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La Mesa California

Robak elected as water district board president

The Otay Water District board of directors voted its elected official in at its January meeting, selecting division five’s Mark Robak as president. This follows Robak’s two years as vice president under past president Tim Smith. Robak has served on the District’s board for 18 years. The Otay Water District…

Partnership brews project in honor of Black History Month

For the second year in a row, Second Chance Beer Company collaborated with the All My Friends Are Rappers brand to brew All I Want, a hoppy Kolsch style beer in honor of Black History Month. All I Want, which will be available on draft and in four-packs of 16-oz…

La Mesa reviews environmental goals

City of La Mesa Environmental Program Manager Hilary Ego shared what steps the city is taking toward its Climate Action Plan during a Jan. 24 City Council meeting but at least once Council Member, Jack Shu, suggested more can be done. The CAP was adopted by city council in 2018…

Grim headlines not enough to silence ‘beauty and wit’

Recently, I ran across an article which briefly recounted how and why Thomas Jefferson sold his personal library to the federal government when most of our national collection was destroyed by the British during the war of 1812. Jefferson suggested that any attempt to rebuild a national library during wartime…

February ushers in human rights film festival

Childcare and education, environmental protection, gender equality, transgender and indigenous rights, women’s rights—these are some of the subjects of the critically acclaimed films at the 13th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival hosted by the Museum of Photographic Arts from Feb. 2-9. Kicking off the festival on Feb. 2, an…

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