Tag: La Mesa
The La Mesa city council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday which caps restaurant delivery fees from third-party providers such as GrubHub, UberEats, Postmates and others at 15% in an effort to support small business owners.
Verbiage from the resolution states it shall be unlawful for a third-party food delivery company to charge a restaurant fees that total more than...
The city of La Mesa unanimously approved a measure to adopt the 2021-2026 Homeless Action Plan and to implement phase two of the Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement, or HOME initiative.
During the Feb. 23 city council meeting La Mesa Police Capt. Matt Nicholass, who is spearheading the HOME program said it “pulls officers off of having to deal with...
People Assisting the Homeless or PATH, a non-profit that works to find homeless individuals permanent housing, assist with healthcare, advocate for benefits and provide employment training has released their three-year plan toward ending homelessness in communities across California.
As part of their three-year plan, PATH seeks to house 6,000 homeless individuals; build or renovate 1,000 new homes; and provide services...
A young Spring Valley man was sentenced Feb. 1 to 16 years and eight months in prison for two armed carjackings while being on probation at the time for an armed robbery.
Jaden Razell Jones, 21, hit a taxi driver in the back of his head with a gun on March 6, 2019, at 1:03 a.m. not far from the...
A walk-up COVID Super Vaccination station is now open from Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Grossmont Center in La Mesa.
The clinic is operated by Sharp HealthCare and will provide between 1,000 and 5,000 vaccination doses to anyone in California state priority group 1A, including healthcare workers, pharmacy staff and funeral workers.
Vaccines will also be provided...
A former resident of a now closed group home in El Cajon was sentenced Jan. 6 to 16 years to life in prison for killing another resident who was struck over the head with a frying pan.
Shannon Beasley, the sister of Michael McCarthy, 39, spoke about how his 2018 murder “turned the family upside down” with grief and anger...
Calvary Chapel women’s ministry leader Patty Setter and Pastor Dave Riley directed traffic and made sure 25,000 pounds of food was ready to be handed out Dec. 5 to a steady stream of families who drove through their La Mesa parking lot.
Both Riley and Setter said the event took days to coordinate.
“We had about 85 volunteers yesterday, all...
On Aug. 11, La Mesa City Council unanimously voted to hire Hillard Heintze LLC as a consulting service for an after-action report and recommendations on law enforcement practices related to the events of May 30 after a peaceful protest over the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minnesota turned violent resulting in large and small businesses being vandalized, looted...
On July 9 the city of La Mesa issued an executive order to allow the use of public outdoor areas for dining. On July 16 it expanded allowable outdoor business activities in an attempt to assist businesses that are able and want to move operations outside.
As of July 31, 11 applications had been received, 10 restaurants and one...
A Kids Voices 4 Change protest held Saturday morning, July 11, in La Mesa was organized by a group of local parents of various racial backgrounds to set an example for their children on how to advocate for Black rights as well as allowing them to participate, according to the printed mission statement handed out by organizer Angela Barley.
Roughly...
