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Open Division hopefuls abound in South County this year

Phillip Brents - 02/05/2026

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Metro mat women get their moment in time

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SWC opens Spring semester with new facilities,culinary expansion, and AI-focused learning

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Otay Ranch’s Gillespie showcases freshman talent

High School Phillip Brents - 06/10/2010 0

In retrospect, Metro Conference athletes fared about as reasonably well as might be expected against an exceptionally strong field at this year's San Diego Section track and field championship meet May...

Man stands trial for three murders

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/16/2011 0

A Chula Vista man has been ordered to stand trial for three murders that include a missing girlfriend from 1992 and his wife and mother-in-law who died in 2010 near where...

Civil action against cop dropped

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 01/07/2015 0

An 18-year-old man dropped his request for a second temporary restraining order against a Chula Vista police officer after both sides reached an accord at the South County Courthouse Oct. 30. Under...

Aztecs earn No. 2 seed in CIF Div. III baseball playoffs

Baseball Phillip Brents - 06/01/2010 0

The reigning South Bay League champion Montgomery Aztecs received the No. 2 seed in this year’s 12-team San Diego Section Division III baseball playoffs to head the list of six Metro...

Charming one-woman show is fun, light piece of theater at OnStage

Arts Jeanne Becijos - 12/07/2017 0

Looking for a light, fun piece of theater, with a touch of the holidays? “Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class” fits that description. Chula Vista’s Onstage Playhouse is producing this charming one-woman show. Sister...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week August 17 – 23, 2022

Horoscope legals - 08/18/2022 0

Leo to Virgo – Entrance to a Secret Garden We are in our last week of Leo. Leo is the light of the Soul which is the light of the Sun that...

A lesson worth memorizing

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 01/08/2011 0

If I was a punk kid who found himself in trouble with the law, say for allegedly stabbing some dude and leaving him for dead near a college campus, would I...

Scooter-riding bank robber sentenced

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 06/19/2020 0

A Chula Vista bank robber who fled on a Lime electric scooter was sentenced Monday to 57 months in federal prison. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Brehm said Mario Daniel Haro, 32, was...

Father killer pleads guilty

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/07/2012 0

A National City man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2010 fatal stabbing of his father who was also his supervisor at work. Sentencing for Rickey Orlando Cotton Jr., 37,...

Competitors set in historic city races

Chula Vista snstaff - 03/19/2016 0

For the first time in the city’s history, elections in Chula Vista will be determined by council districts. Last year, a seven-member commission decided the boundaries and determined what council districts...

Santa Claus planning to cruise through town

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 11/20/2020 0

North Pole resident Santa Claus will be visiting National City from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12 this year. National City Recreation Center Supervisor Juanita Castaneda said city officials have organized a...

Spartan hoop men making presence felt in Division V rankings, Metro-Pacific League standings

Basketball admin - 02/13/2025 0

The Chula Vista High School boys basketball team appears to be riding a wave of renewed optimism — and enthusiasm — heading into the final stages of the 2024-25 season. The Spartans...

Lady Devils get fresh start to softball season with turnaround 9-3 record

High School Phillip Brents - 03/21/2024 0

Sweetwater High School’s softball team finished last spring with a 2-17 overall record, 1-7 in Metro-South Bay League play. Understandably, the Lady Red Devils did not qualify for the San Diego Section...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week April 21 – 27, 2021

Horoscope Risa DAngeles - 04/22/2021 0

The Wesak Buddha Full Moon Festival. Crystal Bowls of Water in the Garden Many years ago in the early 1970s I encountered an article in an alternative paper with symbols and shapes...

ROW goal is to stamp out graffiti throughout city

Chula Vista Rebecca Williamson - 03/14/2019 0

Graffiti, which appears on walls, buildings, and even trees might have a shorter shelf-life courtesy of the city of Chula Vista’s newly formed Right of Way unit. “The ROW crew was established...

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