By DAVE THOMAS | La Mesa Courier With the winter sports season off and running at Grossmont High, a number of teams are looking to nab CIF crowns when it is all said and done. In boys basketball action, the Foothillers under head coach Frank Foggiano went 12-14 a season…
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By DAVE THOMAS | La Mesa Courier As fall turns to winter on the calendar, a number of Helix High winter sports teams are heating up. Once tournament play is over for some of these teams during the holiday break, they will turn to league action in January. In boys’ soccer,…
By JENNIFER OSBORN La Mesa City Council member Christine Alessio was in attendance at this year’s Academic League match between Helix and Grossmont to present the winner with the newly-created perpetual trophy, sponsored by the City of La Mesa. In this inaugural match for the city championship, Helix claimed the…
EL CAJON, Calif. — An Oregon man who stabbed a La Mesa resident more than 30 times with a sword was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in state prison, closing a case that was without a suspect for nearly a dozen years until DNA tied him to the murder scene.…
A mistrial was declared on Dec. 5 for an El Cajon man after a jury deadlocked 10-2 as to whether he committed accessory to a murder after the fact by piloting a boat where his friend dumped a body in a barrel in San Diego Bay. A status hearing for…
