Firefighters Pouring It On: Pancakes Served Sunday for Parade Benefit

If the rain and odd May chill have you down in the dumps this week, you need a pick-me-up more than ever. It’s not due to be a warm weekend, but it’s going to be a sunny one. Yea!

Let us guide you to what’s happening in La Mesa, San Diego and beyond from May 19 to 25. You can enjoy grub galore, whether it’s provided by firefighters or food trucks, and marvel at the new street scene in front of the city's civic center.

CLOSE TO HOME

• Where/when: Grossmont College, Grossmont College Dr. and Highwood Dr., El Cajon (and other stops countywide), 6 a.m. Friday.

• Why go: Granted, gas prices are beginning to come back to earth, but you can join in Bike to Work Day and save a little dough or make a political statement or just get a workout, while snagging prizes, because local companies will hand out swag to bikers during the morning commute. 

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: Boomers, 1155 Graves Ave, El Cajon, 4 p.m. Saturday.

• Why go: The food truck trend keeps on keepin’ on. The restaurant chain hosts 20 trucks from San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange County, including one, Grill 'Em All, that captured top honors on the Food Network.

• Price: $5

• Where/when: Fire Station 11, 8034 Allison Ave, La Mesa, 8 a.m. Sunday.

• Why go: Firefighters will stack up the pancakes as high as you’d like at the fundraiser for the La Mesa Flag Day Parade.

• Price: $5.

• Where/when: La Mesa library, 8074 Allison Ave., La Mesa, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

• Why go: The city celebrates completion of a Civic Center street renovation that already has won kudos from the American Planning Association. The project includes new parking spaces, streetlights and trees.

• Price: Free.

BEST BETS, A LITTLE FARTHER OUT

• Where/when: Morgan Run Club and Resort, 5690 Cancha de Golf, Rancho Santa Fe, Friday through Sunday.

• Why go: You like the New Orleans Saints? See Super Bowl MVP (and former Charger) Drew Brees. You like the Dallas Cowboys? See Tony Romo. You like TV? See Ray Romano. It's all possible at the Cox Celebrity Championship, a charity golf tournament to benefit local causes.

• Price: $10 for three-day pass, but there are several opportunities for free admission.

• Where/when: Mission Trails Regional Park, 1 Father Junipero Serra Trl, San Diego, 9 a.m. Saturday.

• Why go: “Explore Mission Trails Day” features guided nature walks, live animals, pony rides and hands-on discovery stations for children at the Equestrian Staging Area at Mast Boulevard and State Route 52.

• Price: Free.