PhotosOceanside flood damage was avoidable
Why was drain clogged? Why was street open?
Ken Leighton 4:53 p.m., Dec. 11
Liz Swain
Liz Swain has spent much of her life near the San Diego/La Mesa border, living in San Carlos or La Mesa. A former newspaper reporter, Liz's assignments included covering local government and community groups like town councils, reporting on crime, and writing features and columns. She's delighted to do that again by writing Reader Neighborhood News about La Mesa and the Navajo neighborhoods of San Carlos, Allied Gardens (where Liz also lived), Del Cerro, and Grantville.
Articles by Liz Swain
La Mesa: forget the antiques
Who but a restaurant could afford $2.50/foot?
On the afternoon of April 7, patrons lined up for the grand opening of Fourpenny House, a Scottish pub and restaurant. Over at Park Estate Company, antique shoppers browsed at the going-out-of-business sale. Restaurateur Peter ...
Madra Dog makes the Christmas scene
Rottweiler statue pulls donations for live brethren (and...cats)
Last week on Madra Avenue, Madra Dog was decked out in a green and red cap, oversized sunglasses with red frames, and a large red bow. The 30-inch-tall rottweiler statue belongs to Janet Mika. Since ...
Life is Good in Ferret-Friendly La Mesa
So said the T-shirts worn by group at a recent council meeting
Although the La Mesa City Council on September 26 rejected the appellation “Ferret-Friendly City” for their town, councilmembers agreed to write letters to support changing state law to allow ownership of domestic ferrets as pets. ...
Little Flower's nuns stymied by La Mesa city council
"I've never seen such a rude group of people"
A La Mesa City Council 2-2 vote on August 8 stalled Silvergate Development’s plan to convert the now-closed Little Flower Haven Catholic retirement home at 8585 La Mesa Boulevard into the 130-unit Little Flower apartment ...
Adobe Falls lovers pin hopes on Sally Roush
Trashers really started growing around 2014
Grease, bees, and dog walks are among the methods that Del Cerro residents have used to deter trespassers from going to Adobe Falls, according to the discussion during Eric Frost’s talk at the July 27 ...
Developers of Little Flower apartments tussle with La Mesa neighbors
Parking is the sticking point
The La Mesa Planning Commission on June 7 was scheduled to consider approving a special permit for Silvergate Development’s conversion of Little Flower Haven, a Catholic retirement home that closed in 2015, into a 130-unit ...
Whither La Mesa's old police station, the farmers market?
City council works deal with SDG&E, water authority
The La Mesa police station at 8085 University Avenue opened in 2012, and it’s been five years since the old station located at 8181 Allison Avenue was demolished. The sight of fencing and equipment on ...
Weird crimes so far this year in La Mesa
The hatchet, the drug dealer, and two staged robberies
According to La Mesa police chief Walt Vasquez’s quarterly operations report for the first three months of 2017, the city’s one homicide was related to a 1996 incident where a man attacked his mother with ...
Move over burger place, coffee place coming in
Sixties-era Jack in the Box building not considered historical
When construction started in September 2016 in the Village Shopping Center parking lot east of the Jack in the Box, people were curious about what was coming to the center located at the northwest corner ...
