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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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Eagles avenge early season loss to Poway with semifinal victory

Sports Phillip Brents - 12/02/2016 0

After taking down the No. 1-seeded Poway Titans in the San Diego Section Division II semifinals, it would only seem reasonable that the fourth-seeded Olympian Eagles will want to take down...

Eagles soar above the mat — again

High School Phillip Brents - 02/09/2018 0

The Olympian High School wrestling team gathered on the floor of Eastlake High School’s gymnasium last Saturday once again as Metro Conference champions. The Eagles captured both the varsity and junior varsity...

Lady Lancer football clinic slated July 16 at Hilltop High School

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 07/02/2016 0

The inaugural Lady Lancer Football Academy is scheduled July 16 at Hilltop High School and promises to be a fun event, according to Alex Tejeda, president of Hilltop’s football team booster...

Three tamales and rock are sure to put a smile on anyone’s face

Chula Vista Nancy Alvarado - 03/15/2018 0

The morning is off to a chaotic start. I’ve already spilled coffee on my pants, neither copy machine is functioning, and I can’t find the paper I needed to return to...

Call me a fanboy if you must

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 02/01/2019 0

I’m a fan. Anyone who advocates for those who might be exploited because they are considered weak or vulnerable; anyone who stands up to authority — be it in the form of...

Nothing neutral about cost of info

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 12/14/2017 1

As of press time Thursday the FCC had not taken final definitive action on net neutrality, the notion that everyone in the country should have equal access to the Internet. The agency...

C.O. admits he brought drugs into prison

Uncategorized Neal Putnam - 07/15/2017 0

A former corrections officer from Chula Vista pleaded guilty July 6 to conspiracy to distribute illegal narcotics into the prison and accepting a bribe to do so. Anibal Navarro, 39, admitted to...

Metro Conference finals get late season preview

High School Phillip Brents - 01/30/2020 0

The high school boys wrestling season is picking up momentum. The Metro Conference championship tournament is scheduled Feb. 8 at Southwest High School, followed by the San Diego Section divisional championships...

Mater Dei Catholic’s Olmos wins elite Five Counties wrestling title

Sports admin - 01/19/2017 0

As the 2016-17 high school wrestling season nears postseason competition, the goal remains the same for Mater Dei Catholic High School senior Aaron “Mateo” Olmos: earn a medal at the California...

Forget marijuana, medicinal opium is what doctor ordered

Columnists Susan Walter - 05/28/2011 0

South Bay certainly never did lack for medical doctors. For instance, just a cursory inspection of the directories, census records, and newspapers includes names of quite a number of them, including some...

Visions of graduations become a reality

Chula Vista Rebecca Williamson - 05/30/2019 0

Forty-one students in the South County Economic Development Council’s Optical Training program, titled I Can See My Future, graduated in early May using Southwestern College’s facility for the ceremony. The training program...

The good and the bad approaches

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 12/10/2022 0

It was a shamrock, it was a shipwreck. Doesn’t quite have the same gravitas as Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” opening salvo: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of...

Charging for what you’re giving away

Columns Carlos Davalos - 05/14/2010 0

Plenty of gums were flapping earlier this week when the citizenry thought the city was on the verge of taxing people for getting into fender benders and curb checks that required...

New program aimed at smoothing deputy encounters

Chula Vista Yvette Urrea Moe - 12/23/2023 0

Imagine a scenario in which your loved one is being pulled over or approached by a Sheriff’s deputy and is unable to communicate effectively with the officer. Whether your loved one...

National City ready for jamboree

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 04/19/2013 0

The streets to Las Palmas park in National City are about to get some heavy traffic. The first annual Little League Urban Initiative Southern California Jamboree in San Diego County will take...

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