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La Mesa Patch Week in Review for Nov. 14-19

Eleven high schools and the Marching Aztecs perform at the District Showcase at Grossmont High.

Monday, Nov. 14

  • A former employee is suspected of located from his apartment, according to a ex-worker. He and another man later plead not guilty to the armed incident.

Tuesday, Nov. 15

  • The city says petitions regarding the Village PBID in about a week. 
  • La Mesa attorney Roland Haddad takes on a involving former elementary schoolmates on the Barona Indian reservation.
  • Photo gallery: More than 60 children from La Mesa play ball on the Junior Seau Field.

Wednesday, Nov. 16

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  • The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District school board regarding their move to district elections.
  • Mariah “Baby Mama” Yeater reportedly against Justin Bieber; the South County Courthouse records are sealed.
  • Some 750 musicians and color guard members from 11 East County high schools and the SDSU Marching Aztecs perform at Grossmont High School in the District Showcase.

Thursday, Nov. 17

  • La Mesan Alicia McBride tells hear reaction to being a finalist for California’s and talks about what’s in store.
  • Local hotelier Doug Manchester buys The San Diego Union-Tribune from two-year owner Platinum Equity.

Friday, Nov. 18

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  • Art Madrid is one of 103 U.S. mayors to sign a letter to President Obama opposing a project estimated at $7 billion.
  • Despite a 25-point halftime deficit, the Grossmont High Foothillers against the Mira Mesa Marauders.
  • The board of directors of the Grossmont Healthcare District to the nonprofit Volunteers in Medicine-San Diego Inc.
  • The unemployment rate in La Mesa continues to .

Saturday, Nov. 19

  • The is celebrated by city officials, residents and representatives of the disabled alike.
  • Mom’s Council : Do the kids have a curfew in your house?
  • : East County mom Suzanne Sannwald considers the butterfly effect, which led to her write again.
  • : Laura Lothian calls the support of the PBID by chairs of the Parking Commission a conflict of interest.
  • : David Secor remembers his personal war hero on Veterans Day―a man who’d taken his place in a rescue mission and died.
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