A judge rejected jail on Jan. 19 for a 75-year-old El Cajon psychiatrist who had pleaded guilty to felony sexual contact with seven female patients, and instead imposed one year of house arrest. Because of health and age issues, Dr. Leon Fajerman was ordered to pay $300 per month in…
La Mesa California
Jeff Clemetson | Editor A long-awaited report on an incident at Helix Charter High School where a police officer was filmed slamming a student to the ground was met with frustration by community members and councilmembers at the Jan. 8 La Mesa City Council meeting. Yusef Miller vents frustration at the…
Jeff Clemetson | Editor La Mesita Park has a new playground — as new a playground as it gets. “This is the first Modern City to be installed in the world,” said Tom Norquist, senior vice president of PlayCore, the designers of the new Modern City playground product line. Shellece Gunnell…
La Mesa Courier launches new website Online readers of La Mesa Courier may have noticed a few changes to the design of the paper’s website over the last few months. In an effort to update its online presence, La Mesa Courier parent company SDCNN set out at the end of…
By Connie and Lynn Baer In the 2015-2016 school year, Grossmont High School began its PRIDE program, which is designed to teach students school-wide behavioral expectations through a reward program that reinforces positive behaviors. GHS PRIDE encourages students to be prepared, respectful, involved, disciplined, and empathetic (PRIDE). For the past…
