La Mesa

Despite the split, Hannah Romita says she is still looking to open the restaurant in a new location.

The long-awaited and long-debated La Mesa Souplantation-concept restaurant revival is taking a dramatic turn from previous plans.

Two relief programs are giving a lift to the La Mesa small business scene.

La Mesa resident Monica Muldoon’s food pantry also burned in the house fire, NBC 7’s Amber Frias reports.

Words of love, encouragement, and support decorate a Christmas tree set up in the Muldoon’s front yard. It provides the family with hope amid the rubble.

A total of 160 unwanted firearms were turned in to law enforcement Saturday in exchange for gift cards at the La Mesa Civic Center, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Integral Hygienic Solutions, Inc. — doing business as TruClean — sold more than $800,000 worth of the products.

What seemed too good to be true for local drivers ended up being a deal too good to pass on when one gas station in La Mesa offered gasoline for less than $4 per gallon.

What seems too good to be true was a real offer when a La Mesa gas station offered gas at a discounted price. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez speaks to drivers who were overjoyed by the deal.

The 26-year-old Santa Ana man died at the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The 18-year-old, who faces 15 felony counts, is being held on $100,000 bail.

A body that was found behind a business in La Mesa earlier this year, has been identified as a 17-year-old who was reported missing, police said.

In two raids, officers confiscated assault rifles, a ghost gun and other weapons, according to investigators.

A former La Mesa resident and CIA agent withdrew his guilty pleas to federal charges stemming from allegations that he sexually abused multiple women.

The crash happened near the corner of Spring Street and Palm Avenue, which neighbors said is often a site for accidents in the area.

At a bail hearing in 2020, a prosecutor said the victim was found in his bed with a kitchen knife embedded in his chest.

NBC 7’s Amber Frias has more on the warning a school district is sending to parents about so-called “rainbow fentanyl” pills.

The candy-colored opioid “can resemble the candy Smarties, so we feel it’s especially important to be alert around Halloween time,” states an email from La Mesa-Spring Valley School District officials.

Officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration are warning of fentanyl appearing in bright colors, sometimes resembling sidewalk chalk or candy.

The outpouring of support for Souplantation surprised Romita, who had never eaten at Souplantation before and had no plans of opening a restaurant. But life doesn’t always work out as planned – and that’s not always a bad thing.