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Basketball

Titans, Bruins take the hardwood in Memorial game

Phillip Brents - 01/22/2026

Basketball

Above the rim: SDSU tips off MW play on winning note

High School

Overtime games add excitement to regular season slate

Chula Vista

Council agrees to divide city into voting quarters

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 07/18/2015 0

The lines are drawn, the map is set and the city of Chula Vista is officially moving toward district elections as the City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a final districting...

Regarding your recent perspective “A Rare Summer Opportunity. Don’t squander the opportunity.” (June 13.) According to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, less than 18% of registered voters cast a ballot...

Palm Springs Film Festival opens door to awards season

Arts Jeanne Becijos - 01/07/2016 0

Springs International Film Festival where, from Jan. 1-11, nearly 200 films are being presented, including world premieres, U.S. premieres and various indie and foreign movies. Many of the films are receiving...

At least two sides to a story in OnStage’s gritty ‘Coyote on a Fence’

Arts Jeanne Becijos - 02/13/2016 0

OnStage Playhouse’s recent production of “Coyote on a Fence” was not a comfortable show to watch. As soon as the audience member entered the theater, he or she was confronted with...

Olympian Eagles extend their wings at Metro wrestling finals

High School Phillip Brents - 02/20/2015 0

The Olympian High School wrestling team spread its wings over last Saturday’s Metro Conference championship tournament at Mar Vista high School by winning the varsity team title and recording a runner-up...

The classroom backstage

Chula Vista Allison Sampite - 09/03/2011 0

Talk about the school of rock. Sound technology students enrolled in John McCourt's class at Chula Vista High School are hitting more than just the books in class. McCourt's style of teaching allows...

Budding rivals produce 1-0 quarterfinal cliff-hanger

High School Phillip Brents - 03/16/2011 0

Soccer is a game unique to itself, especially come playoff time. One team can attack furiously while another can defend just as tenaciously … and the bounces do not always go...

Familiar faces face familiar facts

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 12/10/2016 0

When later this month Steve Padilla saunters through the revolving door at City Hall he will be greeted by those who have walked before him down the same trail. Chosen over Jason...

Time flies when you’re not around

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 04/29/2017 0

Go ahead, ask me. Ask me the name of the girl who sat in front of me the entire year I spent in sixth grade multiple decades ago. Couldn’t tell you! Want to...

Hospital makes plans for more visitors

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 01/07/2017 0

In November Sharp Chula Vista officially broke ground on its largest single capital investment project to date, a $244 million development dubbed Ocean View Tower. The seven-story, 197,000 square-foot tower will serve...

City to study fenceless dog park

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 09/15/2023 0

During a public comment by community group Hilltop Dog Friends at the Dec. 6. 2022 Chula Vista City Council meeting, Council directed staff to explore the possibility of a no-fence, off-leash...

Historic election should whittle field

Uncategorized snstaff - 06/04/2016 0

Republican Mike Diaz is a retired firefighter who worked in Escondido for 27 years. Diaz, 58, says public safety should be the city of Chula Vista’s number one priority. He said he...

See you when you sue me in court

Letters to the editor Deuel Woodward - 11/12/2020 0

Sue me. Sue you. Sue everyone + companies and departments of government. Which country pays lawyers the most? Japan at $145,000. The US and Switzerland are second with the average annual...

Prepare for after election day

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 11/05/2022 0

Will they or won’t they? The question is not regarding candidates running for public office who, starting on election day Nov. 8, will learn if they win or lose. Rather the question...

Mayor wants tax hike; asks voters to decide

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 07/16/2016 0

Chula Vista voters in November will decide if they want to pay a little more for items when they go shopping in their city. The Chula Vista City Council voted 4-1 to...

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Titans, Bruins take the hardwood in Memorial game

Above the rim: SDSU tips off MW play on winning note

Overtime games add excitement to regular season slate

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Council agrees to divide city into voting quarters

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