Trombonist Mike Benge has been a director of music at Helix High school for ten years, and the 40-year-old musician was also hyper busy leading the San Diego Latin Jazz Collective and touring with the ...
June 25, 2020
La Mesa
Places to go | Things to do | Photos | News & stories
La Mesa Events
Summer Bash Business ExpoLa Mesa Community Center |
Thursday, August 20, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
La Mesa OktoberfestLa Mesa Village |
Friday, October 2, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. |
La Mesa OktoberfestLa Mesa Village |
Saturday, October 3, 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. |
La Mesa OktoberfestLa Mesa Village |
Sunday, October 4, noon to 8 p.m. |
La Mesa News & Stories
Helix High’s Mike Benge teams students with pro-bands
La Mesa Police Department: due process or don't process?
A big white banner hangs on the La Mesa Police Department’s headquarters; the blue letters read, “We are one strong community.” There is something to the claim of community. It was impressive to see people, ...
June 17, 2020
La Mesa stays strong at Farmer’s Table
La Mesa, six in the evening. This is 48 hours after “the events.” People are still cleaning up, boarding up, cheering each other up. After the human tsunami that swept through downtown La Mesa, it’s ...
There are so many La Mesas
They named Mt. Helix after a snail Frank Arredondo has seen them, romping down his La Mesa street as if they owned it: coyotes. “I sit out on the front porch, and I smoke and ...
June 8, 2020
Vet Chris Mavry holds the line between protest and riot
I was late to the protest in La Mesa on Saturday night. I hadn’t intended to go at all — what could I possibly add that social media and TV news would not have covered? ...
June 3, 2020
La Mesa Photos
Sunrise from Mt. Helix
Lake Murray
Rainbow over La Mesa
Fishing Bridge Lake Murray Park