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NC addresses slow response times with promotions

National City Robert Moreno - 12/17/2016 0

The National City Fire Department will roll out a pilot program that fire officials say will better assist residents in the northeastern area of the city. The one-year program that will be...

Lady Crusaders move one win away from state girls basketball title

Basketball admin - 03/13/2025 0

Mater Dei Catholic High School girls basketball head coach David Monroe has helped put a very successful face on the Lady Crusaders’ program in his 20 years of service. That success...

Chula Vista’s man of steel makes most of scraps

Chula Vista Phillip Brents - 05/23/2015 0

If plans go as scheduled, the city of Chula Vista will be home to a rather large and unique piece of public art sometime later this summer. Steel artist Michael Leaf,...

Sweetwater officials in court

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 01/12/2012 0

Four current and former Sweetwater high school district board members and one contractor are expected to be arraigned in San Diego Superior Court this afternoon on multiple criminal charges. San Diego County...

‘Core Four’ has Titans skating toward possible league title, playoff berth

High School Phillip Brents - 03/05/2011 0

Eastlake High School roller hockey coach Rone Torres is the South County’s biggest cheerleader. Now in his sixth year behind the bench, Torres has won three Mesa League titles and has...

Feds send quadraplegic to prison on drug charges

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 01/10/2015 0

A disabled Chula Vista man who illegally purchased assault weapons and smuggled ammunition in his wheelchair across the border to a Mexican drug cartel has been sentenced to 70 months in...

See and speak or look away and shut up?

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 11/20/2020 0

Throughout childhood we were, in one way or another, often told that no one likes a tattletale. So when Katie Lumpshortz told our fourth grade teacher that I was reading comic books...

Carrying the Jaguar spirit into 2026

Chula Vista Dr. Mark Sanchez - 12/06/2025 0

As we near the end of another year at Southwestern College, I find myself reflecting with deep gratitude on the people who give this institution its heart: our students, our employees,...

Mustang duo puts Otay Ranch on the state wrestling map

High School Phillip Brents - 03/29/2011 0

The 2010-11 high school wrestling season was one of history-making proportions for the Otay Ranch Mustangs. Included were the east side Chula Vista school’s first-ever San Diego Section division and section...

State mandates clean plates and compost in coming year

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

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,...

South Bay-braced SDSU to meet Navy in Poinsettia Bowl

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 12/17/2010 0

San Diego State University has accepted a bid to play Navy Thursday, Dec. 23, in the sixth annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. It is the first bowl game...

OWD board member removed from all assigned committees

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 04/29/2017 0

Otay Water District President Mark Robak said he “followed through” with a censure when he removed one of his fellow board members from participating on any organizational and outside committees. A censure...

‘Joy ride’ comes to an end for gang leader

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 04/18/2019 0

A motorcycle gang leader has pleaded guilty to stealing Jeep Wranglers in Chula Vista and elsewhere in which the cars were taken to Mexico to be sold or stripped for parts. The...

Chula Vistans included in Old Globe’s production of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’

Uncategorized admin - 12/01/2016 0

It’s a story that apparently has no end – “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” It first made its appearance in book form in 1957 courtesy of Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel. The...

Nearly 3,000 graduates to move across Southwestern College stage

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 05/23/2024 0

Southwestern College is holding its 63rd annual commencement ceremonies on May 24. With 2,866 students receiving degrees and certificates, the college is holding two ceremonies at DeVore Stadium, one at 10...

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