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Overtime games add excitement to regular season slate

Phillip Brents - 01/22/2026

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Titans, Bruins take the hardwood in Memorial game

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Esoteric Astrology as news for week January 21 – 27, 2026

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City embarks on ambitious upgrade

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 09/26/2015 0

The city of Chula Vista is in the first phase of overhauling more than 1,150 computers throughout each department in the city and upgrading its computer software. Chula Vista Director of Information...

Probation, fine and eligibility

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/06/2014 0

A San Diego Superior Court judge sentenced former Sweetwater Union High School District board President Jim Cartmill to probation, community service hours and ordered him to pay a fine for a misdemeanor charge...

Southwestern College students collaborate on beer crafting

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 12/09/2023 0

Students from Southwestern College’s Fermentation Science Program joined NOVO Brazil Brewing Company in collaborating to create Imperial Beach First Anniversary Winter Warmer Beer, being released Dec. 9 at the Imperial Beach...

Chula Vista takes shot at saving redevelopment

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 08/06/2011 0

The city of Chula Vista volunteered to pay the state millions this week in order to continue its current redevelopment programs and projects. At the Chula Vista City Council meeting Tuesday, council...

The comeback

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 09/14/2013 0

Like grease on a hot iron skillet I’m all over the place this week. The United States men’s national team qualified for next summer’s World Cup. They did so by beating Mexico...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week March 11 – 17, 2020

Horoscope Risa DAngeles - 03/13/2020 0

Brave New World Mercury turned stationary direct on Monday. It seemed a short Mercury retrograde this time. Strange and unusual, too, with the virus spreading, the stock market volatility, fear of the...

Center relocates

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 01/03/2013 0

The Chula Vista Visitor’s Center recently closed its storefront and relocated its services. Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce board president Lisa Johnson said the reason is simply a cost-saving measure. “Like any business,...

Good people, good deeds

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 02/03/2012 0

Residents of National City and Chula Vista were recognized recently for public service and advocacy efforts in their community. Molina Healthcare, which focuses on serving low-income individuals and families that are underserved,...

Neighbors plan park march, rally

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 09/08/2023 0

On Aug. 23, City Council authorized the temporary closure of Harborside Park in order to allow staff time to address health and safety concerns due to illegal activities being conducted at...

End of the road

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 11/06/2014 0

The day before the Nov. 4 mid-term elections, Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox’s office looks the same as it has for the past eight years. Binders are stacked on a desk, files...

Ex sentenced for shooting

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 04/04/2013 0

A San Diego man who admitted shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in their Chula Vista home during a 5 a.m. burglary has been sentenced to 17 years in state...

Feds busting parents not a good look

Columns Carlos Davalos - 03/22/2018 0

It is still not a good look. It wasn’t a couple of weeks ago when video of a National City woman being dragged from the sidewalk and into a Border Patrol vehicle...

Coming back to council

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 10/18/2014 0

Absent from serving the city of Chula Vista as an elected official for nearly a decade, former mayor Steve Padilla could return to the dais as a councilman if voters elect...

Embracing the art of political dance

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 10/08/2016 0

So this is where we are in national politics: A Los Angeles congresswoman, Loretta Sanchez, “dabbed” during a debate between herself and California Attorney General Kamala Harris as they vie to...

Conjuring ghosts of epic rainfalls past

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 02/10/2024 0

Is Charles Hatfield warm and toasty somewhere having a laugh? The gentleman and rainmaker is often cited—some might say blamed—as the main protagonist in one of the more devastating dramas to befall...

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