La Mesa

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La Mesa Photos

Running on water at Lake Murray, ...

Taken at Lake Murray. Jan 2013

Taken at Lake Murray. So cute ...

La Mesa evenings.

La Mesa Events

La Mesa Village Farmers' Market

Friday, May 24, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

La Mesa Food Truck Food Fest

Friday, May 24, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The Sam Johnson Jazz Group

Cosmos Coffee Café

Friday, May 24, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

BYOB Painting Class

Noric Fine Art Gallery

Friday, May 24, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Widow and Widowers Walk

Widow and Widowers Walk

Lake Murray Reservoir

Saturday, May 25, 8:30 a.m.

Total number of events in La Mesa: 15

La Mesa Articles

They Do It the Hard Way: San Diegans who refuse to modernize

Deep-blue collar

The Printer “My buddy in San Francisco got his finger smashed in an old printing press. It actually turned the bone to powder. He had no phone in his warehouse to call for help, so ...

Booming bivalves at the Brig

Depending on who you believe, the origins of the Baja-style fish taco will take you two places. Fans of entrepreneurial success stories will favor the narrative popularized by San Diego restaurant mogul Ralph Rubio, who ...

No 2013 fireworks over Lake Murray?

Lawsuit cloud still looms

Plans for a Fourth of July fireworks display at Lake Murray Reservoir are "on hold" until a court of appeals decision is announced, San Carlos Area Council president John Pilch said at the May 1 ...

Apartments unwelcome

La Mesa’s plot for vacant lots

"People in apartments aren’t stable; they don’t become part of the community,” grouses G.W., who lives in La Mesa near Mt. Helix. She fears that her tony neighborhood will take a turn for the worse ...

How hard is it to get rid of a rabbit?

Author Dave Good writes about the rabbit he found (and now owns) and the San Diego bunny scene.

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