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La Mesa

American  
[lah may-suh] / lɑ ˈmeɪ sə /

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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It was the first line-of-duty death in the department’s history, according to La Mesa Police Lt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025

While Raymond was a resident of Washington, D.C., and traveled extensively for his work and leisure, he was also a resident of La Mesa in San Diego County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Under an arrangement with prosecutors, the former officer, Brian Jeffrey Raymond of La Mesa, Calif., pleaded guilty in U.S.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

“There is one item I see on bucket lists that is actually getting less expensive – education,” says Brandon Welch, an investment advisor in La Mesa, California.

From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2023

Then came Bostonia, a comparatively new settlement, Rosamond, La Mesa, and finally we whirled off on a splendid road, through an unsettled country overgrown with sage and shrubs, to Del Mar.

From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by J. A. Graves

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