By DANA J. STEVENS Quitting smoking isn’t easy. About 32.4 million American adults still smoke cigarettes, and smoking remains the...

By CYNTHIA G. ROBERTSON American radio and TV personality “Shotgun Tom Kelly,” sporting his trademark ranger hat, was in La...

Volunteers plant a tree in Aztec Park. (Photos courtesy Urban Corps of San Diego) On Sept. 24, Urban Corps of...

City, Home Start offer mortgage assistance The City of La Mesa has partnered with Home Start to provide a Mortgage...

By ELAINE ALFARO During the seventh month of her pregnancy, La Mesa resident and filmmaker Kate Morgan Chadwick began a...

By NICOLE DONSKAYA Blo Blow Dry Bar is rolling out its luxurious “pink carpet” and is ready to treat La...

By RICK BEAVIN The annual Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan enrollment period is here. From Oct. 15 to...

By BONNIE OWEN On Nov. 4 at 4:30 p.m., Mona Ray will be demonstrating how to "Make Small Studies on...

By DENISE SMITH The horror genre is the focus of many book recommendations this time of year. Instead of providing...

By MICKEY ZEICHICK Lamplighters Community Theatre at 5915 Severin Drive in La Mesa, has jumped right in both feet first...