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The La Mesa Chamber of Commerce and Barnes & Noble at Grossmont Center invite the public to purchase a book to donate to the Chamber’s annual “La Mesa Military Families Holiday Project.” The books may be purchased at Barnes & Noble at Grossmont Center from Sep. 29 through Oct. 27. Read More
Envision La Mesa hosted its second Hidden Gems event on Saturday, Oct. 13, at BMH Italian Deli located at 7670 El Cajon Blvd. in La Mesa. More than 20 participants met Sammy Carini, the owner of the deli, while enjoying handcrafted deli sandwiches, soups and cannolis. Read More
By Julie White | What’s cooking with Julie?
The maple syrup in this recipe makes a great sauce for the baked apples. Super easy to make! Read More
Jeff Clemetson | Editor
On Nov. 6, La Mesa residents will vote on Proposition V to decide whether the city should impose a special tax on medical marijuana businesses that were authorized under Proposition U, passed by voters in 2016. Read More
By Rick Griffin
A local political race for an open state Senate seat has remained relatively low profile due mostly to an aggressive campaign conducted by one candidate who is heavily favored to win. Read More
Envision La Mesa hosted its second Hidden Gems event on Saturday, Oct. 13, at BMH Italian Deli located at 7670 El Cajon Blvd. in La Mesa. More than 20 participants met Sammy Carini, the owner of the deli, while enjoying handcrafted deli sandwiches, soups and cannolis. Read More
By Paul Downey | Guest Editorial
It’s that time of the year when you start hearing about the flu shot or seeing signs to “Get Your Flu Vaccine Here!” And in fact, there is no better time than now to get vaccinated. Read More
By Jennifer Osborn | Helix Charter High School
Let’s look 10 years into the future. What advances will take place in the next 10 years that will affect the job market, and what jobs will even be available? That is one thing always being considered at Helix — educating today’s students can be tricky because many of them will end up in jobs that don’t even exist today. To that end, the Helix Career Tech Education (CTE) program staff has identified high-need, high-wage, high-skill areas of focus to help students have a leg up in the future. The programs within the CTE program are business, sports medicine, computer science, and future educators. Read More
By Pat Boerner | Navajo Canyon Republican Women Federated
Navajo Canyon Republican Women Federated (NCRWF) were thrilled with the attendance and enthusiasm at the Vintage Patriotism Fashion Show held Oct. 9 at the Bali Hai, San Diego. We would like to thank all those that attended, making it possible for us to make a substantial donation to the Canine Companions for Independence/Veterans in Oceanside. The fashions presented by Glamour Girlz of El Cajon were so popular that many of the outfits were purchased on the spot and taken home by our ladies to be worn and enjoyed. Of course, the winner of the $100 door prize was also very happy! Read More
By Linda Michael | Foothills Art Association
The annual Wildlife in Art show, hosted by Foothills Art Association, is one of the longest running open/juried art shows in Southern California, approaching its 29th consecutive year this November. Read More
By Tina Rynberg and Jeff Benesch | La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club
In light of the extremely controversial Brett Kavanaugh confirmation to the Supreme Court voted by the Republican Senate this month, will the #metoo movement, Indivisible groups, equality and environmental activists, women’s rights advocates, and core Democratic and progressive voters combine for an historic midterm “blue wave” election on Nov. 6? Read More
By Genevieve A. Suzuki | Gen-X in a Millennial Word
This October, Caroll Spinney, the original Big Bird, retired after nearly 50 years of playing most everyone’s favorite yellow-feathered friend. Read More
By Alex Owens | Theater Review
Don’t have a cow, but the Helix drama department is telling the story of “The Simpsons” — sort of. Read More
By Connie and Lynn Baer | Foothiller Footsteps
As we celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 12, we would like to honor the 25 Foothillers who graduated from military academies, to the best of our knowledge: Read More
By Jake Sexton | La Mesa Reads
We are starting to head into the holiday season, which among other things means lots of big name movies heading to theaters. And since so many modern movies are based on successful books, you can pop some corn, and read these titles at home to save a few dollars. Read More
By Andrea Capella
Jade Seed Wellness Clinic was welcomed to the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce at the clinic’s ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 18. Owner and founder Lacey Dupré and her team opened the business doors for the event at the new clinic’s Fletcher Parkway location. Read More
By Dianne Jacob | Dianne’s Corner
Our awesome outdoors: Construction recently started on the Santa Ysabel Nature Center, the first attraction of its type in San Diego County to showcase the region’s beautiful backcountry. Read More
Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review
Snow and chicken wings. I took them both for granted growing up in Buffalo, New York. Read More
By Genevieve A. Suzuki | Gen-X in a Millennial World
When I was a kid, I had several idols I wanted to emulate. There was first lady Nancy Reagan, who ran the “Just Say No” campaign; Grace Van Owen, the cool female attorney from “L.A. Law”; glamorous Miss America; and any one of the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Read More
By Linda Michael | Foothills Art Association
Nora Sanders Curran fell in love with Chinese brush painting (better known as Sumi-e in the U.S.) while living in China. Then, while living in London, she studied with Chinese masters Qu Lei Lei, Cao Xiao Li and Xu Jongming. Now a resident of La Mesa, she will be the October featured artist at the Foothills Gallery in La Mesa. Read More
By Nancy Stern | Travel Tales
Ask a local what brought them to live in Taos, New Mexico and they would likely answer, “I think I was called to be here.” Read More
By Jake Sexton | La Mesa Reads
Every September, libraries celebrate a yearly event called “Banned Books Week.” It is meant to highlight the efforts that library workers make to preserve the public’s right to read whatever they like, despite pressures to ban and censor by individuals, organizations or governments. It’s something that we take very seriously. To highlight the importance of “intellectual freedom” (our term), libraries highlight various books that people have attempted to have removed from library shelves over the years. But frankly, very few of these attempts are successful, which makes the “banned” part kind of inaccurate. Still, a look at what various people are trying to say that you can’t read is usually illuminating. Read More
SDCNN Staff
Now in its 45th year, La Mesa Oktoberfest once again returns to the downtown Village with a Bavarian celebration complete with lederhosen, chicken dances, polka music, German cuisine and, of course, beer. Read More