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La Mesa California

Pilot program waives permit fees at community events on farms

The agricultural scene in East County is changing. Options to reduce the regulatory burden for those who provide goods or services at community events on commercial agricultural properties were considered by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors at the supervisors’ Nov. 14 meeting. The county supervisors adopted two of…

Driver faces murder charges for deaths in police chase

Three counts of second-degree murder were filed Dec. 4 against the driver of a truck that overturned during a chase by U.S. Border Patrol agents and killed three undocumented immigrants in Boulevard. The chase occurred Nov. 29 after Luis Alberto Virgen, 21, refused to pull over after Border Patrol agents…

Rejected in court, Fanita Ranch project doubles down, starts over

HomeFed Corporation, a Carlsbad-based company that has been trying unsuccessfully for the past decade to develop an urban community on almost 3,000 acres on the northwestern side of Santee, is now back with a new proposal. The previous project had been approved by Santee City Council in 2007, but the…

Padre Dam board approves wastewater project

The Padre Dam Municipal Water District has adopted their Final Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and approved the East County Advanced Wastewater Purification Project. The Board of Directors voted unanimously to pass the plan at its monthly meeting on Dec. 5, 2018. The project is a partnership between Padre Dam and…

Cindy McCain on Saying Goodbye to Her Husband, John McCain, and Staying in the Fight

In August, Cindy McCain was with her husband of 38 years, Sen. John McCain, when the former Navy pilot, Vietnam POW, Senate maverick and presidential contender died at their home in Arizona after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer.  In an exclusive essay for TODAY’s Voices series, Cindy McCain recalls…

Mt. Helix community speaks out against proposed parole office

LA MESA, Calif. — Dozens of residents showed up to the La Mesa City Council meeting Tuesday evening to speak out against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opening a parole office in the community of Mt. Helix. The topic was not an agenda item, but nearly the entire…

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