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CAPES AND DIAPERS

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 01/27/2022 0

Miracle Babies, a non-profit organization whose mission is to unite families with their critically ill newborn babies in neonatal intensive care units, is hosting another drive-through diaper distribution event at National...

‘La Pastorela: A shepherds Tale’ has become a theatrical tradition

Arts admin - 12/02/2025 0

San Diego’s longest-running holiday production is celebrating its 37th anniversary this year. “La Pastorela: A Shepherds’ Tale” by Timothy Paul Evans and contributions by Paul James Kruse and Agustin Castañeda, once again...

Students go behind the scenes

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/29/2012 0

Three Chula Vista teens with autism had a unique opportunity recently to participate in a two-week film camp alongside several other students. The program was free for San Diego military families with...

Missing out on the Cup not that bad

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 11/19/2022 0

Chula Vista’s Paul Arriola will probably be like millions of other Americans Nov. 21—watching the United States Men’s National team play it first game, versus Wales, in the 2022 World Cup...

IRS gets its man

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 05/31/2013 0

A former Chula Vista tax preparer was sentenced May 22 to 15 years in federal prison for a case in which the preparer used 292 stolen identities to get illegal tax...

Division III boys water polo rankings tightening up, as Lancers discover

High School Phillip Brents - 10/20/2015 0

If recent results are any indicator, the upcoming San Diego Section Division III boys water polo championship playoffs could get wild as well as wet. The Hilltop Lancers are currently ranked...

Aztecs win big for new coach, maul Central Union 40-6

Football Phillip Brents - 09/09/2011 0

Julio Alcala entered the 2011 high school football season with an eight-year record of 35-47-1 at Montgomery High School. It remains that, at least for the present, after Alcala stepped down...

Two chambers go about their business

Uncategorized Ernesto Lopez - 11/27/2010 0

There are two chambers of commerce in Chula Vista serving the business community. Chief operations officer of the recently established San Diego South County Chamber of Commerce, Ed Herrera, who at one...

Annual Lions prep baseball tournament steals spotlight

Baseball Phillip Brents - 03/25/2016 0

nal baseball tournament took center stage earlier this week on high school diamonds across San Diego County. A total of 136 teams in nine divisions participated during the annual spring break...

Gala to honor High Tech High Foundation co-founder

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 09/28/2024 0

High Tech High opened in September 2000 as a small public charter school with plans to serve approximately 450 students. HTH has evolved into an integrated network of sixteen charter schools...

Mom speaks up after speech scoring flub

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 04/23/2016 0

A mathematical error on a judge’s scorecard cost a 10-year-old girl an opportunity to advance to the finals in the annual Chula Vista Elementary School District speech competition where she could...

District Attorney wants death for cop killer

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 02/15/2018 0

The death penalty is being sought by the District Attorney’s office against a man charged with killing a San Diego Police officer who lived in Chula Vista and for whom the...

Roller hockey teams usher in new year with on-court fireworks, intrigue

High School Phillip Brents - 01/10/2019 0

The turn of the calendar to 2019 has certainly been beneficial to the Eastlake High School roller hockey team. The Titans picked up three wins as teams returned to the playing...

Mater Dei Catholic storms back to top Castle Park, 3-2, in early season test

High School Phillip Brents - 12/13/2018 0

The Mater Dei Catholic and Castle Park high school boys soccer teams paired up in an early season non-league match Dec. 4 at Castle Park High School. The game was divided into...

Taking a swipe at low-hanging tobacco

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 09/16/2022 0

The Chula Vista City Council this week is taking a swipe at Big FlaVa. For those of you unfamiliar with massive and secretive entities intent on world domination according to a conspiracy...

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