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Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband — former Rep. Duncan Hunter — to illegally spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal purposes, was sentenced Monday to eight months of home confinement. -
A wildfire erupted amid a scorching summer heat wave Thursday in a sparsely developed area at the San Diego-Riverside county line, blackening dozens of open acres but causing no reported structural damage. -
The tribe also alleges the insurance company has cited a "pollution exclusion" to deny coverage, though the tribe says that exclusion does not preclude coverage of losses stemming from contagious diseases. -
The target of the shooting was an occupied business in a strip mall. The business' front window was shattered by the gunfire. Police did not disclose the name of the business. -
KPBS Midday EditionSome of the confrontations have involved members of a Facebook group called “Defend East County.” The group was started after a La Mesa protest at the end of May turned destructive. It has recently swelled to over 20,000 members. -
The city of La Mesa will hold a town hall meeting today at 6 p.m. to discuss the events of May 30, 2020, where violence erupted following peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd -
It happened around 2 p.m. Saturday when a 53-year-old man driving a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV pulled up to an inspection station on Interstate 8 in Pine Valley, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. -
Help continues to pour in for La Mesa businesses damaged in May by violence that followed peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd. -
Demonstrators gathered Saturday at La Mesa City Hall to demand justice for women of color as the city set temporary restrictions in a two-block downtown zone.
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Amaurie Johnson was arrested May 27 while waiting to be picked up by friends in front of a La Mesa apartment complex, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Diego federal court.
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