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Spring Awakening Grossmont College	Thursday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.
Emergency Exit Hooleys Irish Pub & Grill La Mesa	Friday, March 22, 9 p.m.
Maria Herman Spacebar Cafe	Friday, March 22, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
La Mesa Village Farmer's Market	Friday, March 22, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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La Mesa News & Stories

RIP local comic book creator Batton Lash (Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre)

Wrote Archie Meets the Punisher and more

His local Exhibit A Press published Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre and others

Performance Bicycle Shops shutting down – what does it mean?

Edison Cycle, Bicycle Warehouse offer contrast

The retail apocalypse has caught up with local cyclists. All of the Performance Bicycle shops in the United States are in the midst of store-closing sales. The San Diego region had six stores between Chula ...

A pizza my heart

Surf Rider Pizza makes a vegetarian pizza even meat eaters crave

I’m in a mixed marriage — my wife is a vegetarian and I eat meat. Usually, we are able to deal with our differences, but the one time when it does come up is when ...

A La Mesa brewery gets better with age

Things get funky at the tasting room next door

Since the day it opened in 2015, Helix Brewing Co. has offered one of the county’s most appealing places to hang out and drink beer. Though right in the thick of La Mesa’s industrial zone, ...

Dave Myers, rabble rouser

Tells all about Sheriff Gore's body cameras and private jails

When 33-year San Diego Sheriff Department veteran Commander Dave Myers announced he would be running to unseat Sheriff Bill Gore, he says his boss tried to humiliate him in front of the force. “He took ...