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Chula Vista

Keeping the streets safe from ‘dates’

In the early 80s Chula Vista was beset with a problem of street prostitutes. They worked from the 200 to the 1100 blocks of Broadway. Law-abiding females couldn’t walk these blocks day...

The parade came to town and he missed it

I have received a few e-mails and phone calls asking about my absence at Bonitafest 2011. It is true. For the first time since its inaugural I failed to make a...

Man who admitted killing teen wife gets new judge in murder case

A new judge was appointed Dec. 27 to hear the murder case involving a National City man who admitted stabbing his 19-year-old wife to death in 2010 now that an appeals...

Lancers score comeback 28-14 win in season opener

The Hilltop High School football team displayed some real resilience in going the other way after falling behind the visiting Valhalla Norsemen in last Friday’s season opener for both teams. In fact,...

Arzave selected to participate at 2017 USA Swimming National Select Camp

South Bay Aquatics swimmer Julissa Arzave was chosen as one of 48 girls from across the country to participate in the USA Swimming’s National Select Camp Oct. 19-22 at the Olympic...

SWC football’s Carberry, Perez to be inducted into California Community College Hall of Fame

Former Southwestern College football coach Ed Carberry and alumnus Luis Perez will be inducted Saturday into the California Community College Football Hall of Fame in Visalia. Carberry is going in as a...

Man admits killing wife, her mother

A Chula Vista man pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the 1992 slaying of a National City woman whose body has never been found. He also pleaded guilty to killing...

PSAR announces 2018 board

The Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors (PSAR), a Chula Vista-based, 2,500-member trade group for San Diego-area realtors, has announced its recently elected board of directors who will serve during the 2018...

Mastering the drought and short game

Marco Ochoa did not leave college with a deep love for golf club administration, but after landing the gig as golf operations manager at Salt Creek Golf Club in Chula Vista,...

It’s a banner year for California District 42 Little League champions

On the road again, that’s right … the road to the Little League World Series and points elsewhere, of course. Long and winding, and peppered with alternating episodes of disappointment and reward,...

Girls volleyball season heading to exciting finish for Metro Conference teams

The 2015 high school girls volleyball season has a couple of weeks left in regular season play before the start of the San Diego Section playoffs. The post-season looks to be...

City and college explore ‘realistic’ university options

Both the Southwestern College Governing Board and the Chula Vista City Council held their regularly scheduled meetings Tuesday evening. Although both entities met separately, with each tackling their own issues, they did...

Meditation as as a means to peace

Mar Cardenas, director of the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Chula Vista, said that in an effort to promote peace the church will be hosting weekly complimentary meditation classes. "These meditation classes...

ELECTION 2022

Ammar Campa-Najjar is running for Chula Vista mayor, a seat being vacated by Mayor Mary Casillas Salas. The 33-year-old Democrat, Najjar has run twice for California’s 50th congressional district, first in...

Amped up for ales

In the early 1900s Chula Vista was known as the Lemon Capital of the world because of its abundance of lemon groves. Third Avenue Village Association, the downtown business district, even...

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THIS WEEK

Emilio’s Dream Sundae to...

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream — with a purpose. Sammy’s at Seven Mile Restaurant and Bar in Chula Vista...

Aztec round-ballers keep up...

SDSU men start MW play 9-1, SDSU women roll a perfect 10-0 Viejas Arena is regularly filled whenever the San Diego State University men’s basketball...

Partners share warmth

Dalton Subaru partnered with SBCS on Jan. 13 to distribute more than 200 new winter coats to children and families in National City, bringing...

Slam dunk! Barons win...

Bonita Vista and Eastlake high schools have been rivals since the 1990s. The schools’ annual Battle for the Boot football game has become the...

In search of a...

The shame of the Trump administration’s immigration policy is all too apparent in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s unjustified raids across the nation. As...

Health center consolidates services...

National City residents now have access to a wide range of healthcare services in one location with the opening of the Macias Family Health...

Shining brightly decades later

In January 1989, George Bush the elder was elected the 41st president of the United States, convicted serial killer Ted Bundy was put to...

She believes: Jordyn Bugg...

The Winter Olympic Games are set to open Feb. 6 in Italy and the next Summer Olympic Games are scheduled 2028 in Los Angeles.The...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

The Christmas Tree Becomes the Valentine’s Tree As February begins we have multiple celebrations (needed in the dark of winter). The celebrations are Jewish Arbor...

Beware of Artificial Intelligence...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live and work, but criminals are using it too. One of the fastest-growing and most frightening new scam...