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Firefighters throughout county will drive with boots in hand

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 01/19/2024 0

On March 7 local firefighters will take their boots to the streets for the 25th Burn Institute Annual Firefighter Boot Drive. Hundreds of uniformed firefighters will be stationed at intersections across...

Program makes most of backyard fruits, vegetables

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 06/26/2020 0

In a 2016 report by the state of the food system in the San Diego region, it is estimated that in San Diego County, more than 50,000 tons of food is...

How time changes affect your sleep and health

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 03/15/2024 0

The end of daylight-saving time on Nov. 6 required setting our clocks to “fall back” one hour. This means many people are going to have to get used to going to...

County fills voids at SUHSD

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 05/22/2014 0

For the first time in months, the dais for a Sweetwater Union High School District board meeting will be completely filled. However, four of the five seats on the board are to...

SDSU ice men set to face off season this weekend

College Phillip Brents - 09/18/2025 0

The weather remains sunny and humid locally but, believe it or not, the ice hockey season is soon to face off, very soon, in fact.The San Diego State University men’s team...

Former Eastlake CIF swim champion returns to coach alma mater

High School Phillip Brents - 03/23/2018 0

Luca Casimiro turned in a highly decorated high school swimming career while a student-athlete at Eastlake High School. He earned the 2011 Mesa League male swimmer of the year award as a...

With 4-2, Xolos make it 3

Chula Vista Jose Guzman - 02/02/2015 0

Although the season has just started, the Xolos proved that they are a different team from last season as they beat Monarcas Morelia 4-2. This is the team’s third consecutive victory...

Offering support in theory only

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 02/18/2017 0

Presumably National City City Councilman Albert Mendivil is sleeping better these days (how I don’t know, given the ramblings of the president of the United States in an increasingly divided country...

Dirty businesses targetted

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 07/27/2012 0

A process to phase out nearly 150 businesses on National City’s west side has pitted residents and business owners against each other. Following six months of research, data collection and input from...

Three tons of pot equals 18 months in prison

Uncategorized admin - 04/16/2016 0

A former Bonita man who possessed 6,101 pounds of marijuana in a truck he was driving in Chula Vista has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. Christopher Agustin Velazquez, 21,...

Mid-term review for council candidates

Chula Vista Allison K. Sampite-montecalvo - 10/30/2000 0

CHULA VISTA PATRICIA AGUILAR, CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE Chula Vista City Council candidate Patricia Aguilar cites her years long service to the community. "It's very easy to talk about what you're going to do, I...

Free Halloween event scheduled at Terra Nova Plaza

Arts Special to The Star-News - 10/31/2018 0

The must-go trick or treating destination on Halloween in Chula Vista is at Terra Nova Plaza. A very friendly Frankenstein on stilts will meet and greet families at the free Halloween...

Trash co. eyes move to CV

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 08/15/2015 0

A zoning administrator approved an application by Haul AB, LLC, for a project that will bring the Republic Services headquarters and a repair shop to Chula Vista. The city’s trash and recycle...

Girl’s would-be abductor released

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 02/01/2019 0

A South Bay man was released from jail after serving more than a year after he pleaded guilty to false imprisonment of a 13-year-old girl and three separate sexual battery incidents...

Fight was a social event

Uncategorized Allison Sampite - 11/13/2010 0

Michelle Reyes wanted her fight with cancer to be public. Like many Americans, the 31-year-old Chula Vista native found the best way to get the word out was through social media. "I hope that...

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