La Posta Indian reservation

Inaugural Wellness 5K to fund expansion for Native Boys & Girls Club

East County News Service
 
March 16, 2026 (East County) -- The Boys & Girls Club of Kumeyaay Nation Wellness will host its inaugural Wellness 5K Walk & Run later this month at Naval Training Center Park.
 
A fundraising effort to expand services for Native youth across San Diego County, the event begins at 8 a.m., Sunday, March 29, at the old NTC-headquartered park at 2455 Cushing Road. Organizers say the event will help fund a new safe space and enhanced programming for the Boys & Girls Club of Kumeyaay Nation Wellness.
 
Currently based on the La Posta Band of Mission Indians Reservation in Boulevard, the BGCKNW holds the distinction of being the first Native Services Boys & Girls Club established in California.

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SNOW VISITORS DEFACE LA POSTA SACRED SITE

 

 

By Miriam Raftery

Photo: ECM news partner 10 News

February 26, 2019 (La Posta) — A couple who claimed responsibility on social media for spray-painting graffiti on rocks at a sacred site on the La Posta Indian reservation in East County claims they didn’t know they were on tribal lands, but have offered to clean up the damage.


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