A six-week-old hybrid Bengal tiger cub named Moka was rescued from two smugglers in 2017 and now has a permanent home at Lions, Tigers, and Bears Sanctuary in Alpine. The Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection seized the cub at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry last August…
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By Jake Sexton | La Mesa Reads Every summer, San Diego Comic-Con gives me a fine excuse to dedicate a column to the popular yet maligned field of comic books. In a pop culture world swimming in apocalyptic settings, Marguerite Bennett and Rafael de Lattore’s “Animosity” has one of this…
By Sharon Fitzpatrick and Nancy Johnson | La Mesa Beautiful Summer salads Some of you have planted one of the many varieties of crunchy, lacy, colorful lettuces in the spring. Hopefully you’re still reaping the benefits. The San Diego heat wave has been late this year, but July will likely find our…
ONGOING EVENTS ‘Alice: A Wonder-Full Musical’Through July 29Christian Youth Theater presents “Alice: A Wonder-Full Musical” that parallels the theme of Lewis Carroll’s famous story, “Alice in Wonderland,” the whimsical tale of a girl whose curiosity propels herself into a wild world of imagination, now with a fresh and enthralling approach.…
Jeff Clemetson | Editor Envision La Mesa sets sights on cleaning up city’s west side A little over a year ago, residents in the west side of La Mesa were dealing with the aftermath of illegal dispensaries that dotted the city’s main western corridors of University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard.…
