🌱 School District Gives COVID Tests + COVID Hospitalizations

Good morning, La Mesa-Mount Helix! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started.

First, today's weather:

Turning sunny and cool. High: 65 Low: 41.

Here are the top stories in and around La Mesa-Mount Helix today:

1. The La Mesa-Spring Valley School District gave away the last of its stockpile of COVID home tests Monday. (KPBS)
2. Two total lunar eclipses and three supermoons are on La Mesa's celestial calendar. (La Mesa-Mount Helix Patch)
3. Trout Re-Opening Weekend returns this month at Santee Lakes. (Santee Patch)
4. The number of COVID-19 patients in San Diego County hospitals continued to climb at a pace not seen since August, according to state figures released recently. (City News Service)
5. Enforcement of the "Remain in Mexico" program, which keeps asylum seekers in Mexico while they await their immigration court hearings across the border, was expanded Monday to San Diego. (City News Service)

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From my notebook:

• Director of Community Services Sue Richardson, City of La Mesa: "MacArthur Park Draft Master Plan Open for Public Comment — The City of La Mesa continues work to shape the future of MacArthur Park." (Nextdoor)
• San Diego Humane Society: "Our New Year’s adoption promotion is so doggone good, we had to extend it! Through Sunday, Jan. 9, you can adopt an adult dog (7 months or older) for just $22 at our campuses in El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside or San Diego." (Facebook)

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