La Mesa Patch Week in Review Sept. 19-24

Monday, Sept. 19

• After extensive negotiations, the United Food and Commercial Workers union reach a with the “Big Three” grocery chains. Later, reached keeps more than 60,000 workers on the job.
• Local grocery store patrons share how they’d .

Tuesday, Sept. 20

• A small attic fire at Leslie’s Swimming Pool Supplies on Parkway Drive leads to .
• Starbucks barista tackles learning French while remembering her Japanese roots.

Wednesday, Sept. 21

• Standardized tests results from La Mesa-Spring Valley district schools aren’t meeting state Adequate Yearly Progress criteria.
• A 16-year-old girl is near La Mesa City Hall and just a block away from the new police station.
• Kathryn Cloward publishes her second children’s book—Kathryn the Grape’s Colorful Adventure. Her son, Landon, attends Grey Rabbit Preschool in La Mesa.

Thursday, Sept. 22

• Thirteen students from the La Mesa-Spring Valley school district have been told they until they show proof of having the Tdap booster shot or an immunization waiver.
• La Mesa police recovered from a couple’s car at the 7-Eleven on Baltimore Drive.
• Former La Mesan and hiking writer Jerry Schad at 61.
• Residents of the upscale Serramar neighborhood are turning to their tract’s management company for help on traffic speed control.

Friday, Sept. 23

• Howard Linke, a longtime Lions Club member and former engineer with the city of La Mesa, .
• Art gallery owner Shannon O’Dunn was among six La Mesans filing at City Hall, indicating they were eligible to run for City Council in 2012.

Saturday, Sept. 24

• Assemblyman Brian Jones, who represents a district that includes La Mesa, led a to help “spread awareness” and lobby for veto of gun-control bills on the governor's desk.
• Grocery workers represented by the local UFCW union nearly eight months in the making, offering a “sense of relief” among workers.

 Top Blog Posts, Columns and Letters to the Editor

• Mom Council : Have you ever been too competitive regarding your kids’ performances?
• : Local business owner Bill Jaynes reacts to the anonymous statement from a city official that suspected side deals are made during events hosted by the Village Merchants Association.
• : La Mesan Ray Lutz, who has a master’s degree in electronics engineering, say the Sunrise Powerlink wouldn’t have helped during the countywide blackout.
• : Smart meter opponent Susan Brinchman discusses the state Public Utility Commission’s order that utility companies allow customers to delay smart meter installations.
• : Helix grad Savannah McCully champions the power of positivity.
• : The La Mesa Village Merchants Association states they’ve hired an attorney and CPA as the result of concerns regarding the activities of their organization.