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Despite pleas for longer sentence, man gets seven

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 0
The drunk driver from Paradise Hills who caused the death of sheriff's deputy Ken Collier was sentenced Jan. 7 to seven years and eight months in prison. An Internet campaign and a...
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Social Security recipient who lived in Tijuana pleads guilty

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 0
A 66-year-old man who falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen living in Chula Vista has pleaded guilty to stealing $360,872 in government benefits from 1988 to 2016. Andres Avelino Anduaga, who...
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The Sun keeps shining in journalism

Chula Vista Allison Sampite - 0
For the sixth consecutive year Southwestern College's student newspaper, The Sun, was named America's best community college newspaper by the National Newspaper Association in Omaha, Neb. It was also ranked number 2...
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Help for the homeless from one who has been

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 0
James Merino is on a mission to help any homeless person who crosses his path. In his early teenage years Merino lived on the streets in Chula Vista, used and sold drugs...
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When uncertainty looms be like Andrew

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 0
If I was a flak for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, or for the Chula Vista Elementary School District, for that matter, I would have screened every student that...
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Veteran credits military with fighting spirit

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 0
One might consider Chula Vista resident Donaldo Kochackis a lucky man. After surviving military service through several wars, Kochackis cheated death many times. Little did he know after retiring he’d have to...
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Don’t gamble with students’ future

Letters to the editor Laurie K. Humphrey - 0
After just six months into the job, Superintendent Eduardo Reyes of the Chula Vista Elementary School District has already demonstrated he failed his probationary period. He dropped the ball on this...
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District resolves to keep schools ‘safe’

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 0
With President-elect Donald Trump set to be inaugurated next month as the nation’s 45th president, the Chula Vista Elementary School District’s board of trustees unanimously agreed last week to adopt a...
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Beat goes on for Eastlake baseball team after clubbing Highlanders, Barons

Baseball Phillip Brents - 0
The Eastlake High School baseball team defeated the Helix Highlanders, 7-0, to win last year’s San Diego Section Open Division championship. Not much has changed in the intervening year after the Titans...
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Celebrating heritage, embracing inclusion

Chula Vista Dr. Mark Sanchez - 0
By Mark Sanchez Each October, Southwestern College celebrates the vibrant cultures and enduring contributions of both Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) and Filipino American History Month. This year, we come together...
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Balanced budget previewed at workshop

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 0
At a special budget workshop in Chula Vista April 14, city staff presented a balanced budget to council for the 2011/2012 fiscal year. The nearly $120 million budget reflects more than a...
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Spotlight shines on Metro Conference teams at 45th South Bay Invitational

High School Phillip Brents - 0
More than 1,100 runners competed in last Friday’s 45th annual South Bay Invitational cross country meet at Rohr Park. The spotlight shone on the Metro Conference in particular. Olympian won the boys...
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College alumni group makes plans to mingle all the way

Chula Vista Debbie Sklar - 0
Southwestern College alumni are gearing up for a festive evening of reconnecting, celebrating, and giving back at the annual Holiday Soirée on Dec. 11. The event, now in its third year,...
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Padilla supporter wants legal decision

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 0
The Chula Vista City Council race between elected councilman John McCann and opponent Steve Padilla is heading to court.? ?A civil suit filed Friday by Chula Vista resident Aurora Clark in...
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Southwestern names temporary leader

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 0
Robert Deegan was already into his first year of retirement when he got a call from Robert Garber of Community College Search Services asking him if he wantd to go back...
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THIS WEEK

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Boys hoops season underway...

San Diego Section basketball teams paused their regular season schedules in deference to Monday’s Martin Luther King holiday. Selected games did take place but...
Chula Vista

Partners share warmth

Dalton Subaru partnered with SBCS on Jan. 13 to distribute more than 200 new winter coats to children and families in National City, bringing...
Alumni

She believes: Jordyn Bugg...

The Winter Olympic Games are set to open Feb. 6 in Italy and the next Summer Olympic Games are scheduled 2028 in Los Angeles.The...
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Esoteric Astrology as news...

The Christmas Tree Becomes the Valentine’s Tree As February begins we have multiple celebrations (needed in the dark of winter). The celebrations are Jewish Arbor...
Chula Vista

Emilio’s Dream Sundae to...

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream — with a purpose. Sammy’s at Seven Mile Restaurant and Bar in Chula Vista...
Basketball

Aztec round-ballers keep up...

SDSU men start MW play 9-1, SDSU women roll a perfect 10-0 Viejas Arena is regularly filled whenever the San Diego State University men’s basketball...
Basketball

Titans, Bruins take the...

The Eastlake Titans and High Tech High Chula Vista Bruins boys basketball teams got together on Saturday for a memorial game to spotlight the...
Basketball

Slam dunk! Barons win...

Bonita Vista and Eastlake high schools have been rivals since the 1990s. The schools’ annual Battle for the Boot football game has become the...
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Beware of Artificial Intelligence...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live and work, but criminals are using it too. One of the fastest-growing and most frightening new scam...
Chula Vista

Health center consolidates services...

National City residents now have access to a wide range of healthcare services in one location with the opening of the Macias Family Health...
Columnists

Shining brightly decades later

In January 1989, George Bush the elder was elected the 41st president of the United States, convicted serial killer Ted Bundy was put to...