Santee and East County: Community Events Fill the Weekend
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After a week defined largely by crisis and civic confrontation, Santee and the broader East County enter the weekend with a slate of community-oriented events. Tonight in Santee, a Candidate and Ballot Measure Forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. — prospective attendees should verify the venue through the city or local listings before heading out, as a specific location was not confirmed in available reporting. Candidate forums of this kind tend to draw residents committed enough to ask the questions campaigns prefer to avoid.
Saturday morning brings the Santee Fire Department and Firefighters Association's annual Pancake Breakfast at Fire Station 5, ninety-one thirty Carlton Oaks Drive, running from 7 to 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. In a week that included a North Park fire incident and persistent county-wide fire-risk concerns, the breakfast offers residents a direct way to show support for the people who respond to those calls. Saturday evening, Movies in the Park screens A Minecraft Movie, and residents looking further ahead can mark September twenty-sixth for the Fall Community Cleanup, Shred and Donation Event at Santee City Hall, ten-six-oh-one Magnolia Avenue, from 8 a.m. to noon — open to Santee residents only.
In La Mesa, Friday's schedule includes a free fall-prevention program and a screening of the documentary Saving Claire at Grossmont Healthcare District offices, nine-oh-oh-one Wakarusa Street, starting at 10 a.m. Friday evening at Mt. Helix Park, a Candlelight Open Air event pits a Queen tribute program against an ABBA tribute program, beginning at 8 p.m.