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San Diego County Cup champions crowned

Phillip Brents - 01/08/2026

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Roller hockey faces off 2026 portion of 2025-26 Metro slate

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Gulls face off new year with Pacific Division challenges

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NFL star watch: Broncos use kryptonite to fell Panthers’ Superman

Alumni Carlos Davalos - 02/09/2016 0

The Denver Broncos won their third Super Bowl championship by defeating the Carolina Panthers, 24-10, on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. It was a defensive display of excellence for...

Equality for all on Independence Day?

Opinion admin - 07/03/2025 0

Ask not, what these words mean to them—men who were alive hundreds of years ago and uttered them at the founding of this country—ask what these words mean to you. “We hold...

No. 2-seeded Crusaders are Division III CIF football champions

Football Phillip Brents - 12/02/2021 0

It’s said that defense wins championships. A bit of well-timed offense certainly doesn’t hurt, either. The second-seeded Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders overcame an offensive lull in the first half, aided by a...

Libraries without librarians check in to South County

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 11/11/2017 0

The county of San Diego’s Family Resource Center in Chula Vista provides a variety of services to area residents. On Tuesday morning, the center at 690 Oxford St. also became home...

Cop car-rammer guilty

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 07/10/2020 0

A man charged with ramming a police car in South Bay will be sentenced July 16 after he pleaded guilty to felony assault, resisting an officer, and burglary of a shoe...

NC Council snuffs commission’s pot advice

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 01/09/2016 0

The National City City Council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to draft an ordinance to prohibit the cultivation of marijuana. The decision went against the Planning Commission’s Nov. 23 recommendation that the...

CV’s Captain Stein is still signing checks and attending indoor soccer games at 102 years old

Alumni Carlos Davalos - 11/17/2015 0

The San Diego Sockers kicked off their second year in the Major Arena Soccer League with a 7-5 victory against Soles de Sonora Oct. 24 at the Valley View Casino Center....

SuHi Hall of Fame hoops class feted, treated to memorable finish

Basketball Phillip Brents - 02/01/2018 0

The Sweetwater High School boys basketball program honored more of its own during last Saturday’s Hall of Fame contest against the visiting Monte Vista Monarchs. The Red Devils didn’t win on the...

Halfway point of prep football season has four Metro Conference teams with winning records

Football Phillip Brents - 09/22/2022 0

Many teams across the San Diego Section have already reached the halfway point of the 2022 high school football season or about to do so. The Sweetwater Red Devils and Hilltop Lancers...

Drive puts hardware in homes

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 07/23/2021 0

On July 31, Computers 2 Kids, along with support from Cox Communications is collecting and refurbishing tech devices through the “Back-to-School Computer and E-waste Drive Through Event” computer drive to meet...

Stakes getting higher for Sockers in MASL championship series

Alumni Phillip Brents - 04/28/2022 0

It was a class reunion of sorts for San Diego Sockers assistant coach Rene Ortiz during Sunday’s Major Arena Soccer League semifinal playoff match against the Chihuahua Savage at Pechanga Arena. Prior...

Chasing after Chandler

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 07/21/2012 0

Maybe one of the best known authors of detective novels is Raymond Chandler, who was born July 23, 1888. I’m no Chandler. But more than 10 years ago the La Jolla Library...

TWO MEN, TWO VOTES

Chula Vista snstaff - 01/03/2015 0

JANUARY Part-time Chula Vista resident Manny Ramirez splits his time between here and the Philippines. When Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of that country and left thousands of people without shelter and basic...

National City School District makes history

National City Robert Moreno - 08/27/2016 0

In the 145 years of its existence, the National School District has always had men as its superintendents. But come Sept. 1 history will be made when Leighangela Brady, 45, takes the...

Health issues prompt canine to leave police department

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 12/04/2020 0

After seven years of patrolling, Turbo, a Belgian malinois, retired from the ChulaVista Police Department K-9 unit on Nov. 17 due to medical reasons with his eyesight. During Turbo’s career he had...

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