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gas•tron•o•my (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
If it’s wrong to take one’s current flame to an eatery that was introduced by an ex, then I just don’t want to be right. I believe that good food is meant to be shared under all circumstances, even somewhat awkward ones. Plus, they don’t call it the past for nothin’! Back in high school, my boyfriend and I used frequent Mario’s De La Mesa a couple times a month for casual Mexican fare. Curious...
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Super Punch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Corpulent, grotesque versions of the Road Runner and Speedy Gonzalez star in these ads by La Mesa for Volkswagen. Their message eludes me. Via . *Previously: Evil Speedy Gonzalez . * Buy Speedy Gonzalez toys at eBay.
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Last Blog On Earth (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
As local clinics struggle to meet the demand for swine flu vaccines, nurses at Rady Children’s Hospital in La Mesa are challenging a new policy that mandates vaccinations for all employees. On Friday, the nurses union United Nurses of Children’s Hospital filed a complaint in U.S. District Court alleging that the hospital violated the union’s collective-bargaining [...]
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
LA MESA — East County's Claymore Sword is taking up a new residence. It will be moving from Helix to Mount Miguel on Monday.
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Mission Times Courier (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, Ca) - The Chula Vista Park View All Stars baseball team became the first Little League World Series champions from San Diego County in 48 years by defeating Taoyuan, Taiwan, 6-3, in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 30th. The last local team to win it all was the La Mesa-El Cajon Northern All-Stars in 1961.The Little League Champs will serve as Grand...
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Mission Times Courier (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, Ca) - The Chula Vista Park View All Stars baseball team became the first Little League World Series champions from San Diego County in 48 years by defeating Taoyuan, Taiwan, 6-3, in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 30th. The last local team to win it all was the La Mesa-El Cajon Northern All-Stars in 1961.The Little League Champs will serve as Grand...
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Mission Times Courier (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, Ca) - TheChula Vista Park View All Stars became the first Little League World Series champions from San Diego County in 48 years by defeating Taoyuan, Taiwan, 6-3, in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 30th. The last local team to win it all was the La Mesa-El Cajon Northern All-Stars in 1961. The annual El Cajon parade begins at 10:00 a.m. on East...
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Pink Candles at Ridgemont High (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Yesterday TC and I went out to lunch. We had several choices, determined by my ever popular paper friend, the money saving coupon. One choice was this Himalayan/Nepalese place in La Mesa. But the coupon was kind of shitty, only $1 off for a lunch entree. The other choice was Kafe Yen in PB (at the end of Garnet) which offers a hybrid of Thai/Malaysian/Indonesian food. The coupon was buy one...
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Verum Serum (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... leader of the Masjid Ar-Ribat al-Islami mosque on Saranac Street on the border of San Diego and La Mesa, which was attended regularly by the hijackers and their acquaintances. The FBI opened a counterterrorism inquiry into imam Anwar Al-Awlaki’s activities in June 1999. Somehow they missed the connection, even when it became more obvious: When the imam moved to one of the largest Muslim...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners.Marco Antonio Ibarra, the chief guard at Tijuana's La Mesa State Penitentiary, was arrested in the northern city of Culiacan, where he was born and had been hiding for a year, said...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Marco Antonio Ibarra, the chief guard at Tijuana's La Mesa State Penitentiary, was arrested in the northern city of Culiacan, where he was born and had been hiding for a year, said Martha Almaza, deputy attorney general for Baja California state.