Sunday, February 8, 2026
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Chula Vista

From school to community, neighbors help grandaughter

Life has been a struggle for Katheryn Gonzalez, 19, and her grandmother who has raised her since she was eight months old. They’ve moved around trying to get by and when...

A dog’s life

Some mornings, the face staring back at me has a few more gray hairs than it did the night before. The eyes are darker. Heavier. Who the heck are you? I...

Lady Eagles going for CIF three-peat

A total of five South County girls volleyball teams advanced to this week’s division semifinal matches, including three from the Metro Conference. That’s a significant number, especially when considering that four...

State mandates clean plates and compost in coming year

Back in 2016, then California Governor Edmund “Jerry” Brown Jr. set methane emissions reduction targets for California to reduce organic waste disposal by 50% by 2020 and by 75% by 2025,...

Pack your toothbrush, not your gun

More people tried to bring firearms onto airplanes last year than ever before, and San Diego was part of that trend. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration knew it had a problem on...

THE WEEK AHEAD

Those looking for a respite from the weekend’s searing heat will find relief in the coming days as the forecast calls for cooling temperatures this week. CHULA VISTA   Monday: Mostly sunny with a...

Judge orders exposed man stay with parents

A Chula Vista man pleaded guilty March 11 to committing lewd conduct in public in front of an elementary school and felony resistance of an officer during his arrest. Justine Jeffery Sison,...

Deadly border crossing

On May 20, 1929 a car crossed the Mexican border into the United States. In the car was a week's proceeds consisting of $600 in cash and checks worth $70,000 from the...

Mustang spikers, drum roll, advance to CIF title game

The Otay Ranch High School boys volleyball team is on the rise, make no mistake about that. After advancing to last year’s San Diego Section Division I semifinals — a first...

CIF baseball, softball championship games coming into clearer focus

After nearly two weeks of competitive playoffs, the lineup for the San Diego Section’s championship weekend is quickly falling into place. There are five possible rounds in each of the seven divisions...

Coming back to council

Absent from serving the city of Chula Vista as an elected official for nearly a decade, former mayor Steve Padilla could return to the dais as a councilman if voters elect...

Encouraging businesses to employ life saving measures

An estimated 350,000 individuals in the United States will suffer this year from a sudden cardiac arrest. About 52,500 of these individuals will die from sudden cardiac arrest while working, running...

Chula Vista won’t be sanctuary

The Chula Vista City Council voted Tuesday night not to call itself a sanctuary city, fearing that it would create a false sense of security for anyone in Chula Vista. Instead, the...

Girls hoops teams tip off new season

The San Diego Section will crown its 2025-26 girls basketball divisional champions Feb. 26-28. All the hoopla, cheers and tears are still more than a month away, but it’s time for...

Annual holiday festival and parade ushers in holiday

Downtown Chula Vista will be decked in the holiday spirit with two of its most popular holiday events this weekend. The Third Avenue Village Association’s fifth annual Holiday in the Village event...

WEATHER

Chula Vista
clear sky
54 ° F
58.7 °
51.6 °
88 %
1.6mph
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Sun
78 °
Mon
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Tue
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Wed
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Thu
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THIS WEEK

Metro mat women get...

Flag football may be the fastest-growing high school girls sport but girls wrestling set the precedent, and it continues to grow in many areas. This...

E-vehicle chargers coming

Chula Vista is preparing to open a new Tesla Supercharger station that will significantly expand electric vehicle charging options in the community. The site, located...

Chair of California Transportation...

Clarissa Reyes Falcon has been elected Chair of the California Transportation Commission, with Joseph Cruz serving as Vice Chair, which the Commission announced at...

SWC opens Spring semester...

Southwestern College welcomed more than 18,000 students this week as the Spring 2026 semester got underway, marking a lively and energized return to campus....

Open Division hopefuls abound...

When the San Diego Section unveiled its elite Open Division playoffs  a decade or so ago, it remained a dream for most Metro Conference...

Actions may need to...

It is a gesture, a simple and symbolic one. But it is the right one. When most of the Chula Vista City Council during a...

Students take stop sewage...

When students from across South Bay boarded buses and an airplane for Sacramento in January, they weren’t heading on a typical field trip. They were going to...

It’s No. 1 Titans...

Friday’s 2026 edition of the Metro Conference roller hockey championship tournament’s grand finale is set: the top-seeded Eastlake Titans versus the third-seeded Otay Ranch...

Epic win catapults Gulls...

The San Diego Gulls needed this one. And they got it. Trailing by one goal on three different occasions in front of a sellout crowd...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

How to Understand the World & Our Country Today Crisis, polarization then a sweep into unity. This is how change occurs on earth - the...

Foundation graduates second round...

For the second consecutive year, the Guy and Olive Lookabaugh Foundation has fully funded tuition for an entire entering cohort of Vocational Nursing students...

Creating opportunity, one scholarship...

At Southwestern College, we believe talent is everywhere and opportunity must be made accessible. One of the most powerful ways we achieve that is...