Working for you, we followed up on what comes next for the abandoned gas and smog station on Jackson and Parkway Drive.<\/p>\n
LA MESA, Calif \u2014 One year ago, CBS 8 reported on an old, former gas and smog station in La Mesa<\/a> that was expected to turn into a QDOBA. But now, the property remains abandoned, and locals say it looks worse than ever.<\/p>\n Boarded-up windows, peeling paint and scattered litter cover the lot at Jackson and Parkway Drive. And just like last year, people who live and work nearby still call it an eyesore.<\/p>\n \u201cThat smog station has just kind of been there, but it’s been boarded up,\u201d said a La Mesa resident, Dave. \u201cSome people [hang] around there, some people park trucks there, but nothing seems to be happening with it at all. It just exists, and it\u2019s a waste of space.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCruddier every year. Like, just cruddier and cruddier,\u201d said Anthony, who works in La Mesa. \u201cAnd it’s just been there.\u201d<\/p>\n Last year, the City of La Mesa told CBS 8 that design plans for a QDOBA were submitted for processing. On Monday, the city said that the project is still moving forward.<\/p>\n According to the city, the project design was ratified at the Aug. 12 City Council meeting.<\/a> The applicant, Cali Queso Corporation<\/a>, has since submitted grading plans that are currently under review. However, building plans have not yet been submitted, and there\u2019s no timeline for construction.<\/p>\n \u201cQDOBA is interesting because you got Chipotle over there, there’s another Chipotle up there on Navajo, so it would be okay, but [it] seems like a weird location for it,\u201d said Dave.<\/p>\n As for QDOBA, a spokesperson previously told CBS 8 they expected the La Mesa location to open in 2026. CBS 8 reached out again on Monday for an updated timeline but has not yet heard back.<\/p>\n \u201cI think anything related to food is a good fit,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cSomething nice to get rid of the eyesore, I guess you can say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Working for you, we followed up on what comes next for the abandoned gas and smog station on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-282946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115330374958693535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}