LA MESA, Calif. (KGTV) \u2014 Residents across parts of La Mesa say a series of loud late-night explosions has been disrupting their sleep and leaving many on edge, prompting police to step up patrols in an effort to find those responsible.<\/p>\n
Neighbors near Palm Avenue say the loud booms have become an unsettling pattern in recent weeks, often happening around midnight or later.<\/p>\n
“It could be 12 o’clock or even later than that,” resident Dory Miller said. “You hear these booms, and you wake up wondering what it was.”<\/p>\n
According to the La Mesa Police Department, officers responded after a loud explosion was reported near Palm Avenue and Pasadena Avenue late Wednesday night. Investigators determined at least one of the loud bangs was related to fireworks.<\/p>\n
For residents like Nancy Cavanaugh-Wilson, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 40 years, the explosions have become an ongoing concern.<\/p>\n
“I remember hearing them last month,” she said. “It was like three nights in a row that they went off and woke me up.”<\/p>\n
Neighbors say the blasts can be heard from several blocks away and have left both people and pets shaken.<\/p>\n
“My dogs really get freaked out by it,” Miller said. “They’re whining and crying, and it really scares them.”<\/p>\n
Residents also worry the problem could worsen as the Fourth of July approaches.<\/p>\n
“It makes me feel anxious,” Cavanaugh-Wilson said. “Especially because with the Fourth of July coming up, I worry about fires.”<\/p>\n
In response to the recent reports, La Mesa police say they have increased patrols throughout the city in an effort to identify whoever is setting off the explosions.<\/p>\n
Cavanaugh-Wilson says she appreciates the department’s efforts.<\/p>\n
“The La Mesa police do an outstanding job,” she said. “They can’t be everywhere all the time, and they’re doing the best they can. I just hope they find out who’s doing it and put a stop to it before somebody gets injured.”<\/p>\n
Police are also urging residents to report any suspicious activity, especially as the Independence Day holiday approaches, to help officers locate those responsible before someone is hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LA MESA, Calif. (KGTV) \u2014 Residents across parts of La Mesa say a series of loud late-night explosions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3053,4035,91344,110960,6572,12850,11334,236,74,84,76,75],"class_list":["post-376938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-east-county","tag-fireworks","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-july-4th","tag-la-mesa","tag-la-mesa-police-department","tag-lmpd","tag-police","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}