A jury convicted a surfer April 18 of felony assault of a longtime El Cajon swim coach who was struck in the head with a paddle board, causing brain injuries. The jury deliberated 11 hours before convicting Paul Taylor Konen, 34, of assault with a deadly weapon upon Kevin Eslinger,…
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Democrats claim to respect our right to privacy, but with his bill to mandate “electronic purchase receipts,” the Assemblymember from San Francisco is trying to force every Californians to give up yet another very large chunk of our digital privacy. Assembly Bill 161 was introduced at a press conference with…
More Best of La Mesa ballot raffle winners! Balloting for the 2019 Best of La Mesa is finished! Winners will be announced in our special Best of La Mesa issue on May 24. Until then, we are drawing the names of readers who voted for their favorite businesses and by…
By Genevieve A. Suzuki Spring cleaning is no joke. Every year, many of us shake off the winter blues, don rubber cleaning gloves and start scrubbing and purging. When it’s all finished, there’s almost no better feeling than sitting on the couch and taking in our newly cleaned home. It’s…
By Alex Owens The story of “Peter Pan” has hooked audiences for generations, but now the Helix High School Drama Department is giving La Mesa’s theater-lovers a peak at how the boy who never grew up came to be that way. “Peter and the Starcatcher,” which runs April 24-27 at…
