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Local Student Matthew Ticknor Hoping to Meet Alex Trebek in D.C.
College Prep Middle School seventh-grader takes first step toward National Geographic Bee.

College Prep Middle School seventh-grader takes first step toward National Geographic Bee.

Grace Kaminaka Tsuida was among many Japanese-Americans sent to WWII internment camps.
Countdown is closing in on February date marking 100 years of La Mesa cityhood. Many events set.
Yari Allnutt, widely traveled ex-professional, is an energetic volunteer in Ruth Leiderman’s class.
Ari Bejar: “We need to understand that that money is going to offer that farmer a living wage, and also allows him to take better care of his farm, family and community.”
The 2010 U.S. Census paints a colorful tapestry of the Jewel of the Hills in various backgrounds.
Judy Hughes: “She will ... be missed by our patrons, who had become so accustomed to her warm and friendly welcome.”
Larry Howe: “Just how mortally wounded is a true, broadly based democracy in this country? Or have we already descended too far into a third world-style oligarchy to be salvageable?”
Woman will be arraigned Friday on two charges, and her bail has been set at $250,000.
Curt Simnitt was tracked by San Diego police to La Mesa motel, suspected of 50 vehicle break-ins.
Daughter of prominent local pizza family already faces assault charges in June 7 knife incident.
Delayed project, on site of former gas station, expects to open in the coming weeks.
Speakers include Shirley Weber, professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University.
Lemon Grove councilwoman says she won’t campaign on La Mesa Chamber of Commerce time.
KUSI's Prep Pigskin Report raised the decibels in gym before classes began on Wednesday.
Groundbreaking on Humanities Classroom Building comes two months after tennis courts were razed.
Lizeth Ochoa, 35, of San Diego was jailed on $1 million bail, accused of taking at least $100,000.
England is Lemon Grove councilwoman and La Mesa Chamber of Commerce president and CEO.
The following information for Jan. 5-9, 2012, was supplied by the La Mesa Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Art Madrid hands over box of mandarins he won in bet with mayor of Loomis on state title game.