As the nation passes 90 days of Black civil rights protests, adults who lived through the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and ‘60s comment on the current, sometimes destructive and violent protest movement happening locally. “I remember very well growing up and being in college in the Vietnam War,…
La Mesa California
The incident happened Thursday evening near Coronado, according to Army officials. Source: CBS 8 New feed
When video emerged this summer of La Mesa police officer Matthew Dages manhandling and eventually arresting a 23-year-old man sitting near the Grossmont Center trolley stop, residents and civil rights activists called for an internal investigation and the officer’s termination. Dages is white and the man, Amaurie Johnson, is Black.…
A judge declined to set any bail Aug. 18 for a Spring Valley woman who is charged with killing her roommate who was stabbed to death. Anielka de los Angeles, 37, pleaded not guilty to killing Manuel Castro, 41, who was found dead in their apartment in the 3500 block…
Worship and workouts: The Board of Supervisors recently approved my proposal to open up our county parks to worship services and fitness-related businesses. We streamlined the permit process and are waiving fees related to reserving park space. This is not a new idea. Poway pioneered it with its recent SOS…