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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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Boys hoops season underway for local teams

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All football fields are not equal

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 09/16/2023 0

Decades ago, in excruciating August heat, teenage boys gladly subjected themselves to leg-numbing sprints over 10, 20, 50, 80 yards of grass. They lifted weights then ran some more. They learned offensive...

Titans get back in groove with 32-20 victory; face No. 6 Saints next

Football Phillip Brents - 09/26/2014 0

The Open Division playoff seeding will not be known until the end of the regular season. But, for now at least, it appears the Eastlake Titans have improved their chances of...

Alleged fake cop has arresting past

Chula Vista Allison Sampite - 04/09/2011 0

A man suspected of passing himself off as a police officer during traffic stops with motorists was previously arrested by Chula Vista police. On March 22 Kevin Alan Kenniston, 41, was arrested...

Change is constant and necessary in education

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 12/05/2013 0

We live in world where speed and change are no longer the exception, they are the norm. We are constantly reminded of new technology, new products, new trends and new approaches...

South County football players to participate in state bowl game

Sports Phillip Brents - 12/17/2016 0

Though no South County team qualified to compete in this weekend’s California state bowl championship game, a horde of South County football players will be participating in Saturday’s Division III-A title...

Stupid is as stupid does, again and again

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 08/21/2020 0

The notice from Otay Water District caught me off guard. An email informed me the governing board had scheduled a special meeting for today, Friday Aug. 21. The sole purpose of the...

Roller hockey draws awareness as coed sport in Sweetwater school district

Alumni Phillip Brents - 04/01/2016 0

The Sweetwater Union High School District has gone to great measures to promote coed sports opportunities within the Metro Conference. While a handful of females have participated in football, roller hockey...

Call to a Ball

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 10/26/2012 0

All Navy and Marine Corps personnel are invited to “have a ball” with Scuttlebutt Det. #886 on Nov. 10 when they celebrate the 237th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps at...

UCLA-bound student finds help in Hermanitas program

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 05/04/2020 0

Sofia Perez Valle is a senior at Olympian High School in Chula Vista heading to UCLA this fall to major in philosophy. But like other seniors across the country, she is...

EHS track team making strides as 2010 season heats up

High School Phillip Brents - 04/23/2010 0

The Eastlake High School track team has started off Mesa League competition undefeated with double dual meet victories against Chula Vista (April 7) and Bonita Vista (April 14). The Titans and...

P money puts cop stats online

Chula Vista Abraham Jewett - 02/07/2019 0

A temporary half-cent sales tax increase, approved by voters in 2016, is now helping residents of Chula Vista get up-to-the-minute information on crime related statistics in the city. The increase, which will...

Proposal to track who comes and goes at City Hall gets support

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 02/27/2016 0

When William Richter served on the Chula Vista Districting Commission last year, he helped create the commission’s bylaws, a set of guidelines that would govern the advisory group. A portion of those...

Aztecs hand Fresno State first home shutout since 1980 via 23-0 victory

College Phillip Brents - 10/29/2025 0

SDSU place-kicker Gabriel Plascencia earned honors as the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week after accounting for 11 of the Aztecs’ 23 points in a shutout win at Fresno...

Simon Silva running for Chula Vista City Attorney

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 04/08/2022 0

Simon Silva is running for the office of city attorney with the departure of City Attorney Glen Googins, whose term limit is ending. As Chula Vista’s deputy city attorney for the...

Eastlake baseball team making own history in 2018 season

Baseball Phillip Brents - 05/03/2018 0

The Eastlake High School baseball team continues to play in high gear. The Titans defeated the host Chula Vista Spartans, last year’s San Diego Section Division IV champions, by a score...

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