Padres clinch playoff berth, aim for home field advantage

By Josh Frojelin The San Diego Padres are playoff-bound! That’s shocking after the Padres’ star players started slow this season. But Thursday’s 4-2 win over the host Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a wild...

Spartans pick up first football win of 2026 season

Everyone associated with the Chula Vista High School football team knew it was coming. It seemed only a matter of time.The Spartans, after a 0-4 start, won their first game of...

Beware of the impersonators

Scammers are getting better at making their schemes look and sound legitimate and they are using technology to make phone calls appear as if they are coming from a familiar government...

Lady Red Devils, Lady Knights excel at early season Sweetwater girls volleyball tournament

This year’s Sweetwater High School girls volleyball tournament featured a field of 46 teams serving all levels from the Open Division to Division V-AA.South County counted two champions among the six...

SWC kickers keep it moving forward in 2026

The Southwestern College men and women’s soccer teams are off to a very promising start to the 2026 community college season. The men improved their early season record to 5-1 following...

SDSU Aztecs sputter in 26-13 setback to James Madison

San Diego State University’s football program aspires to one day compete in the College Football Playoff (formerly BCS). The Aztecs are hoping it’s sooner than later. They took a lesson on Saturday...

San Diego Wave picks up the pace with two-match winning streak to move into third place in NWSL standings

The National Women’s Soccer League playoffs are a month away. It appears the San Diego Wave is catching fire at the right time of the season.The Wave extended its winning streak...

Best in the West: Sweetwater Sluggers secure trip to Little League World Series

While it may have turned into the ugliest win in the Sweetwater Valley Little League 12U all-star team’s 16 tournament games to date, Saturday’s...

Election 2020

Chula Vista City Councilman Steve Padilla is looking to remain at City Hall for another term serving District 3. Reelected to the council in...

Unusual suspect busted for murder

In 1983, the SDPD and CVPD homicide teams investigated two separate murders with the same possible suspects. We worked on the Jan. 6 strangulation...

Titans top Pirates, earn semifinal date against marauding Highlanders

In the waning minutes of last Friday’s 29-7 quarterfinal-round playoff victory against the visiting Oceanside Pirates, fired-up Eastlake High School fans began chanting “We...

CIF boys basketball: tiny Lutheran scores biggest win of season

Greyhound, E.T., Spider, White Chocolate and Tower of Power. They were all on the Parkway Gym playing court Friday evening as the top-seeded Lutheran...

Stay-at-home orders could mean added vulnerability

On March 19 California Gov. Gavin Newsom told 40 million Californians to stay home. While the shelter-in-place order aims to slow the spread of...

College-bound student learns lesson taking public transportation

It seemed like a perfect plan: my teenage daughter, nearly ready to leave for college, would get a summer job. Hopefully she could find something...

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THIS WEEK

Beware of the impersonators

Scammers are getting better at making their schemes look and sound legitimate and they are using technology to make phone calls appear as if...

Bonita Library community room...

The Bonita-Sunnyside Library is turning its community room into a concert hall, with a new monthly series designed to bring professional musicians, student performers...

South County native Joe...

The South County sports community lost an icon and cherished friend with the untimely passing of Chula Vista High School alumnus Joe Heinz, who...

Spartans pick up first...

Everyone associated with the Chula Vista High School football team knew it was coming. It seemed only a matter of time.The Spartans, after a...

SDSU Aztecs sputter in...

San Diego State University’s football program aspires to one day compete in the College Football Playoff (formerly BCS). The Aztecs are hoping it’s sooner...

SWC kickers keep it...

The Southwestern College men and women’s soccer teams are off to a very promising start to the 2026 community college season. The men improved...

Lady Red Devils, Lady...

This year’s Sweetwater High School girls volleyball tournament featured a field of 46 teams serving all levels from the Open Division to Division V-AA.South...

Jaguars clip Eagles’ wings,...

The Southwestern College football team is 4-0 to start the 2026 community college season. Whether the Jaguars will be 5-0 will be determined Saturday...

Padres clinch playoff berth,...

By Josh Frojelin The San Diego Padres are playoff-bound! That’s shocking after the Padres’ star players started slow this season. But Thursday’s 4-2 win over the...

San Diego Wave picks...

The National Women’s Soccer League playoffs are a month away. It appears the San Diego Wave is catching fire at the right time of...

On our own in...

Bleecchh. That is the sound I make any time I see a robotaxi wending its way along the streets of San Diego or on...