The Boys & Girls Club of East County La Mesa Clubhouse honored local basketball star Bill Walton by naming the gym after Walton in 2018. Walton died of colon cancer at age 71 in 2024.
Story and photos by Karen Pearlman
April 14, 2026 (La Mesa) --- Bill Walton, who preferred being known as “Billy from La Mesa,” will be memorialized with an honorary street in his hometown. The La Mesa City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved naming a stretch of Lowell Street at Normal Avenue near Bill Walton's alma mater Helix High “Bill Walton Way.”
The City Council did not share an ETA of when the street would be designated as an honor to Walton, who died from cancer in 2024, but City Councilmember Patricia Dillard, who placed the item on the city council's April 14 agenda, said “a formal ceremony will be held at a later date with details to be announced soon.”
The plan to honor Walton stretches back to a press conference last November headed by public advocate Shane Harris with Lori Walton, the widow of Bill Walton, in attendance. Harris spoke here about honoring Bill Walton in both La Mesa and the city of San Diego.
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