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Basketball

Slam dunk! Barons win battle of the hoop

Phillip Brents - 01/29/2026

High School

Metro roller hockey season rolls to 12-0 finish for Titans

Basketball

Aztec round-ballers keep up the heat in MW play

Hilltop softball tournament title goes to Helix Charter over Holtville

High School Phillip Brents - 03/17/2022 0

The 38th annual Hilltop High School softball tournament wrapped up last Saturday with a full slate of games on the Lady Lancers’ campus. The morning started off with a pair of rainout...

Charges dropped

Uncategorized Neal Putnam - 02/25/2017 0

All charges were dismissed Tuesday against a Chula Vista middle school aide who was accused of inflicting corporal injury upon a child and child endangerment. At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing...

We’re still all in this together

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 01/14/2021 0

You’d have to be living in an alternate reality — one, perhaps, in which lizard people dressed in bell bottoms and saddle shoes break into homes at night and inject into...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week July 17 – 23, 2019

Horoscope Risa DAngeles - 07/19/2019 0

The Promise of Freedom is Greater Than the Problems Living on Earth is living on a planet of duality. Duality (this and that, here and there, up and down) is the way humanity...

Crusaders ‘magnificent’ season ends with CIF semifinal loss

High School Phillip Brents - 11/16/2017 0

The Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders carried the torch for not only the Metro Conference — but also for their head coach — into the semifinal round of this year’s San Diego...

Nine Metro Conference teams qualify for CIF football playoffs

Sports Phillip Brents - 11/11/2016 0

A total of nine Metro Conference teams have qualified for the San Diego Section football playoffs. Metro-Mesa League champion Mater Dei Catholic (9-1) received the No. 2 seed in the Division II...

Explain it to the kids

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 05/17/2014 0

As of this moment, Sweetwater Union High School District board member John McCann is the lone voting member of the governing board. I’ll let that sink in for a moment. If nothing changes...

Former detective will continue to dig

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 12/25/2010 0

If I've learned anything in 35 years of police work it's there are two sides to any issue. Listening to one side of a story might get one's blood boiling. After...

Mustangs, Red Devils get together for friendly track encounter

High School Phillip Brents - 03/19/2016 0

The Sweetwater Coed Relays will take center stage Saturday at the National City school. A full day of competition is planned. The first field event is scheduled to start at 1...

Fire fighters save jobs while cops wait

Chula Vista Allison Sampite - 01/08/2011 0

The Chula Vista City Council on Monday approved a deal with the labor union representing Chula Vista firefighters that would avoid any department layoffs. The International Association of Firefighters representatives agreed to...

For it is written …

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 12/29/2012 0

New year, new beginnings, new prophet. Why should ancient cultures and religious prognosticators hog the fun and attention? After all, can’t do much worse than predicting the end of the world...

A good memory is a criminal’s worst nightmare

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 02/19/2011 0

Whenever I speak to writers' groups or a service club, someone invariably asks about my most memorable moments as a police officer. Because most of those moments involved getting in trouble...

Measure A benefits disadvantaged communities

Latest News Ruben Arizmendi and Lori Saldaña - 02/27/2020 0

The San Diego region needs more housing for families and individuals at all income levels. The shortage is most severe for lower income households. But that’s not the only burden facing underrepresented...

Port looking to add to police ranks

Chula Vista admin - 11/18/2024 0

Whether starting a career in law enforcement, or making a switch, the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department is holding a hiring event on Dec. 4 from 6-8 p.m. at...

Waste: The American way of life

Letters to the editor Deuel Woodward - 12/05/2019 0

People buy items in stores or online—72% of the US economy is generated by consumer activity. All purchases are made with the best of intentions. However, when we examine food, clothing,...

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THIS WEEK

Basketball

Slam dunk! Barons win battle of the hoop

Metro roller hockey season rolls to 12-0 finish for Titans

Aztec round-ballers keep up the heat in MW play

In search of a humane policy

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Hilltop softball tournament title goes to Helix Charter over Holtville

Charges dropped

We’re still all in this together

Esoteric Astrology as news for week July 17 – 23, 2019

Crusaders ‘magnificent’ season ends with CIF semifinal loss

Nine Metro Conference teams qualify for CIF football playoffs

Explain it to the kids

Former detective will continue to dig

Mustangs, Red Devils get together for friendly track encounter

Fire fighters save jobs while cops wait

For it is written …

A good memory is a criminal’s worst nightmare

Measure A benefits disadvantaged communities

Port looking to add to police ranks

Waste: The American way of life

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