http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m…
The La Mesa Cocco’s (Lake Murray Blvd and Baltimore) is also missed by residents. The building remains empty. A couple blocks away at the Kiowa Drive entrance to Lake Murray is a Starbucks. It’s busy, housed in a former Mexican fast food restaurant and 1.6 miles from the Village Shopping Center. Here’s the image of the Starbucks proposed for that site.
— March 19, 2017 4:51 p.m.
Little Flower's nuns stymied by La Mesa city council
When Little Flower Haven closed in 2015, the Carmelites moved to Texas where the sisters operated Mount Carmel assisted-living home in Corpus Christi. The facility opened in 1953 and closed July 31, 2017, according to a June 9 Corpus Christi Caller-Times article. http://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2017/06/09… Reporter Julie Garcia interviewed Sister Mary Joseph Heisler about the decision based on a 2016 study. It indicated renovations would cost about $17 million for repairs such as mechanical systems that didn’t “tame the city's humid conditions any longer.” Garcia wrote that the building architecture was one of the “most one of the most unique in Corpus Christi,” and that it was “designed to look like a Spanish mission.” There are pictures of the building in her article and in Mary Cottingham’s June 6 South Texas Catholic piece about the closure. https://southtexascatholic.com/news/mt-carmel-hom…. She wrote that Corpus Christi Bishop Michael Mulvey presided at an August 12 farewell Mass at Mount Carmel, and that the nuns would leave the property in mid-August. Heisler told Garcia that “the eight nuns will disperse throughout the order's North and Central provinces in the United States. Some could go overseas.”— August 14, 2017 4:55 p.m.
Move over burger place, coffee place coming in
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m… The La Mesa Cocco’s (Lake Murray Blvd and Baltimore) is also missed by residents. The building remains empty. A couple blocks away at the Kiowa Drive entrance to Lake Murray is a Starbucks. It’s busy, housed in a former Mexican fast food restaurant and 1.6 miles from the Village Shopping Center. Here’s the image of the Starbucks proposed for that site.— March 19, 2017 4:51 p.m.
Move over burger place, coffee place coming in
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m…— March 19, 2017 4:19 p.m.
Move over burger place, coffee place coming in
Thanks for the picture. Check out this YouTube of Jack in the Box Drive in the 1960s & 70s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW2hfcQiWW4 There are several pictures of the building similar to the original Lake Murray Blvd. building, one at 1:15 minutes & two more around 1:29. I didn’t see all of the ads; it’s quite a trip down memory lane. I’ll have to check out Jack’s voice in the ads. I agree, that sandwich looks tasty.— March 19, 2017 4:15 p.m.
La Mesa council votes for...cooperation?
**Other City Policies:** San Carlos is in San Diego’s District 7, which is represented by councilman Scott Sherman. His communications director, Jeff Powell, emailed information on October 13 about San Diego’s docketing policy. Rule 7.1 in Article 2 of the Administrative Code states, “Any member of the council or a council committee may initiate a request for request for council action for matters within the jurisdiction of the council.” Requests are placed on the adoption agenda “unless referred to committee by the council president.” The rule also describes actions that the president could take such as referring a request to the Committee on Rules. Sherman’s 2016 “council-initiated matters” included the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone that the council unanimously approved on February 29. Sherman’s office listed his name and that of County Board of Supervisors chairman Ron Roberts on the news release for the program “to help expand community access to fresh produce through a property tax incentive for urban agriculture on vacant, blighted land.” Roberts and vice chair Dianne Jacob “brought the urban agriculture zone issue to the board for consideration,” on November 18, 2015, according to the County News Center. In El Cajon, any councilmember “can put something on the agenda for discussion, but not [a] decision,” city spokeswoman Monica Zech said in an October 16 email. The councilmember “only can request that the discussion item be brought back on a future agenda for an actual decision” if a council majority “votes to do so.” http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/o…— October 18, 2016 10:47 a.m.
La Mesa's Legacy Park nearly done
Mostly Mission: The Flying A photo plaque is on the left side of the building. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/m…— May 29, 2016 2:24 p.m.
La Mesa's Legacy Park nearly done
Film History: The photo (circa 1911-1912) showing film-maker Allan Dwan is on the building that’s now the location of Mostly Mission, 8360 La Mesa Blvd. (See next comment for picture). The image of the American Film Manufacturing Company is one of 11 photo plaques installed downtown through a partnership of the La Mesa Historical Society and the Rotary Club of La Mesa. The on-location images were unveiled May 19. The plaque at the former studio site states that more than 100 Flying A westerns were filmed in La Mesa. There’s more information about film-making in La Mesa in the Autumn 2000 issue of *Lookout Avenue*, the historical society newsletter. https://lamesahistory.com/wp-content/uploads/LO_2… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/m…— May 29, 2016 2:18 p.m.
La Mesa dog-and-cat-friendlier than ever
Human licenses, candles, and Cleo: During the dog-license discussion, talk turned to the fact there was no increase in the cost of business licenses. Vice mayor Bill Baber made light-hearted reference to licenses for humans. City administrators said those licenses are considered a tax, and a public vote is required to increase them. My interview with assistant city manager Yvonne Garrett included questions about businesses licenses and a fire-department fee in the schedule. She said the most common types of business license issued during 2015 were for: businesses located outside La Mesa (272 issued), home-occupation licenses (110 issued), and booth rentals at salons (58 issued). Home-businesses "are typically internet sales and consulting services," she said. According to the schedule, a permit is required to have open flames and candles in “assembly areas, dining areas of restaurants, or drinking establishments.” Churches are not charged for the permit that rises from $119 to $131 on July 1. Garrett said no permits were issued last year. Here’s a recent picture of 2-year-old Cleo. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/m…— May 11, 2016 1:05 p.m.
La Mesa dog-and-cat-friendlier than ever
Please see the comment below:— May 11, 2016 12:53 p.m.
La Mesa dog-and-cat-friendlier than ever
El Cajon Animal Shelter stats: Residents in the incorporated area of La Mesa adopted 24 dogs from the El Cajon Animal Shelter during the period between May 1, 2015 and May 1, 2016, according to El Cajon staff attorney Barbara Luck. (Her email arrived after I turned in my story.) The shelter issued 1929 dog licenses for El Cajon residents during that time. No vicious dog hearings were held from May 1, 2015 through May 1, 2016. Luck said there was one hearing in 2012, one in 2013, and one in 2014. Furthermore, El Cajon’s Wells Park (1153 E. Madison Avenue) has an off-leash area for dogs.— May 11, 2016 12:41 p.m.