La Mesa

A trial is set to begin Monday morning for ex-La Mesa police officer Matt Dages, who faces a charge of falsifying a police report following the detainment of Amaurie Johnson at a trolley stop.

Former La Mesa officer Matthew Dages is accused of lying about the basis for his arrest of Amaurie Johnson, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan

The Campo man who set a historic La Mesa building on fire after peaceful protests turned violent the night of May 31, 2020, will have to wait to be sentenced.

A trial is set to begin for a former La Mesa police officer who was captured on camera shoving a Black man and arresting him at the Grossmont Trolley Station.

A trial is set to begin Monday morning for ex-La Mesa police officer Matt Dages, who faces a charge of falsifying a police report following the detainment of Amaurie Johnson at a trolley stop.

A man who set fire to a historic commercial structure in downtown La Mesa following a police brutality protest that devolved into rioting pleaded guilty Wednesday to arson and vandalism charges.

It’s been over five months since an active duty Navy sailor was shot to death. Cornelius Donte Brown’s family is still trying to get justice for their son. NBC 7’s Amber Frias reports.

For Adrienne and Norman Brown, the last five months have been a nightmare. “I can’t sleep, my hair has thinned, I’m losing weight,” said Adrienne Mills. “It’s just horrible. It’s horrible.” Their only son, 22-year-old, Cornelius Donte Brown was killed after answering the door in his La Mesa apartment on April 24. “I was told you know that they...

A longtime Oktoberfest in San Diego’s La Mesa community returns – in-person – this weekend. Here’s what you need to know about La Mesa Oktoberfest 2021.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers talked to San Diegans who had to deal with various forms of damage caused by the storm.

A thunderstorm that soaked San Diego County on Friday blew down trees, flooded roadways, possibly sparked a brush fire, and even delayed the Padres game.

At least one person was injured Thursday morning after a multi-vehicle collision flipped one vehicle and left one person injured on Interstate 8 in La Mesa.

Authorities Wednesday publicly identified a 40-year-old man who was fatally shot last weekend in a crowded Grantville-area parking lot.

A man is in custody after carjacking an 82-year-old driver’s car in La Mesa on Thursday, police confirmed.

NBC 7’s Mark Mullen has the details.

The preliminary hearing for former La Mesa Police Department Officer Matt Dages finished Wednesday with the court ruling there was enough evidence allowing Dages to stand trial for filing a false police report in the arrest of Amaurie Johnson.

Former La Mesa Police Department Officer Matt Dages faces a charge of falsifying a police report in the arrest of Amaurie Johnson, reports NBC 7’s Rory Devine.

Witnesses to the controversial arrest of a Black man at a trolley stop in La Mesa last year testified as prosecutors began laying out their evidence against the fired police officer charged with falsifying a police report.

Authorities Friday publicly identified a 41-year-old man who was killed when an SUV driven by a possibly intoxicated motorist veered off a La Mesa thoroughfare and crashed into the adult day-care facility where the victim worked. Braden Jockmyhn, an employee of Golden Life ADHC Center in the 7300 block of University Avenue, died late Wednesday afternoon at the scene of…