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Titans, Bruins take the hardwood in Memorial game

Phillip Brents - 01/22/2026

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Above the rim: SDSU tips off MW play on winning note

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Overtime games add excitement to regular season slate

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Otay Ranch girls lacrosse team is in a groove

High School Phillip Brents - 04/28/2011 0

The Otay Ranch High School girls lacrosse team appears to be in a groove and also make that in a groovy mood. The Mustangs, two-time defending Metro Conference champions, picked up...

500 wins and counting for Hilltop’s Acerrio

Sports Phillip Brents - 05/25/2010 0

It might be appropriate to say that Hilltop High School softball coach Nancy Acerrio has seen it all in her 23 years on the bench: the proverbial blood, sweat and tears. And...

More charges against Sweetwater officials

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 05/11/2012 0

The San Diego District Attorneys office this morning added four new charges each against former and current Sweetwater Union High School District officials in an ongoing corruption case. The defendants were charged...

Pregnant woman released from immigration detention but questions remain about ICE policy

National City Edward Sifuentes - 10/07/2017 0

After more than 40 days in an immigration detention facility, Maria Solis, an Oceanside pregnant mother, was released to her family on Sept. 12. Ms. Solis, who has had a history of...

MLB season is under way for San Diego County alumni

Chula Vista Phillip Brents - 04/11/2024 0

El Capitan High School alumnus Kevin Ginkel finished the 2023 Major League Baseball season in seventh heaven as the Arizona Diamondbacks reached the end goal of every Little Leaguer’s dream: a...

School board votes for slashing staff

Chula Vista Isabel Hughes - 02/28/2020 0

After hearing fury and cries pour out over the course of more than four hours of public comment, the Sweetwater Union School District board still voted 3-2 to move forward with...

Park View marches on to Little League World Series West Region showcase tournament

Baseball Phillip Brents - 07/28/2018 0

The Park View Little League 12U all-star team is headed to TV Land – aka the Little League World Series West Region tournament in San Bernardino. The Green Monsters took that giant...

Fifty reasons to cheer!

Football Phillip Brents - 10/31/2025 0

ONCE A RAIDER, ALWAYS A RAIDER! Southwest High School celebrated its 50th anniversary last Friday with gala homecoming activities at Otay Ranch High School, which stood in for the South San Diego...

Summer arriving with a splash

Uncategorized Carlos Davalos - 05/28/2016 0

SeaWorld Aquatica Waterpark in Chula Vista is a one-stop-shop for family entertainment. “Aquatica is the perfect place for families to enjoy their summer,” said Carlos Cuevas, vice president of Aquatica at 2052...

Safe gun ordinance goes into effect

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 02/18/2022 0

In part of an ordinance passed by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 22 regulates non-serialized firearms and non-serialized precursor firearm parts, commonly known as ghost guns parts....

100 DAYS

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 04/09/2021 0

The city of National City is in its second week of a ‘100 Days’ campaign focused on vaccinating 48,000 residents from the 91950 zip code in order to reach herd immunity...

Insight into human nature

Letters to the editor Deuel Woodward - 04/02/2021 0

We have tried to win the hearts and minds of people in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries. Trillions of dollars have been spent on wars. Thousands of American lives have...

Faulty signatures force two out of Chula Vista council race

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 03/26/2016 0

The number of candidates running for office in the city of Chula Vista was trimmed to six after two potential candidates were disqualified from appearing on the ballot when they failed...

Boys soccer: Hilltop kickers claim Coronado Islanders tourney title

High School Phillip Brents - 12/19/2014 0

The Hilltop High School boys soccer team kicked off the 2014-15 season by capturing the championship title of the Coronado Islanders tournament. The Lancers defeated Carlsbad, 2-1, in the tourney finals on...

Ex-Chula Vista cop ordered to pay victim in abuse case

National City Robert Moreno - 03/25/2017 0

The criminal case against a former Chula Vista police officer guilty of physically abusing his girlfriend’s son has come to an end after a judge ordered him to pay restitution. San Diego...

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