Sunday, January 18, 2026
73.9 F
Chula Vista

Making some sort of progress

It's been years since I first started holding my breath but it looks as though it might be time to exhale, even if just a little. Let the money start trickling...

School rallies around family

A memorial fund was set up this week to help pay for the funeral expenses of Hilltop High School freshman Justin Hertzberg, who was struck and killed by a car. The account...

Post-implosion purchase

Before the first building permit for residential development or receipt for occupancy for a resort and conference center can be issued for land where Chula Vista’s bayfront power plant used to...

A model for the rest of the country

Juneteenth celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. But over 150 years later, discriminatory public policies have prevented African Americans from closing the racial wealth divide in this...

Senior student-athletes receive recognition, kudos

It was a senior class that will likely be like no other, especially for the student-athletes who had promising spring sports seasons prematurely cut short by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Athletic competition...

Section’s best prep football teams to be crowned champions at Southwestern College

The San Diego Section will hold its divisional football championship games this weekend at Southwestern College’s DeVore Stadium in Chula Vista. Among the 10 teams vying for titles are two Metro-Mesa...

Flag football rankings taking shape with BVHS at the top

The Bonita Vista Lady Barons helped set the standard for the fledgling sport of girls flag football by winning the San Diego Section’s first Division I championship title. The Lady Barona didn’t...

Summer camp minus the fear

When I was young and in grade school I desperately wanted to attend a sleep-away summer camp. Hollywood movies made it seem as though my post-classroom days would be filled with...

Wondering if we will ever learn

So a year later where are we, collectively, on the whole teacher appreciation thing? I ask because as classrooms countywide swing into full operation, I’ve noticed there are a number of parents,...

Review coverage for peace of mind

(NAPS) - When it comes to managing health care costs, the more you know, the more you may be able to save. That's one reason it can be a pretty healthy...

Move overseas might be safest bet

In March, 50 people were slaughtered while visiting a house of worship. A gunman entered one New Zealand mosque and killed more than three dozen people. Seven others were killed the same...

Judge orders exposed man stay with parents

A Chula Vista man pleaded guilty March 11 to committing lewd conduct in public in front of an elementary school and felony resistance of an officer during his arrest. Justine Jeffery Sison,...

Ex-CPHS standout Sampson granted sixth year of NCAA eligibility

At the conclusion of last year’s disappointing 4-8 SDSU Aztec football season, wide receiver DeMarco Sampson had every reason to believe that his days of playing for the Red and Black...

Jump Cuts brings artists together

National City’s ARTS—A Reason to Survive— hosted a Jump/Cuts: Creative Playgrounds! event on June 29. The event, a collaboration between Pacific Arts Movement and South Future’s Creative Career Expo, showcased a variety...

Water gets more expensive

The majority of the Sweetwater Authority board of directors approved a water rate increase for its users at a Monday board meeting. The hike will affect low, medium and high water users...

WEATHER

Chula Vista
clear sky
73.9 ° F
77.6 °
70.8 °
26 %
1.6mph
0 %
Sun
74 °
Mon
73 °
Tue
74 °
Wed
70 °
Thu
68 °

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THIS WEEK

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...