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La Mesa
La Mesa News & Stories
San Diego is Jurassic Park for civic organists.
Once upon a time, in the days when there were many ogres, some pretty flutes were playing in a clearing in the forest, running and laughing, hiding in the deep meadow grasses, then jumping up, …
May 23, 2026
Madame Shumann-Heink – a diva like no other
Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink's life had the before-and-after quality of a fairy tale. She was born in poverty and achieved riches. She was plain in appearance yet had a regal and impressive bearing on the concert …
March 27, 2026
Bougie Cheese Shop brings wine and cheese to a La Mesa homestead
I've never quite learned my way around cheese. I thought I would, during that first trip to Paris, when I rushed into a fromagerie like a kid squealing into an ice cream shop, only to …
September 18, 2025
Chicken-friendlier National City
In a move that could help with food insecurity, the National City city council has introduced an ordinance to allow up to 12 chicken hens per 1000 square feet on single-family zoned lots. If passed, …
August 26, 2025
Downtown La Mesa's parking crunch
Big changes are coming to La Mesa’s downtown village district, where hundreds of new apartments are expected to reshuffle traffic, including the stationary kind.Where everyone will park was more of a concern at last week’s …
July 15, 2025
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