• La Mesa Village Farmers’ Market’s inverted style brings new energy,Sofie Fransen

    La Mesa Village Farmers’ Market’s inverted style brings new energy

    La Mesa Boulevard loses all semblance of a street every Friday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.Cars clear the parking spots to make way for the La Mesa Village Farmers’ Market, an event that has been a crucial part of the La Mesa community for 29 years. The street, located between Palm Avenue and 4th

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  • Fa-la-la in love with Little Italy this holiday season,Chris Gomez

    Fa-la-la in love with Little Italy this holiday season

    The days are getting shorter and holiday movies are starting to infiltrate the airwaves which can only mean one thing: the holidays are coming! So, finalize those Christmas lists, fill up on egg nog, grab your Santa hats and head over to Little Italy for the long awaited return of the Little Italy T

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  • Broom Baccharis in glorious bloom,Dave Thomas

    Broom Baccharis in glorious bloom

    One of Mission Trail Regional Park’s most prolific bloomers, broom baccharis (Baccharis sarothroides), also known as desert broom, makes a showy appearance in the fall. We see a forest of these large bushy plants edging the Visitor Center Trail and throughout the coastal sage scrub habitats. They pr

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