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Spike this: Titans win first CIF boys volleyball title since 1999

When the Eastlake Titans won the San Diego Section Division II boys volleyball championship in 1999 under then head coach Jim Knox, none of the players on the school’s current edition...

Getting to the truth of the matter

It was bad news to learn the city and the five Chula Vista officers lost a $2.2 million judgment in federal court for so-called police brutality and other offenses. One million...

The stage is set for bayfront development

The South Bay power plant will be switched off on New Year's Eve. The South Bay power plant, which has long been considered by Chula Vista residents as a hindrance to bayfront...

Metro Conference athletes turn in amazing CIF finals performance

Metro Conference track and field athletes saved their best for last at last Saturday’s San Diego Section championship meet at Mt. Carmel High School. What looked like a group in flux came...

SDSU’s Bennett named MWC Defensive Player of the Week

San Diego State University senior Britney Bennett has earned honors as the Mountain West Conference women’s soccer Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. The weekly award is the San...

Changing job description?

The Chula Vista City Council voted 3-2 to add a measure to the June ballot that would ammend  the city's charter with relation to its elected city attorney. Chula Vista Councilman Steve...

Hold the press

The Southwestern College student newspaper, The Sun, was hit with a demand recently from school administration to stop production of their print edition stating they are out of compliance with printer selection...

A mistake to dismiss them

Laughable. Enlightening. Intriguing. Messy. Self-destructive. Rudderless. Dismissed. Comical. Hopeful. Ignored. Those are the words that come immediately to mind when my thoughts turn to Occupy San Diego. The ones that don't are inconsequential...

Who will emerge as new Metro-Pacific League champion: Castle Park?

Hans Graham is entering his second year as head coach at Castle Park High School and, while his first season wasn’t bad — a 6-5 overall record and a playoff berth...

Student sailor program reborn

A local youth sailing program that lost its momentum is setting sail once again. The Chula Vista Yacht Club, which created the program in the early ’90s, had a large following then. “At...

Local photographers selected for MOPA youth exhibition

With a record number of more than 875 art submissions for the 14th annual Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) Juried Youth Exhibition, Southwestern College freshman Ariana Johnson, 18, and Liberty Charter...

Re-count underway

A re-count in the tight Chula Vista City Council race involving Councilman John McCann and his opponent Steve Padilla got under way Wednesday morning. About 22 members of the McCann and Padilla...

Man punished for second manslaughter

Francisco Jose Arellano, 33, of Chula Vista, was sentenced Oct. 17 to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the beating and stabbing death of an intoxicated...

TAX IT

Chula Vistans want marijuana. Voters on Tuesday night overwhelmingly passed Measure Q, setting in place a commercial cannabis ordinance that will allow for the licensing and operation of cannabis businesses within the...

Knights are state bowl champs

Depot Center in Carson. The Knights became just the  third San Diego Section school to post an undefeated 14-0 season and the fourth team from the section to win a state bowl...

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THIS WEEK

Cops clear firearms off...

Nearly 140 unwanted firearms were turned in by residents at a South Bay gun safety event on Dec. 13, reflecting strong community participation in...

One for four: Jaguars...

Aside from all-star games, the high school football season wrapped up last weekend with 15 state bowl championship games.Four teams represented the San Diego...

Williams paces San Diego...

It was a scene right out of a post-apocalyptic film: shadowy figures running around in dense fog.It could easily have taken place somewhere in...

Survey delivers a dose...

One morning eons ago I trudged into my cousin’s garage. The fluorescent lamps hummed and flickered. The cold of the slick, cement floor stung my...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

Hanukkah, Mourner’s Kaddish, Fourth Advent Candle & Winter Solstice This is the week leading up to Winter Solstice and Hanukkah - eight-day Hebrew festival of Light....

Downtown Chula Vista welcomes...

Winter is officially here, and Downtown Chula Vista is celebrating the season’s arrival while gearing up for the new year. The Chula Vista community...

Nine Metro teams represented...

The Frank Pekarek National City Host Lions Club boys basketball tournament has faced off for another year. The 21-team tournament tipped off Saturday with...

Lady Lancers bound out...

B.J. Hunt ranks second all-time in the boys discus throw in Hilltop High School track and field history with a mark of 143-9 (set...

Teen’s video a ‘Breakthrough’...

Seventeen-year-old Grace Lee from Chula Vista is gaining national attention as a finalist in the global Breakthrough Junior Challenge, an annual competition that invites...