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Chula Vista

Tick tock a deadline looms!

Children, their parents and guardians are running out of time if they want to participate in this year’s San Diego Council on Literacy’s Financial Literacy Superheroes Competition. Would-be graphic artists from throughout...

Vague similarity in criminal cases

The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, started the first of four criminal trials this week. Even if the former president was facing only one trial it would be worth...

SDSU Aztecs withdraw from bowl consideration, end 2020 season

The season is over for the San Diego State University football team after head coach Brady Hoke announced on Dec. 16 that the program had taken itself out of bowl consideration. The...

Now isn’t the time be complacent

This time next week the San Diego County Registrar of Voters should have the final results of the June 7 election, though by now voters have a solid idea of which...

State pauses facial ID

A new state law that bans law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition for the next three years will impact the Chula Vista Police Department and the National City Police Department,...

Teen assailant identified by victim

A National City man who was shot six times last summer has recovered enough to identify one man in court as the gunman. Sean Simpson, 26, was once in critical condition but...

Lolita’s still serving guests their comfort food amid pandemic

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has certainly changed how restauranteurs have served their clientele, and how guests have adapted to new dining customs and regulations. Social distancing, for one, has transcended all aspects...

New year and no pot to purchase

A statewide voter approved measure legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana went into affect Jan. 1. Two years ago, 57.1 percent of California voters passed Prop. 64, the California Marijuana Legislation Initiative...

Rotary rolls out the bicycles

Every holiday season, the Chula Vista Rotary Club becomes Santa's Workshop when they assemble bikes for foster families. In 1988 former club presidents Manny Adler and John Miller had an idea to...

There is belief for a moment things can be different

The first early morning text says, “I’m at the hospital. I’m at five centimeters.” By the time I shower and clear the fog from my brain, she is at seven centimeters...

Federal grant money makes addition of firefighters possible

The Chula Vista Fire Department recently was awarded a grant that will see it add more boots on the ground. A Department of Homeland Security grant will be dedicated to hiring 12...

Embarrassed by an attorney’s actions

Attn.: Dan Shinoff Having read your two letters of February 24, 2013 to BOC Chairman Marinovich, I am both embarrassed for and disappointed in your firm. You were either duped or compliant...

Funds for the foundation

Combine six buckets of pancake batter with three fire engines and more than 500 local residents and what do you get? A recipe for disaster relief. The Chula Vista Firefighters Foundation fired...

SWC board members named

On Feb. 16, the Southwestern College governing board, in the second and final process, unanimously approved to appoint two new governing board members. After seven 30-minute interviews and a short discussion,...

Titan mat men show most at Metro finals

Not all of the Metro Conference’s top male wrestlers were present for last Friday’s championship tournament at Montgomery High School, but the 70-plus competitors who did venture onto the mat helped...

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THIS WEEK

Metro mat women get...

Flag football may be the fastest-growing high school girls sport but girls wrestling set the precedent, and it continues to grow in many areas. This...

Open Division hopefuls abound...

When the San Diego Section unveiled its elite Open Division playoffs  a decade or so ago, it remained a dream for most Metro Conference...

It’s No. 1 Titans...

Friday’s 2026 edition of the Metro Conference roller hockey championship tournament’s grand finale is set: the top-seeded Eastlake Titans versus the third-seeded Otay Ranch...

Foundation graduates second round...

For the second consecutive year, the Guy and Olive Lookabaugh Foundation has fully funded tuition for an entire entering cohort of Vocational Nursing students...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

How to Understand the World & Our Country Today Crisis, polarization then a sweep into unity. This is how change occurs on earth - the...

Creating opportunity, one scholarship...

At Southwestern College, we believe talent is everywhere and opportunity must be made accessible. One of the most powerful ways we achieve that is...

Epic win catapults Gulls...

The San Diego Gulls needed this one. And they got it. Trailing by one goal on three different occasions in front of a sellout crowd...

It’s time for paying...

Enough time has passed since the last of the major holidays that it seems an acceptable time to hop back on the soapbox without...

E-vehicle chargers coming

Chula Vista is preparing to open a new Tesla Supercharger station that will significantly expand electric vehicle charging options in the community. The site, located...

County seeks pollution chief

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted to put someone in charge of coordination and accountability in addressing the Tijuana River...