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5 unusual facts about La Mesa


Gene Porter

After moving to San Diego in 1948, he played with Walter Fuller (1948–60), then led his own ensemble at the Bronze Room in La Mesa, California beginning in 1967.

La Mesa Police Department

The La Mesa Police Department is the police agency for the City of La Mesa, California.

La Mesa, Colombia

This town is famed for the Botanical Expedition on the New Kingdom of Granada which commenced from there in 1783 led by the biologist José Celestino Mutis.

McMillan Academy of Law

The McMillan Academy of Law (MAOL) is a private law school located in La Mesa, California.

Victoria Pynchon

Pynchon, the daughter of the late superior court Judge Donald Pike, grew up in La Mesa in San Diego County and graduated in 1970 from Helix High School.


Jackson A. Rigney

Jackson Ashcroft Rigney was born in 1913 in La Mesa, New Mexico.


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Barry Jantz

Born in Whittier, California, Jantz moved to La Mesa in 1973 and attended Helix High School, Grossmont College, and San Diego State University (SDSU), where he majored in journalism and minored in political science.

Eufrosina Cruz

When Gabino Cué Monteagudo (PAN) won the elections, Eufrosina was elected to the office of presidenta de la mesa directiva del congreso local (president of the board of the local congress), becoming the first indigenous woman to chair the state Congress of Oaxaca.

Grupo Climax

They released a very successful recording titled "La Mesa Que Más Aplauda" taken from their album Za Za Za, which peaked at number one in the Billboard Top Latin Albums for five consecutive weeks.

Por Debajo de la Mesa

A music video for "Por Debajo de la Mesa" was filmed in New York City which features Miguel performing at the Rainbow Room with the video being shot in black-and-white.

Despite giving Romances a positive review, Chicago Tribune editor Achy Obejas called "Por Debajo de la Mesa" a "lame" song and cited it as one of the songs where Miguel beginning is "to slip" on his ballad recordings.

Santa Monica neighborhoods

San Vicente Boulevard is the northernmost major street in Santa Monica.The streets North of San Vicente are generally considered a subsection of the North of Montana neighborhood, but distinguished because of La Mesa Drive.

San Vicente Boulevard is the northernmost major street in Santa Monica.The streets north of San Vicente are generally considered a subsection of the North of Montana neighborhood, but distinguished because of La Mesa Drive.

They Marched Into Sunlight

Terry de la Mesa Allen, Jr., commander of 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division, son of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen; killed in action in Vietnam October 17, 1967