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Arts

Wild Horses Festival hits it out of the ballpark again

admin - 12/31/2025

Basketball

Beloved principal, basketball junkie to be missed

College

College football bowl games put the spotlight on Mountain West teams, SDSU Aztecs

Gulls

Gulls making up ground in AHL standings with strong holiday push

DON'T MISS

It’s time to check in and slow down

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 03/09/2024 0

Here we go again. We’ve reached that point in the calendar where we take a week or so adjusting to a new routine. On Sunday most of us will roll out of bed,...

Jaguars muzzle Huskies, 27-17, to extend win streak to four games

College Phillip Brents - 10/10/2019 0

The Southwestern College football team enters its bye week with a chance to rest and recuperate — and reflect on its current four-game winning streak. The Jaguars kicked off the season with...

Volunteers plant trees in hopes of growing urban forest

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 01/08/2022 0

Tree San Diego is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the quality and density of San Diego’s urban forest. However, the approach they take varies across the county, and partnerships with...

Eastlake grad Palet gets football opportunity at University of Alabama

College Phillip Brents - 07/31/2015 0

The start of the college football season is closer than one might think. Eastlake High School alumnus Josh Palet is certainly clued in on that. He leaves San Diego on Saturday,...

Partnership delivers on mission to share food

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 11/20/2020 0

Mission Foods partnered with the Mexican Consulate in San Diego to provide more than 17,000 servings of corn tortillas to support Catholic Charities’ work to feed hungry people in San Diego...

State track finals yield one South County medal, memories

High School Phillip Brents - 06/10/2022 0

The 102nd California state track and field championship meet unfolded last Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis to its usual fanfare as the greatest high school event of...

A rare summer opportunity

Columnists admin - 06/14/2025 0

Hundreds of people gathered in National City Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and policies. The turnout was reportedly large enough to slow traffic and temporarily interrupt bus routes. The protest...

Bonita Vista swimmer sets record quest

High School Phillip Brents - 04/09/2013 0

Bonita Vista High School senior Anthony Ribal is swimming more relaxed these days, and it’s showing in the water. The defending Division I San Diego Section champion in the boys 100-yard breaststroke,...

Teacher pleads guilty

National City Carlos Davalos - 09/03/2016 0

A former substitute teacher for the Sweetwater Union High School District has pleaded guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl. Martin Gallegos, 48, was also an ROTC instructor who...

Evasive woman does time, public works

National City Neal Putnam - 07/08/2017 0

An Otay Mesa woman who pleaded guilty to evading officers while she had a fugitive friend in her car has been ordered to perform 30 days of public work service. Morningstar Dawn...

NHL legend Willie O’Ree honored by Gulls on his 90th birthday

Alumni Phillip Brents - 10/16/2025 0

La Mesan Willie O’Ree never led the National Hockey League in scoring but he dazzled a legion of fans with his speed for the original San Diego Gulls in the Western...

Titans open defense of Mesa League water polo title with 14-1 win

High School Phillip Brents - 10/22/2010 0

Dylan Chase was a wide-eyed freshman when Eastlake High's boys water polo team out-dueled perennial champion Bonita Vista, 6-4 in overtime, in 2008 in what may go down as the greatest...

Voting boundaries shift with changing demographics

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 12/31/2021 0

On Dec. 15, the county of San Diego received final maps detailing exactly how neighborhoods will be split between supervised districts for the next 10 years, with some major changes in...

Council nightmare started when Salas ran for mayor

Uncategorized Carlos Davalos - 08/19/2016 0

Recently, it was announced that a lawsuit alleging Brown Act violations in the appointment of Councilperson Steve Miesen had been settled by the City. Many think that the story involving Miesen...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week September 10 – 16, 2025

Horoscope legals - 09/11/2025 0

In Between & Almost & the Mother This week we are in between eclipses (next eclipse is in two weeks, Sunday, September 21, at the Virgo new moon) and fall equinox and...

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