The city of La Mesa issued a proclamation on Tuesday to declare Jan. 30 Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. Korematsu was an American citizen of Japanese ancestry who was ordered to leave his home and report to an internment camp following the attack on Pearl Harbor but was imprisoned…
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By ROBIN DORHN-SIMPSON Why open a new restaurant in the middle of a pandemic? Because we need comfort. Comfort food calms the soul. We have all been driving by this restaurant for months wondering what is going on behind the canvas walls. Now we know! Smokey & The Brisket has…
By KENDRA SITTON | La Mesa Courier At the La Mesa City Council meeting on Jan. 26, the firm Hillard Heintze presented their final after-action report based on the events of May 30, 2020. The report was already made public but this was the first time the City Council had an…
Highway 1 remains closed along the coast near Big Sur. Crews were to begin damage assessments Friday. Source: CBS 8 New feed
Throughout his 101 years, Ollie Greyson endured life as a Black man in Louisiana; serving in WWII (during which, he was shot in the eye and leg); and now continues to persevere through the COVID-19 pandemic. Grayson currently lives with his daughter, Ashley, in La Mesa where he receives hospice…
