
NIGHT OF TERROR IN LA MESA
Protest dissolves into chaos as rioters burn down Chase and Union banks, loot retail stores and attack La Mesa Police headquarters By Paul Kruze, Contributing Editor; Miriam Raftery and Rebecca

Protest dissolves into chaos as rioters burn down Chase and Union banks, loot retail stores and attack La Mesa Police headquarters By Paul Kruze, Contributing Editor; Miriam Raftery and Rebecca

Story and photos by Kendra Sitton May 30, 2020 (El Cajon) — Around 100 protesters silently walked through an El Cajon neighborhood where organizers said La Mesa Police Officer Matt

Update May 31, 2020: 1:15 a.m. A curfew has been issued by the City Manager starting at 1:30 a.m.. Shortly before midnight, Union Bank and Chase Bank in downtown La

By Miriam Raftery May 30, 2020 (Ramona) – Investigators from the Sheriff’s department are working to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant structure today in

East County News Service May 30, 2020 (Jacumba Hot Springs) – Members of the Sheriff’s SAFE Task Force went door to door on Wednesday in Jacumba Hot Springs and

Story and photos by Briana Gomez The Racial Justice Coalition, in collaboration with the #icantbreathecampaign led a peaceful motorcade protest with many other organizations including the Black Panthers to San
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Protest dissolves into chaos as rioters burn down Chase and Union banks, loot retail stores and attack La Mesa Police headquarters By Paul Kruze, Contributing Editor; Miriam Raftery and Rebecca

Story and photos by Kendra Sitton May 30, 2020 (El Cajon) — Around 100 protesters silently walked through an El Cajon neighborhood where organizers said La Mesa Police Officer Matt

Update May 31, 2020: 1:15 a.m. A curfew has been issued by the City Manager starting at 1:30 a.m.. Shortly before midnight, Union Bank and Chase Bank in downtown La

By Miriam Raftery May 30, 2020 (Ramona) – Investigators from the Sheriff’s department are working to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant structure today in

East County News Service May 30, 2020 (Jacumba Hot Springs) – Members of the Sheriff’s SAFE Task Force went door to door on Wednesday in Jacumba Hot Springs and

Story and photos by Briana Gomez The Racial Justice Coalition, in collaboration with the #icantbreathecampaign led a peaceful motorcade protest with many other organizations including the Black Panthers to San
Support community news in the public interest! As nonprofit news, we rely on donations from the public to fund our reporting — not special interests. Please donate to sustain East County Magazine’s local reporting and/or wildfire alerts at https://www.eastcountymedia.org/donate to help us keep people safe and informed across our region.