Reshaping Mt. Helix
MT. HELIX -- Boys Scouts and their fathers gathered atop Mt. Helix Sunday morning and began studying the rock walls while mixing cement and gathering up stones to add their own contribution to the legacy of the park.
Nick Jones, a 15-year-old junior at Grossmont…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on June 26, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments
EAST COUNTY HOT SPOTS
In a recent report on CCN Money, Honolulu ranked the most expensive place to live.
During the first three months of 2011 the median price of a home sold in Honolulu was nearly $580,000, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. That makes Honolulu the most expensive housing market in the nation.
WHERE DOES SAN DIEGO RATE? Honolulu was followed by San Jose, Anaheim and San Francisco, California; New York was #5 and just behind at #6 San Diego with a…
ContinueAdded by Gina Garcia on June 15, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments
Easter Sunrise Service On Mt. Helix
Large Crowd Climbs Mt. Helix On Easter
MT. HELIX -- The lines formed early and the buses from the fire station strained to keep up with the crush of people. More than 1,000 people attended the Easter Sunrise Service hosted by the Calvary Chapel La Mesa and Pastor Dave…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on April 24, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments
Sun Returns -- Finally! -- As Clean Up Continues
LA MESA -- The round, shiny thing in the sky above La Mesa, you might remember, is the sun. It was spotted Thursday after what seemed like months of downpours.
All over town, property owners cleaned up minor landslides and cut down trees that fell when the roots could no longer hold in the saturated soils…
ContinueAdded by La Mesa Today on December 23, 2010 at 4:16pm — 1 Comment
Holiday Warms With Downtown Festival, Helix Caroling
LA MESA – So far the holiday season has been dominated by early sales and school events, but La Mesa is about to shift gears a bit with some of the classic holiday events just starting.This Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Village Merchants’ Association will host what has become one of the city’s iconic annual events – Christmas In the Village. The event description – La Mesa Boulevard is blocked off and the street filled with vendors, food and… Continue
Added by La Mesa Today on December 9, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment
Things Spring To Life On Mt. Helix
MT. HELIX – Spring has officially sprung and one sure sign of that is the steady increase in people making their way up Mt. Helix at all times of the day. Not that winter is a bad time to be up there – watching storms cycle through from our heights may be most engaging time to be up on the hill. Still, as the temperature climbs, so do the visitor numbers and the Mt. Helix Foundation has several events scheduled that will swell the numbers even more: • April… Continue
Added by La Mesa Today on March 26, 2010 at 9:08pm — No Comments
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Short sales routinely show up in credit reports as foreclosures
Source: Los Angeles Times
Large numbers of homeowners who have negotiated short sales are at risk because of a startling omission in the credit system. Their credit reports and scores indicate that they were foreclosed upon, rather than having negotiated a mutually agreeable resolution with their lender, and the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are investigating why and how this happened.
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