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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

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Overtime games add excitement to regular season slate

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Boys hoops season underway for local teams

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Spartans climb to 2-0 on season following 55-0 win over Cardinals

Sports Phillip Brents - 09/02/2016 0

It’s been a while since the Chula Vista High School football team was favored to win a game. But the 2016 Spartans are 2-0 following Friday’s commanding 55-0 non-league victory against...

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...

Big things planned for prep football in 2022

Football Phillip Brents - 08/18/2022 0

Metro-Mesa League Preview High school football in San Diego County is definitely rising to top-billing in 2022, it appears, on Saturday when defending state Division 2-AA champion Mater Dei Catholic hosts defending...

Woman takes helm for the first time in association’s history

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 02/01/2018 0

Jayme Lachner broke a glass ceiling. The 33-year-old Navy veteran serves as president of the Fleet Reserve Association Branch 61 in Chula Vista, a position previously held by men since its beginnings...

TAVA debuts Dia de los Muertos celebration

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 10/29/2021 0

Third Avenue Village Association is launching its inaugural Dia de los Muertos celebration on Friday, Oct. 29, from 5:30- 9:30 p.m. The celebration features two options for guest to enjoy. La...

Preps step up to the plate at Petco Park, take swings

Baseball Phillip Brents - 04/08/2022 0

The San Diego Padres were nowhere in sight Monday afternoon at Petco Park. But the Granite Hills Eagles and Grossmont Foothillers were to inaugurate the iconic downtown San Diego ballpark for...

Spartans top Red Devils, 17-14, set sail for Division IV playoffs

Football Phillip Brents - 11/10/2017 0

The Chula Vista Spartans take a two-game winning streak into Friday’s San Diego Section Division IV first-round playoff game against the visiting Coronado Islanders. The Spartans defeated west side archrival Sweetwater, 17-14,...

Common Core receives mixed reviews

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 09/26/2013 0

California's newest testing method is getting high praise by education officials in the South Bay, but some parents in the area’s school districts are giving the new testing measure an F. The...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week September 17 – 23, 2025

Horoscope Risa DAngeles - 09/18/2025 0

Thou Shalt Not Kill Something is lacking in the news media in the reporting of the death and assassination of Charlie Kirk. It seems our people, especially some of the young people...

Change is constant

Letters to the editor Deuel Woodward - 09/13/2018 0

I went to Sprouts and bought among other items two heads of Romaine lettuce. Take the lettuce home, slice off the pale stem, put the rest in a lower compartment in...

Lancers shade Mustangs, 1-0, in Metro’s annual trip to Petco Park

Sports Phillip Brents - 05/07/2011 0

Runs were at a premium all the way around during last weekend’s Padres Presents High School Baseball program at Petco Park. While the Major League Baseball San Diego Padres were up...

When teens try to be superheroes

Arts Jeri Jacquin - 04/16/2010 0

From director Matthew Vaughn and Lionsgate pictures is “Kick-Ass,” a violent action flick that challenges the superhero in us. This film tells the story of Dave Lizweski (Aaron Johnson), an out-of-play teen...

Don’t have your heart broken by online dating scams

Chula Vista Summer Stephan - 02/21/2019 0

As your District Attorney, I’m committed to increasing communication and accessibility between the DA’s Office and you, the community. One way I have been doing that is through this monthly column,...

Up for the challenge

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 07/19/2014 0

(Flint, MI)—When I left Flint in 1970 the population was 193,317. The automobile factories ran three shifts, often seven days a week. Money was everywhere. Flint’s police department drove new Buicks...

December trial set for alleged wheelchair thief

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 11/29/2014 0

A judge on Oct. 29 ordered a Chula Vista man to stand trial for grand theft in stealing an expensive wheelchair from a man with cerebral palsy and putting the wheelchair...

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