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San Diego County Cup champions crowned

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Gulls face off new year with Pacific Division challenges

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Knights are state bowl champs

Football Phillip Brents - 12/28/2010 0

Depot Center in Carson. The Knights became just the third San Diego Section school to post an undefeated 14-0 season and the fourth team from the section to win a state bowl...

NC detective called ‘Hero of the Year’

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 06/25/2022 0

Six individuals were recognized at the May 26 Centurion Awards organized by National City Chamber of Commerce. Despite teachers and law enforcement among the featured honorees, a Uvalde, Texas school shooting...

Life, love and death

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 10/31/2013 0

She is a striking figure wearing a feather boa and a permanent grin under the feathered hat of an aristocrat. The black hollows of her eye sockets and hard colorless bones...

District’s chance at a legacy

Letters to the editor Ginny Scheitt - 09/10/2021 0

The Sweetwater Unified High School District can be heroes by building a 50 meter pool at Eastlake High School. Imagine the legacy the superintendent and board would leave behind if they...

Holiday Bowl makes debut at Snapdragon Stadium in front of 23,920

College admin - 01/03/2025 0

45TH EDITION GOES TO NO. 22 SYRACUSE, 52-35, OVER WASHINGTON STATE IN SCOREFEST A new era dawned in the long history of the Holiday Bowl as the college bowl game made its...

Chula Vista’s holiday parade cancelled

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 11/01/2012 0

Potential safety concerns stemming from construction along Third Avenue have cancelled the city's 50-year tradition of its annual Starlight Parade this year. In its place, however, the Third Avenue Village Association is...

City’s decsions revealing

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 01/31/2015 0

Watching the Chula Vista City Council’s first month in action has been like watching a chimp in a clown suit try to pull its trapped hand out of a small hole...

Salon owner, patients still basking

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 12/14/2017 0

Rico’s on Third is a household name in Chula Vista’s downtown district. But thanks to a little media attention, the hair salon at 279 Third Ave. has been getting famous across the...

Morrison bristles at censure, calls public hearing prudent

Latest News Jessica Brodkin Webb - 07/24/2020 0

National City Council member Ron Morrison held a meeting on July 17 to publicly cite Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Vice Mayor Mona Rios and fellow Council member Gonzalo Quintero for committing what...

Cougars give coach first varsity win

Football Phillip Brents - 09/28/2010 0

It took three tries but the third time proved to be the charm as the San Ysidro Cougars finally handed new head coach Greg Davis his first varsity win at the...

Last weekend to catch the fair’s final acts

Chula Vista admin - 07/03/2025 0

The 2025 San Diego County Fair enters its final weekend at the Del Mar Fairgrounds with the final days’ events from through Sunday, July 6. Under this year’s “Summer Pet-Tacular” theme,...

Season of giving should not be season of scamming

Chula Vista Summer Stephan - 12/26/2019 0

This time of year, many folks take time to give back to those who may be less fortunate. Some volunteer for a food pantry or mentor at an elementary school. Others...

Metro-Mesa League openers offer intriguing football matchups

Football Phillip Brents - 10/06/2017 0

It figures to be a hard-fought battle for this year’s Metro-Mesa League championship title. The Eastlake Titans (5-1), Olympian Eagles (3-3) and Otay Ranch Mustangs (3-3) appear to be the three...

Will new Third bring business?

Chula Vista Allison Sampite - 12/25/2010 0

Downtown Third Avenue may be getting a facelift and residents are questioning the need. At a Monday board meeting held by civic group Crossroads II, city staff from the engineering and planning...

Billions set aside for transportation upgrades, fixes

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 07/06/2024 0

The California Transportation Commission approved more than $2 billion to improve and maintain a transportation system that serves as the backbone for the world’s fifth largest economy on July 1. The...

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