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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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Greater oversight protects everyone

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 07/15/2017 0

Occasionally someone will say to me, “So I hear you hate cops.” I’m still perplexed by how seemingly reasonable people can interpret a call for law enforcement accountability as a sign of...

Mural is a cause for paws

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 09/23/2022 0

The Chula Vista Animal Care Facility is getting a makeover with a new mural done by Ground Floor Murals. The mural will be revealed at the Facility on Oct. 1 from...

Council hopefuls share plans for Chula Vista

Chula Vista Jon Campbell - 03/26/2010 0

Candidates for Chula Vista City Council met for a community forum on Monday, taking questions from voters and local community groups. The forum had been expected to include conservative radio host Roger...

Attorney wants people to be nicer

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 03/14/2013 0

The beginning of a Sweetwater Union High School District board meeting turned into a lesson on civility when school district attorney Dan Shinoff presented the topic to the public and trustees...

Life’s an adventure with family in town

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 10/08/2011 0

We note by the calendar that it is now October. To make sure we look in the morning paper, and, sure enough, it is now October. Actually, I don't mind it one...

Flashy fun

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 07/16/2011 0

Designed to surprise passersby, flash mobs assemble suddenly in public to perform an act for a brief time then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment and/or satire. For the first time,...

ELECTION 2022

Latest News Jessica Brodkin Webb - 10/21/2022 0

Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, the 43-year old mayoral incumbent of National City and former city council member, is running for another term against former mayor Ron Morrison and current city council member Jose...

All bets off wiith gambling

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 04/05/2014 0

"How much ya wanna bet?" was a common question growing up in my neighborhood in Flint, Mich. It was a rhetorical question because no one had anything to bet. The first time...

Fox homecoming proves a winning one for Bears over Chargers on MNF

Alumni Phillip Brents - 11/10/2015 0

Both the Chicago Bears and San Diego Chargers have been hit hard by injuries through the first half of the season and, though the teams' match-up at Qualcomm Stadium on ESPN's...

Despite pleas for longer sentence, man gets seven

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 01/22/2011 0

The drunk driver from Paradise Hills who caused the death of sheriff's deputy Ken Collier was sentenced Jan. 7 to seven years and eight months in prison. An Internet campaign and a...

Applying filters to what we choose for the world to see

Columnists Nancy Alvarado - 06/07/2019 0

I can’t be the only parent relieved that my children weren’t born under the microscope of social media. While I admire pictures of glowing pregnant women, there was nothing photogenic about...

Alleged meth dealers face judge

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 10/01/2011 0

Seven Chula Vista residents pleaded not guilty Sept. 23 to a federal grand jury indictment that alleged they participated in a methamphetamine distribution organization. The seven were among 24 people indicted and...

Club plugs away at raising money, good will for community

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 05/20/2017 0

Not too many people in the South Bay have heard of the Sweetwater Women’s Club. And that’s the way the 60 women in the club like it. For more than a century,...

‘Small Business’ meant little business for some

Chula Vista admin - 12/01/2011 0

Most people know Black Friday as the biggest shopping day of the year, but not so many know about Small Business Saturday. This year marked the second annual Small Business Saturday on...

College football: former Crusader is following the leader

College Phillip Brents - 09/27/2018 0

Imperial High School’s Royce Freeman made a splash as the San Diego Section’s all-time career leader in rushing yards (7,606), rushing touchdowns (111), and points scored (724) before going on to...

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