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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

Benefits of phase out

Letters to the editor Susan Kobara - 04/12/2019 0

We often hear that moving away from fossil fuels will hurt the economy. A recent study by Scripps Oceanography finds that phasing out fossil fuels could save 3.6 million lives per...

Little League Challenger program developing a sense of community

Baseball Phillip Brents - 06/13/2019 0

California District 42 Little League’s Challenger Jamboree took place June 1 at South Bay Little League in Chula Vista. The event, which attracted about 170 participants, featured teams from neighboring Mexico (Tijuana...

Meet and listen

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 04/24/2013 0

Public forums featuring candidates for Assembly District 80, which encompasses parts of Chula Vista, National City and San Diego. WHEN: Tonight, April 24, at 6 p.m. WHERE: South Chula Vista Library, 389 Orange...

Sports can bring people together

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 08/30/2014 0

A group of us were sitting around a dining table recently at the Optimist Center. The occasion was the annual Bonita Optimist barbecue that climaxes in Bonitafest.The conversation shifted to a...

Drunk driver guilty of manslaughter

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 03/05/2016 0

The drunk driver who killed a National City man a year ago pleaded guilty Feb. 26 to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Oscar Melero, 52, was killed Feb. 15, 2015, while he...

Careful choosing the bellies you rub

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 10/17/2019 0

Weekly The Star-News runs a feature courtesy of the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility. The Pet of the Week typically highlights dogs and cats available — along with a few other animal...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 30 – November 5, 2024

Horoscope admin - 10/31/2024 0

The Final Choice – May We Choose Rightly We begin the week on Wednesday, with a Libra moon, giving us time to consider our choices in the upcoming November 5th U.S. presidential...

Special education teacher arraigned

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 05/09/2013 0

Loren McDonald, a special education teacher at Olympian High School, was arraigned and charged yesterday, May 8, with two counts of oral copulation/sexual penetration with a child 10-years old or younger;...

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...

In his own, unfinished words

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 03/28/2015 0

Tom Basinski loved writing. On several occasions he told me that over the years writing his column for The Star-News saved his life. He would write until he no longer could,...

Fall will usher in furniture fantasy

Real Estate Special to The Star-News - 07/16/2010 0

If you've been searching for a stunning sofa or a dreamy bedroom set but high price tags have held you back, the Building Industry Association of San Diego County has the...

Canadian company likes Chula Vista

Business Carlos Davalos - 10/07/2010 0

The city of Chula Vista is one step closer to producing advanced clean technology thanks to a $3.3 million loan from the California Energy Commission. Canadian-based Morgan Solar, Inc., a company that...

Lancers entertain fans but drop CIF opener to Cougars

High School Phillip Brents - 11/11/2010 0

The way Hilltop boys water polo coach John Salts figures it, the No. 8-seeded team in the San Diego Section playoffs has the toughest draw in the first round because that...

The best of what we have to offer

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 11/12/2020 0

The region still burns. Roughly eight months after the county’s first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in Chula Vista, the second largest city in San Diego county is also second in the number...

Put your glazers on yum

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 07/05/2014 0

(Clare, MI)—Here I am, back in Michigan attending my 50th high school class reunion. I told my doctors that my chemo regimen was controlling my life and I needed a break....

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THIS WEEK

Chula Vista

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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Benefits of phase out

Little League Challenger program developing a sense of community

Meet and listen

Sports can bring people together

Drunk driver guilty of manslaughter

Careful choosing the bellies you rub

Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 30 – November 5, 2024

Special education teacher arraigned

The classroom backstage

In his own, unfinished words

Fall will usher in furniture fantasy

Canadian company likes Chula Vista

Lancers entertain fans but drop CIF opener to Cougars

The best of what we have to offer

Put your glazers on yum

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