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Chula Vista

Cops and City agree to reform

After months of informal discussions, the Chula Vista city council approved an agreement Tuesday with the Chula Vista Police Officer's Association, sealing the last of five contracts with labor unions to...

Scent and mental acuity hallmarks of Sheriff’s additions

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office recently announced that four new explosives detections dogs have been added to the Sheriff’s Office K-9 Department. The four dogs are red and yellow labrador...

Animal advocate takes support to Poland

San Diego Humane Society President Gary Weitzman left San Diego on March 27, bound for Przemyl, Poland with antibiotics, animal medications, syringes and gloves for a 10-day humanitarian mission at the...

Maybe memorial day needed

According to a Veterans Administration 2017 fact sheet, during the American Revolution — 1775-1783 — there were 4,435 deaths in battle. The same sheet revealed that between 1812 and 1815, during the...

Push for well rounded students is picking up steam

Decades of research tell us that children who learn to draw, dance, play an instrument or act on stage are more focused and motived, have higher self-esteem and do better academically...

Protecting the health of residents

This is in response to the article on Aug. 17, 2024 “Don’t turn landlords into the ‘Smoking Police” by Alan Pentico. Most people do not smoke. Of the 35 million people living...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week February 23 – 2, 2022

Pisces – Two Fishes Saving the World Each year, at the end of February and much of March and just before spring arrives, we are under the light, love and influences of...

Highly decorated both as a player and coach, ex-Devil Sanchez joins SDSU coaching staff

San Diego State University football head coach Rocky Long has announced the addition of Richard Sanchez as an assistant coach. Sanchez, who has 26 years of coaching experience, including 16 years...

Tragic event leads to self reflection

When one reads this piece he is apt to classify it as yesterday’s news.  And he would be right.  I am writing about an earth-shaking incident that happened more than a...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week Dec. 27 – Jan. 2, 2018

Full Moon as New Year Begins We begin the new year (2018) Monday with a full moon...the Capricorn solar festival, a most auspicious beginning for a new year...bringing light to the future,...

Roller hockey teams getting serious about Kiwanis Cup playoffs

The seeding meeting for the Kiwanis Cup playoffs is scheduled Saturday, Feb. 20, at Castle Park High School. At the meeting, coaches representatives from the CIF-Metro Conference's four leagues will vote...

Man pleads guilty to killing wife

Just before opening statements were to be given in a murder trial Monday, a former National City man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2010 slaying of his estranged wife,...

Good cop’s retirement puts the good and the bad behind him

You are walking on treacherous ground when you ask a retiring police officer what was the worst thing that happened to him in his career. Throwing caution to the wind I...

Eastlake’s ‘golden girls’ planning dynamite sequel for swim season

Eastlake High School’s record-setting “golden girls” are back for an encore performance during the 2020 swim season. It looks to be an exciting sequel. Emily Lundgren, Aranza Martha, Pia Davila and Cecilia...

DACA benefits friends among us

Remember Ayded Reyes? She was the Southwestern College kid busted by a cop for being in a park with her boyfriend after curfew in 2011. When he asked her for identification...

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THIS WEEK

Elite runners to battle...

The high school cross country season is about to finish with a bang for several San Diego County harriers at Saturday’s 46th Brooks National...

New clubhouse for kids...

Chula Vista is preparing for a new hub for youth development with the upcoming opening of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South County’s...

Dream season ends for...

Pretty much all season long San Diego FC was chasing the Chicago Fire’s remarkable Major League Soccer debut season in 1998 when the expansion...

Eastlake’s Williams speeds to...

The 38th California Interscholastic Federation state cross country championship meet last Saturday in Fresno’s Woodward Park was a record-setter as Irvine senior Summer Wilson...

Conflict remains a holiday...

In hindsight, the delicate hope that this Thanksgiving weekend would be absent conflict was misplaced, gripped so tightly it never had a realistic chance...

Slow-starting Titans get far...

The Eastlake Titans’ turnaround season ended with a runner-up finish in Saturday’s San Diego Section Division IV championship game at Southwestern College’s DeVore Stadium. A...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

Advent, Festival Days, Light & Dark, Sagittarius & Beams of Light We are now in Advent, four weeks of preparing for something to appear. In astrology...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lighting the Hanukkah & Advent Candles We are moving closer and closer to Winter Solstice (Sunday, Dec. 21) when the Sun...

North Island Credit Union...

Creating a school garden for special education students, launching a plant-based culinary training program, building sensory break spaces, supporting a cultural arts and poetry...

Volunteers spruce up homes

Across San Diego County, volunteers, community partners, and corporate sponsors are coming together to help local veterans maintain safe, comfortable homes through San Diego...

Gulls close out November...

The San Diego Gulls closed out the month of November by recording standings points in eight of their 11 games during the month with...

Carrying the Jaguar spirit...

As we near the end of another year at Southwestern College, I find myself reflecting with deep gratitude on the people who give this...