La Mesa News

Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 2:58 a.m. LA MESA: A 14-year-old boy who had been attending a water polo match at Helix High School was robbed at gunpoint Friday night, and police said the same men may be responsible for a robbery about five hours earlier on Normal Avenue.

SDSU Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel has resigned, after a scandal involving the misuse of school money to pay for an alleged affair.

Two teenagers are in custody today on suspicion of punching a 24-year-old man in the face numerous times, and attempting to hit him with a shovel, for the two loaves of bread he was was carrying, police said today.

Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 3:47 p.m. LA MESA - A 14-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint Friday night during a water polo match at Helix High School, La Mesa police said.

A woman accused of shooting her husband, a former local television news director, in the hip at their La Mesa home was sentenced Friday to 120 days in jail and placed on probation for three years.

Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:57 a.m. About 50,500 taxpayer-funded mailers were sent out by Assemblyman Joel Anderson regarding a bill he introduced.

A La Mesa church has been the target of multiple thefts and vandalism the last few weeks, and police said they may know who is responsible, 10News reported.

He carried out the attack with others calling themselves “Anonymous,” a hate group targeting Scientology and others individuals and organizations , including the website of the Prime Minister of Australia.

Dmitriy Guzner, 19, of Verona, New Jersey, who in May pleaded guilty to one count of computer hacking, was sentenced for his role in the distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against Scientology websites. A DDOS attack occurs when a large amount of malicious Internet traffic is directed at websites, overloading their capacity and making them unavailable to legitimate users.

Church websites were made unavailable to valid users for 24 hours, with the attacks continuing for 12 days, requiring the Church to hire a computer security company to protect against the attacks and to reroute traffic. Due to the severity of the crime, Judge Joseph Greenaway in U.S. District Court in Newark sentenced Guzner to the 366-day prison term, plus two years probation following his prison term, and ordered Guzner to pay $37,500 restitution to the Church.

A woman who shot her husband during an argument in their La Mesa home was sentenced Friday to 120 days in custody, probation and a domestic violence recovery program.

A woman was arrested early today for stabbing her boyfriend with a large kitchen knife during a drunken argument in their apartment in an unincorporated part of La Mesa, authorities said.

The daughter of Sen. John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.

Close to 70 arrests were made early Wednesday morning as sheriff's deputies conducted a massive sweep targeting mostly DUI related cases.

A thief who pretended to have a concealed pistol robbed a La Mesa office-supply store of about $335 Tuesday.

Friends and family gathered at a memorial service in Clairemont to say goodbye to a local woman killed in North Dakota.

Dozens of homes are without water service in La Mesa after a water main break. The six- to eight-inch main ruptured around noon Sunday near Rolando Knolls Drive and Gordon Way.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4:48 p.m. EAST COUNTY - It appears the third time was a charm for a man who made two unsuccessful robbery attempts in El Cajon Friday night before getting $50 from a store in an unincorporated area of La Mesa.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 2:30 a.m. La Mesa's good people should know that the city's proposal to expand the alcohol ban is, in reality, nothing more than another shakedown of hard-working citizens and merchants.

A water-main break forced the closure of part of an East County thoroughfare Friday and left a nearby business flooded.

Thousands attended the dedication and opening of the new home of the Founding Church of Scientology in Washington, DC. Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige presided and public officials praised the Church of Scientology for their work in human rights, criminal reform, anti-drug and disaster relief efforts.

The building, over 49,000 square feet, represents the Church of Scientology’s largest presence ever in the nation’s capital, a presence that dates back to the 1955 establishment of the Founding Church of Scientology in the District by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard—an occasion considered a milestone in the establishment of Scientology as the only major religion founded in the 20th century, a religion that has since become the fastest-growing religion in the world.

Mr. Miscavige and other speakers gave special praise to the millions of Scientologists world over who have given of their time and effort to make the Church’s anti-drug education initiative the largest non-governmental program of its kind and the Church’s human rights education program the largest on earth. They also praised the work of over 195,000 registered Scientology Volunteer Ministers trained to respond in times of disaster.

Thousands attended the dedication and opening of the new home of the Founding Church of Scientology in Washington, DC. Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige presided and public officials praised the Church of Scientology for their work in human rights, criminal reform, anti-drug and disaster relief efforts.

The building, over 49,000 square feet, represents the Church of Scientology’s largest presence ever in the nation’s capital, a presence that dates back to the 1955 establishment of the Founding Church of Scientology in the District by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard—an occasion considered a milestone in the establishment of Scientology as the only major religion founded in the 20th century, a religion that has since become the fastest-growing religion in the world.

Mr. Miscavige and other speakers gave special praise to the millions of Scientologists world over who have given of their time and effort to make the Church’s anti-drug education initiative the largest non-governmental program of its kind and the Church’s human rights education program the largest on earth. They also praised the work of over 195,000 registered Scientology Volunteer Ministers trained to respond in times of disaster.