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Frosh phenoms are lacing up their skates in 2025-26 Metro Conference roller hockey season

Phillip Brents - 01/16/2026

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King’s call for justice still relevant

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Familiar fragrance store opens new Chula Vista venue

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Moore takes lead at port

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SWC celebrates empowering futures and expanding potential

Chula Vista admin - 06/06/2025 0

On May 30, I celebrated one of the most meaningful milestones of the year as Superintendent/President of Southwestern College: the graduation of our 64th class, with over 2,800 graduates, 4,666 degrees...

Ex-Titan Jefferson makes game-saving pick in Monday Night Football win

Alumni Phillip Brents - 10/30/2015 0

Tony Jefferson’s NFL stock has to have risen substantially after he made a game-saving interception in the end zone to preserve the Arizona Cardinals’ 26-18 non-conference victory against the visiting Baltimore...

Main Street revisited in Bonita

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 02/08/2014 0

A few months ago I was speaking with Julie Gay, the director of the Bonita Museum, and she was telling me about some programs that are on tap for 2014 that...

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...

Out of the box thinking helps produce business adapt

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 05/14/2021 0

In 1981 Maria de Lourdes Pulido taught her children the importance of hard work, and her children helped her with the family business that began as a small neighborhood convenience store....

Questions left unanswered during tedious national homework

Chula Vista Nancy Alvarado - 04/19/2018 2

I wandered into the Post Office the other day asking for tax forms. I wanted the thick booklets printed by the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board that I remembered...

Local leader empowers Latinas

Chula Vista Isabel Hughes - 08/22/2019 0

From becoming a member 20 years ago, to becoming the first ever Executive Director in 2016, Bonita resident Sofia Salgado, 50, has continuously dedicated herself to uplifting Latina women through MANA...

Breakfast with Santa

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 12/26/2013 0

Santa brought smiles to Chula Vista on Dec. 21 as he handed out more than 350 gifts to children of all ages at the Boys and Girls Club of South County’s...

National City man’s death may have saved life

National City Esmeralda F. Ramirez - 07/17/2010 0

Michael McCrerey, a 66-year-old Irish man, stands strong at 6 foot 4 inches. Six years ago, however, he was thin, weak and dying from liver disease caused by years of rough...

Barons end otherwise sensational softball season 34-2

Sports Phillip Brents - 06/03/2011 0

Throughout the regular season and through three rounds of the San Diego Section playoffs, Bonita Vista High School’s top-ranked softball team was an offensive powerhouse: scoring runs seemingly at will and...

Prison, funeral costs price of stabbing

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/26/2014 0

A Nestor man who was convicted of fatally stabbing an acquaintance in Chula Vista was sentenced June 20 to 15 years to life in prison and ordered to pay $2,760.50 for...

PRIDE of South Bay

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 03/22/2013 0

The South Bay Pride Art and Music Festival will make a comeback this fall with its new location after being cancelled last year by South Bay Alliance, the lesbian, gay, bisexual...

Titans top Mariners, 18-3, in roller hockey reunion game

High School Phillip Brents - 01/23/2015 0

Ron Cole coached the Mar Vista High School roller hockey team for 10 years, starting in 2001. Fourteen years later, he finds himself at the helm of the Eastlake Titans, who...

BEACH ‘n’ OPPORTUNITY

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 07/09/2021 0

What began as a few children on the beach with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches has grown into a substantial program for youth in foster care and at-risk communities, using therapeutic...

Program pairs veterans with peers

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 08/26/2017 0

A new program has local veterans visiting patients of the Veterans Affairs San Diego. Vet-to-Vet, a Chula Vista- based peer support program that utilizes veterans in a peer mentoring capacity to help...

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Alumni

Frosh phenoms are lacing up their skates in 2025-26 Metro Conference roller hockey season

King’s call for justice still relevant

Familiar fragrance store opens new Chula Vista venue

Moore takes lead at port

DON'T MISS

SWC celebrates empowering futures and expanding potential

Ex-Titan Jefferson makes game-saving pick in Monday Night Football win

Main Street revisited in Bonita

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

Out of the box thinking helps produce business adapt

Questions left unanswered during tedious national homework

Local leader empowers Latinas

Breakfast with Santa

National City man’s death may have saved life

Barons end otherwise sensational softball season 34-2

Prison, funeral costs price of stabbing

PRIDE of South Bay

Titans top Mariners, 18-3, in roller hockey reunion game

BEACH ‘n’ OPPORTUNITY

Program pairs veterans with peers

WEATHER

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