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Outage Outrage, Haunted Trail Nightmares and School Death Threats

These stories and more as we take a look back at the week that was on La Mesa-Mount Helix Patch.

At La Mesa-Mount Helix Patch, we know that in your busy lives there may be some stories that you can't read about the day they happen. With the "Week That Was" column, we'll provide a roundup of the most important stories of the week.

The Golojuch family, who has operated the popular Haunted Trail each Halloween in La Mesa, is facing losing their home as US Bank insists that they come up with $75,000, or risk having the house auctioned, and the family evicted.

A debate rages on whether a planned power outage by SDG&E last weekend was properly communicated to many residents in La Mesa, including the owners of , who claim more than $1,000 in losses, and have filed a claim to recoup that lost business.

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CEO Mary England, who is running for an Assembly seat, spoke with Patch and denied that she was evicted from her home in 2010.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged with making criminal death threats to students and teachers at . Police found a gun at his house at the time of the arrest. He has been booked into San Diego County Juvenile Hall.

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More information was uncovered in a disturbing story about possible child molestation by Rev. John Keith, who served at in the 1980s, and denied molestation allegations before dying in May 2003.


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