La Mesa News

La Mesa Mayor Art Madrid reported last year that while the city has about 10,000 more residents now than it did 10 years ago, it has fewer employees.

A 28-year-old San Diego man allegedly choked his girlfriend until she lost consciousness, then severely stabbed her brother, was arrested early Sunday, La Mesa police said.

Brian Malarkey is one of the judges on the Taste and a resolute fan of naming his restaurants after fabric, but cut one out of his burgeoning empire: After months of speculation , Gingham in La Mesa, CA has closed .

A one-year-old girl had died and her 2-year-old brother was still hospitalized Monday night after both were found unconscious in a swimming pool.

For the second year in a row the city of Santee has been named a "Playful City USA 2013" for showing a commitment to local parks programs and providing opportunities for children to enjoy the outdoors.

Fellow agents and sheriff's deputies came to the rescue of a U.S. Border Patrol officer who was injured Tuesday in a fall in a remote area near Otay Mountain.

Two people were arrested after law enforcement officials conducted a sweep of four massage parlors in La Mesa last week.

The ships and sailors of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group returned to their home port of San Diego Tuesday to wrap-up an eight-month deployment while another locally based warship is scheduled to head out for a four-month humanitarian mission.

The first theft was reported just after 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Walmart on Town Center Parkway near Mission Gorge Road in Santee, sheriff's Lt.

A 1-year-old girl died and her 2-year-old brother was in intensive care Monday after their mother woke to find them unconscious in the backyard pool of a home where investigators found a marijuana-growing operation in the basement, authorities said.

A year-old girl died Monday and her 2-year-old brother was hospitalized in critical condition after their mother found them unconscious in a backyard pool at the East County home where they had been staying with a family friend.

An 18-month old girl died Monday in an apparent drowning accident in Spring Valley.

La Mesa police officers said two children were involved in "some kind of drowning incident in Spring Valley" and then transported to the fire station on Grossmont Boulevard by a third party.

Below is a summary of what is due to occur at this week's Council meeting. Could a dog park be coming to La Mesa? The La Mesa City Council will discuss the possibility of using a portion of Collier Park as a dog park, based on community input being brought forth by Vice Mayor Mark Arapostathis.

At La Mesa-Mount Helix Patch, we know that in your busy lives there may be some stories that you can't read about the day they happen.

One of two men charged in the so-called "Dare Me Bandit" series of robberies at businesses throughout La Mesa and San Diego last summer pleaded guilty Friday to 13 robbery charges and one count of attempted robbery.

Plans for a 31-home development called La Mesa Meadows at a former nurdery in southeast La Mesa are closer to gaining the final go-ahead. The City Council on April 23 unanimously voted to ratify the Design Review Board's approval of the project at Garfield Street and Highland Avenue.

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The first incident was reported at 10:50 p.m. at the Wells Fargo ATM on Lake Murray Boulevard near Baltimore Drive, La Mesa police said.

Two ATM patrons were robbed at gunpoint in separate incidents just over an hour apart in La Mesa, police said Thursday.