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Chula Vista

Board member sentenced, wants job back

San Diego Superior Court Judge Ana Espana sentenced former Sweetwater Union High School District board member Bertha Lopez to three years probation with a $4,589 fine for accepting gifts above state...

Que Viva! Cine Latino outdoor film series returns to Otay Ranch Town Center

The very best of Latino feature films, music and art will be showcased during September at Otay Ranch Town Center as part of the fifth annual Que Viva! Cine Latino film...

Remnant of Chula Vista history reduced to nothing

The white, old building that once housed the Heritage Museum at Memorial Park is no more. As part of the Third Avenue improvement project, a construction crew last month demolished the nearly...

New N.C. fitness center opens

A new Planet Fitness exercise facility officially opened on Nov. 15 at 34 N. Euclid Ave. National City Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis and Vice Mayor Jose Rodriguez were joined by San Diego County...

City won’t appoint the way they used to

The city of Chula Vista has agreed to not use the same appointment process that seated Councilman Steve Miesen to fill any vacancies on the City Council or Planning Commission without...

Boys volleyball playoffs get underway for 12 South County teams

Twelve South County high school boys volleyball teams earned their share of respect by earning berths in this year’s San Diego Section playoffs. Now which ones will contend for division championships? The...

Group is choreographing a better life

A National City-based nonprofit aims at improving the lives of teenagers and strengthen underserved communities through dance and performance. TranscenDANCE, a creative youth development organization works with teens in underserved San Diego...

Is it a courtroom crush, compassion or just plain stupidity?

You may recall "Los Palillos" (The Toothpicks) case involving the lengthy trial of multiple defendants for Mexican Drug Cartel murders. A couple of those killings even happened in Bonita. Prosecutor Mark Amador...

Men in court for East County slaying

A Chula Vista man and his friend face a March 4 preliminary hearing on a murder charge involving a fatal shooting of an El Cajon man who was targeted for robbery...

Dedicated mother found a place and a way of helping others

For five years, Yudmila Guizar devotedly dropped off and picked up her son at Harborside Elementary School. Although she volunteered, it was occasional. Guizar had a difficult time getting more involved. “Although...

Nasty City police nasty no longer

In last week’s column I wrote about the wild, wooly days of the National City Police Department in the 70s. I wrote the column because I don’t believe in revisionist history....

Eagles, Trojans vie as Metro-Pacific League unbeatens

Are the Olympian Eagles, ranked 13th in the San Diego Section and second overall among Division IV teams, an unstoppable force in the new Metro-Pacific League? Or are the Castle Park...

League builds community through tech and Esports

What began as a spontaneous coffee meeting between two strangers in 2021 has evolved into an expanding esports education program now serving dozens of families across San Diego County. Unified Esports League...

Annual homeless count on hiatus during pandemic

Every year since 2009, volunteers have ventured out in the middle of the night across San Diego county to gather data and tally how many unsheltered homeless individuals they encounter during...

Nighttime literature on Third

The Third Avenue Village Association and the city of Chula Vista’s Culture Arts Department have partnered to bring the arts to downtown Chula Vista. The inaugural Lit (e-ra-ture) on Third pub crawl...

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THIS WEEK

Chair of California Transportation...

Clarissa Reyes Falcon has been elected Chair of the California Transportation Commission, with Joseph Cruz serving as Vice Chair, which the Commission announced at...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

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Actions may need to...

It is a gesture, a simple and symbolic one. But it is the right one. When most of the Chula Vista City Council during a...

E-vehicle chargers coming

Chula Vista is preparing to open a new Tesla Supercharger station that will significantly expand electric vehicle charging options in the community. The site, located...

Creating opportunity, one scholarship...

At Southwestern College, we believe talent is everywhere and opportunity must be made accessible. One of the most powerful ways we achieve that is...

Students take stop sewage...

When students from across South Bay boarded buses and an airplane for Sacramento in January, they weren’t heading on a typical field trip. They were going to...

Epic win catapults Gulls...

The San Diego Gulls needed this one. And they got it. Trailing by one goal on three different occasions in front of a sellout crowd...

It’s time for paying...

Enough time has passed since the last of the major holidays that it seems an acceptable time to hop back on the soapbox without...

Metro mat women get...

Flag football may be the fastest-growing high school girls sport but girls wrestling set the precedent, and it continues to grow in many areas. This...

Open Division hopefuls abound...

When the San Diego Section unveiled its elite Open Division playoffs  a decade or so ago, it remained a dream for most Metro Conference...

It’s No. 1 Titans...

Friday’s 2026 edition of the Metro Conference roller hockey championship tournament’s grand finale is set: the top-seeded Eastlake Titans versus the third-seeded Otay Ranch...

SWC opens Spring semester...

Southwestern College welcomed more than 18,000 students this week as the Spring 2026 semester got underway, marking a lively and energized return to campus....