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Basketball

Beloved principal, basketball junkie to be missed

Phillip Brents - 12/31/2025

Gulls

Gulls making up ground in AHL standings with strong holiday push

Arts

Wild Horses Festival hits it out of the ballpark again

College

College football bowl games put the spotlight on Mountain West teams, SDSU Aztecs

DON'T MISS

City bids Columbus bon voyage

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 05/28/2021 0

The city of Chula Vista removed the statue of Christopher Columbus at Discovery Park in June 2020 before a planned protest was scheduled. The statue had been a target of vandals...

Saturday moon will ring in solar eclipse

Chula Vista Phillip Brents - 10/12/2023 0

Total solar eclipses are truly spectacular and are a must-see for any serious student of photography. Annular eclipses are less spectacular, but present their own intrinsic beauty – that is, the so-called...

Judge denies defense request

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 10/10/2013 0

San Diego Superior Court Judge Ana España denied numerous motions by defense attorneys on Tuesday and Wednesday to drop charges in the Sweetwater corruption case. The lawyer for former Sweetwater Union School...

Cause for celebration

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/07/2012 0

One of the things I learned from tracking the city of Chula Vista’s Twitter account (@thinkchulavista): I need to work on my reading comprehension skills. When they posted that the city added...

Patriots win Super Bowl but are you ready for more football?

Alumni Phillip Brents - 02/07/2019 0

The National Football League formally wrapped up its 2018-19 season with Sunday’s Super Bowl title game won 13-3 by the AFC champion New England Patriots over the NFC champion Los Angeles...

Barons boys lacrosse team getting prime time treatment

High School Phillip Brents - 03/08/2023 0

The San Diego Section has expanded to four playoff divisions for the 2023 boys lacrosse spring season: Open Division, Division I, Division II and the new Division III tier. It’s an...

Water rates may rise

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 08/19/2011 0

Ratepayers in the South Bay Irrigation District may see a 2.5 percent increase in their September water bill. The proposed increase comes after rates last year rose by an average of 5.6...

Five tips to fight back against springtime allergies

Health Katharine Woessner M.D. - 05/09/2015 0

San Diego is known for consistent sunshine and a mild climate, but our wonderful weather also means that allergy season lasts all year long. May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness...

Changed plea, guilt admitted

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 03/23/2012 0

A contractor in a South Bay corruption case brought forward by District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis in January changed his plea to guilty of a lesser charge Wednesday. Henry Amigable initially pleaded not guilty in...

Stop shutting off power

Chula Vista Sarah Wilde - 06/06/2025 0

Summer is almost here, and with it will come deadly heat waves supercharged by the climate crisis. Yet in 27 states it’s perfectly legal for utility companies to shut off electricity...

Trojans pound out third consecutive gridiron win

Football Phillip Brents - 09/26/2014 0

The Castle Park High School football team enters its bye week with a three-game winning streak and an overall 3-1 record. Not a bad start at all considering the team has...

Public libraries are worth supporting

Columnists admin - 04/12/2025 0

I’m embarrassed—maybe, even a little ashamed—that I’ve failed to adequately celebrate what should be a bigger deal. By the time this paper hits the streets we’ll be at the tail end of...

A fitting tribute to a city’s tailor

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 11/12/2011 0

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Tony Maio. Maio, a longtime resident of the South Bay, died quietly a few days ago after a short illness. He was...

#FoodieNews spotlight: Little Red Cafe

Uncategorized Kris Galicia Brown - 05/19/2017 0

New, but not exactly new (I’ll explain in a second) to the South Bay community is Little Red Cafe in Imperial Beach. True to its name, the LRC is a little...

30 years arrives

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 06/17/2017 0

For a better part of three decades, Donna Norris has torn each page off her calendar waiting for the year 2017 to arrive. The year is not a milestone birthday for her,...

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