Friday, January 16, 2026
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STREAM grants awarded

Cal Coast Cares Foundation awarded $75,000 in grants to local educators to support innovative Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Math projects in San Diego and Riverside counties. This year’s awards...

Mariners fire first salvo against Titans in Mesa League banner chase

The Mar Vista and Eastlake high school boys water polo teams split their matches last year to finish as Mesa League co-champions. Eastlake won the first game between the teams at...

Everyone has an ego

Everyone has an ego. That is the individual persona which makes them the person with the mind set, or point of view which they have. We also have a superego. The...

Youngster’s meeting filled with wishes, wrestling and excitement

Victor Ontiveros Jr. was around five years old when he was introduced by his father to professional wrestling. The eight-year-old would turn on the television with his dad, Victor Ontiveros Sr., and...

Kids bear the brunt

As an English Teacher, I find it so immensely frustrating that the kids that I teach are going to bearing the brunt of this climate emergency and its long-term effects even...

District 3 candidates to be interviewed

The Chula Vista City Council unanimously decided to move forward with appointing a council member for District 3, vacated by former council member Steve Padilla, elected to the State Senate in...

Rules are changing

Shocking changes in solar—get grandfathered…before the lights go out on your savings! Solar rules are changing for SDG&E customers forever, and favorable rules are going away. There is still time to be...

Mayor shares city’s green accomplishments in France

Chula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas returned last week from Paris where she shared the city’s approach in tackling climate change at the United Nations COP21 Climate Change Conference. More than 200...

Bonita’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Chili Cook-Off & Fair returns on May 17

Bonita’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Chili Cook-Off & Fair returns to its original location at the Bonita Village Shopping Center on May 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All proceeds from the event...

DeGuire puts Metro girls wrestling in the spotlight

It was a history-making moment when Olympian High School senior Yesenia DeGuire stepped onto the awards platform with her eighth-place medal to conclude last weekend’s California state wrestling tournament at Bakersfield’s...

Police share insights of excessive force

In the city of Chula Vista, police use of force is something its police department takes very seriously. At a recent presentation on the topic at Chula Vista City Hall, Chula Vista...

Company fined

A Chula Vista tank cleaning firm has been fined $50,000 for a toxic spill that occurred on National Avenue near an elementary school in 2011 when the firm was located in...

Mouse in the house is a smart one

The problem may be that I think I am smarter than I actually am. The hubris is rooted in my ability to read, walk and chew gum at the same time, and...

When uncertainty looms be like Andrew

If I was a flak for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, or for the Chula Vista Elementary School District, for that matter, I would have screened every student that...

Sweetwater Devils making boys volleyball opponents see Red

At 22-7 entering the week with an undefeated 4-0 South Bay League record, this season’s Sweetwater High School boys volleyball team has to be one of the best on record at...

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THIS WEEK

Gulls start climb up...

The San Diego Gulls have languished near the bottom of the American Hockey League’s Pacific Division for the past three seasons, missing the genrous...

What’s new, what’s next...

Ring in the New Year right with Downtown Chula Vista after a full year of growth! From getting a head start on your New...

Roller hockey faces off...

The Metro Conference faced off the 2026 portion of its 2025-26 roller hockey schedule with four games played Jan 7-8 at the Castle Park...

Women’s pro soccer received...

The National Women’s Soccer League crowned its 2026 champion on Nov. 22 as Gotham FC defeated the Washington Spirit, 1-0, in front of 18,000...

Girls hoops teams tip...

The San Diego Section will crown its 2025-26 girls basketball divisional champions Feb. 26-28. All the hoopla, cheers and tears are still more than...

Southwestern Lady Jags secure...

It was nothing but cheers as Southwestern College recorded its third Pacific Coast Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship in the past eight years with...

Above the rim: SDSU...

Photo caption: Elzie Harrington has the ball for SDSU in Saturday’s game against Fresno State. Photo by Andy Bartotto Like football, San Diego State University’s...

State grant funds Chula...

Chula Vista has secured $500,000 from the State of California to support affordable housing, which the city will match with another $500,000 from its...

Esoteric astrology as news...

Communities, Cooperatives & the Essential Fire of Change - the New Era Unfolding Sun enters Aquarius Monday, January 19th, the day after the Capricorn new...

New laws boost pet...

Five new California animal welfare laws sponsored by San Diego Humane Society went into effect Jan. 1, strengthening protections against puppy mills, cracking down...

Help getting by during...

If you went into the first full week of January 2026 wondering: Where you were going to find the extra money to pay for your...