Friday, January 2, 2026
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Chula Vista

Scary burglar goes to prison

A burglar who broke into a Chula Vista home, frightening a 13-year-old girl who hid under a bed while he was inside, was sentenced last week to 25 years in state...

Handling holiday stress in isolation

On Nov. 23, the County Health and Human Services Agency confirmed 1,546 new COVID-19 cases, passing a record set just a few days prior. The rise in cases and hospitalizations, and...

Authority hosts Women in Water

Sweetwater Authority held its San Diego Women in Water meeting at is Robert A. Perdue Water Treatment Plant on Aug. 14. Co-sponsored by the Authority, Otay Water District, Santa Fe Irrigation...

Metro swimmers, divers make a splash at league finals

Hilltop High swim coach John Salts pretty much had last Friday's Metro Conference diving championship meet at the Parkway pool scoped out. He knew his divers would place high in the...

‘Play It Again, Sam’ is laugh out loud comedy at CV’s OnStage Playhouse

In “Play It Again, Sam,” OnStage Playhouse's current offering, film-lover Allan Felix has this thing about Humphrey Bogart. If only he had some of Bogart’s technique. After his wife leaves him...

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...

You can’t save people from themselves

When I was a cop I tried to do my job in a professional manner, treating people the way I would want an officer to treat my family. I knew I...

Man guilty of stabbing 22-year-old

By Neal Putnam The Star News Correspondent A jury convicted a street gang member May 8 of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a man in Chula Vista in 2012. He was...

Dia de los Muertos at Otay Ranch Town Center

Otay Ranch Town Center is inviting residents to honor the memory of loved ones during the annual Dia De Los Muertos commemoration by placing a flower with their name on a...

The power of local art at library

In honor of their 15-year anniversary, the South Chula Vista Library has on display an art exhibition called "Power of the Imagination," created by local artist Armando Nunez. "This is an occasion for...

Strip club still open

Eyecandy Showgirls has filed a cross complaint against the city of Chula Vista in what is the latest round of a litigation battle between the city and the controversial strip club. The...

New ‘Frontier’ for Bonita Vista grad

Bonita Vista High School graduate Louis Jeovanny Rodriguez II, appeared in the Netflix movie “Triple Frontier” with actors - Ben Affleck, Pedro Pascal, and Charlie Hunnam. The movie, partly filmed in Colombia,...

County streamlines to pay for social services

County Supervisor Greg Cox said during his annual State of Bonita address on July 15 that the county intends to spend nearly 40 percent of its $4.96 billion budget for 2010-11...

City employees make first move

You have to give credit where it's due. The Chula Vista City Council and their executive staff - in an effort to make the proposed utility users tax more palatable to...

Ask Jenny: Apartment living for parents

Dear Jenny, My mom needs to live in a community for memory care, but they all seem to offer shared apartments. I can't imagine mom living in a semi-private setting with...

WEATHER

Chula Vista
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67.3 ° F
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THIS WEEK

Esoteric Astrology as news...

New Year, 2026 – A Prayer for Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All 2026 begins with Capricorn Sun and a Gemini moon – the magical...

College football bowl games...

Five Mountain West Conference football teams are poised to make flight to the reorganized Pac-12 beginning in July. Thus, December’s bowl games served as...

Wild Horses Festival hits...

Review and photography by Andy Bartotto The third edition of Wild Horses Festival at Petco Park took place this Saturday, Dec. 27, under clear skies....

Eastlake Titans, Otay Ranch...

The Metro Conference wrapped up two weeks of roller hockey play prior to the holiday break with a bunch of goals Thursday night, Dec....

Gulls making up ground...

The ice hockey season is in full swing and playoff positioning is already starting to offer a preview of the second half of the...

Beloved principal, basketball junkie...

Many in the Sweetwater Union High School District family were blessed to know Ralph Mora, a 1966 Castle Park High School alumnus, former principal...