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Chula Vista

National City businesswoman one of Girl Scouts Cool Women of 2025

Girl Scouts San Diego honored five local female leaders at its March 14 Cool Women Celebration at the Marriot Marquis San Diego Marina. Mission-driven executives in education, social impact, entrepreneurship, and...

The right to control your own body

The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. So as a human with reproductive organs, the leaked draft of a...

American roots duo Smooth Hound Smith to open for Dixie Chicks

The Nashville-bred duo Smooth Hound Smith will open for the Dixie Chicks July 15 at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Smooth Hound Smith is a foot stompin’ American roots duo comprised of “one-man-band”...

Baron water polo team enters new coaching era with enthusiasm, wins

The Bonita Vista High School boys water polo program as entered a new era under coach Betty Alexander, and what the Barons have shown thus far is that they appear to...

From asphalt jungle to temporary park

Launched in 2005, Park(ing) Day is a day where people across the world temporarily convert street parking places into tiny parks and places for art, play, and socializing. On Friday, Sept....

Beyonce is no Andrews Sisters

Events that we have experienced and stored away sometimes have occasion to pop up once more.  I would suspect that it happens to most of us, particularly those of us who...

SWC opens center for vets

For the first time in Southwestern College’s 52-year history, student veterans have a resource center to help them navigate their way through college. The Veterans Resource Center, a 725-square-foot building in room...

Guilty after second trial

An armed robber faces 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him of holding up six South Bay businesses in 2011. A second man was convicted of two robberies and...

Drive puts hardware in homes

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...

Annual parade returns to Third

Chula Vista’s downtown district will be in holiday mode as the annual Starlight Parade and Children’s Faire is coming to town. The fair runs from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2,...

Fire department opens doors

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. At the Chula Vista Fire Department’s annual open house to promote fire prevention techniques and educate the public, some 1,500 attended. This year’s campaign was Have Two Ways...

Dreamy coworker

Clarissa Reyes Falcon, Principal Consultant at Falcon Strategies, with her 8-year-old Greyhound Fennekin. This lovely lady is a former racing Greyhound and was adopted from the Greyhound Adoption Center. She is super...

Ailing man released from jail

Kurt Walter Donsbach, 75, who was sentenced April 15 to one year in jail for practicing medicine without a license, will be released on Oct. 8, according to the sheriff's department. The...

Defending Metro-Pacific League champion Castle Park Trojans go into rebuilding mode

The Castle Park High School football team has been knocking on the door the past few seasons with excursions deep into the San Diego Section playoffs. The Trojans advanced to last...

Organizers prepare for city’s first quarry run

Lace up those running shoes and get ready to run down a massive decline into the earth and straight back up in a  race that is coming to California for the...

WEATHER

Chula Vista
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THIS WEEK

Above the rim: SDSU...

Photo caption: Elzie Harrington has the ball for SDSU in Saturday’s game against Fresno State. Photo by Andy Bartotto Like football, San Diego State University’s...

King’s call for justice...

Three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the April 7, 1968 edition of The Chula Vista Star News had a small...

Gulls start climb up...

The San Diego Gulls have languished near the bottom of the American Hockey League’s Pacific Division for the past three seasons, missing the genrous...

Help getting by during...

If you went into the first full week of January 2026 wondering: Where you were going to find the extra money to pay for your...

Girls hoops teams tip...

The San Diego Section will crown its 2025-26 girls basketball divisional champions Feb. 26-28. All the hoopla, cheers and tears are still more than...

Frosh phenoms are lacing...

Last season, the Metro Conference roller hockey scoring race was contested between Eastlake High junior Chris Rollbusch Jr. and Bonita Vista senior Jacob Hunter. Rollbusch...

Moore takes lead at...

The Port of San Diego officially swore in its 2026 officers for the Board of Port Commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 14, marking the start...

Women’s pro soccer received...

The National Women’s Soccer League crowned its 2026 champion on Nov. 22 as Gotham FC defeated the Washington Spirit, 1-0, in front of 18,000...

Esoteric astrology as news...

Communities, Cooperatives & the Essential Fire of Change - the New Era Unfolding Sun enters Aquarius Monday, January 19th, the day after the Capricorn new...

Familiar fragrance store opens...

Bath & Body Works officially opened a new 3,232-square-foot store near Palomar Trolley on Jan. 9, bringing the brand’s signature fragrances, body care, and...

Southwestern Lady Jags secure...

It was nothing but cheers as Southwestern College recorded its third Pacific Coast Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship in the past eight years with...