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Open Division hopefuls abound in South County this year

Phillip Brents - 02/05/2026

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Metro mat women get their moment in time

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SWC opens Spring semester with new facilities,culinary expansion, and AI-focused learning

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DON'T MISS

Warrior Bowl to pit Aztecs, Trojans

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 11/12/2010 0

It’s called the Warrior Bowl and for the winner of Friday’s Castle Park-Montgomery football game, it likely signifies a trip to the San Diego Section Division III playoffs this season. Both teams...

National City wants environmental justice

Latest News Jessica Brodkin Webb - 08/26/2021 0

Elected and community leaders from the city of National City rallied at Pepper Park on Aug. 23 to demand the San Diego Port District invest American Rescue Plan Act funds to...

Smartphone, really!?

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 07/20/2013 0

Smartphone my eye. If you’re so dang smart why won’t you call out to me from where you’re hiding? Are you in the couch? Under the bed? In the car? In the...

The foundations of Father’s Day

Chula Vista Brooke Binkowski - 06/20/2015 0

The inspiration for Father’s Day actually comes from Mother’s Day. In the late 1800s, activist and poetess Julia Ward Howe wrote her “Appeal to Womanhood,” which exhorted women to step forward...

Harder to know who is who anymore

Letters to the editor admin - 06/22/2025 0

Recently I found myself remembering Kevin Kenniston, though not by name. It was more along the lines of “That one guy who impersonated a cop.” In 2011 the Chula Vista man first came...

Man in SWAT confrontation pleads guilty to threat

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 08/22/2019 0

A Bonita man has pleaded guilty to making a criminal threat to his girlfriend just before there was an 8-hour SWAT standoff on May 17. Sentencing is set for Oct. 8 for...

SWC Jags even early season record at 2-2

College Phillip Brents - 10/08/2010 0

While California's community college football hierarchy has been reorganized into a three-tiered playoff system, the state schedule makers did make an effort to preserve some long-standing geographic rivalries. It's odd to...

BMW opens shop in Chula Vista

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 08/09/2024 0

Sunroad Automotive and city leaders broke ground on BMW of Chula Vista on Aug. 8. This will be Sunroad’s second car dealership in Chula Vista, joining Toyota Chula Vista which opened...

A new year and new approaches

Uncategorized Allison Sampite - 01/22/2011 0

Not everyone may participate in creating New Year's resolutions. Still, each new year represents a fresh beginning: a new job, home, relationship, baby, opportunity, challenge or circumstance. New Year's Day highlights millions...

Keeping score in politics

Columns Carlos Davalos - 05/27/2010 0

Anyone who makes it out to the fun zone at the San Diego County Fair this year might want to check out the shooting gallery. Let me know if any of the...

Molester sentenced

Uncategorized Neal Putnam - 08/30/2014 0

A National City man who molested three neighborhood girls was sentenced Aug. 21 to eight years in state prison. Anthony Garza, 34, will have to serve 85 percent of that sentence before...

Chula Vista expands surveillance

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 10/20/2023 0

On Oct. 18, Chula Vista City Council unanimously voted to expand the Chula Vista Police Department’s Automated License Plate Recognition program resulting in 150 fixed ALPR cameras to be strategically installed...

Hilltop tops Bonita Vista, 11-2, in roller hockey to take Mesa League lead

High School Phillip Brents - 01/30/2020 0

The CIF-Metro Conference high school roller hockey season has reached the midpoint of its 2019-20 season and several teams have managed to rise to the top of their respective league standings...

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...

A case of too much doom and gloom?

Columns Carlos Davalos - 09/24/2020 0

I spent most of Tuesday fretting. And Wednesday. The topic of worry was different than what usually causes my daily bouts of hand wringing and hair tugging. I have become so accustomed...

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