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In the fog: Titans come up short in CIF football finals

Football Phillip Brents - 0
The Eastlake High School football team was making its third trip to the San Diego Section finals after previously winning championships in 2009 and 2012. The second-seeded Titans carried an imposing 10-2...
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Las Primeras are usually always first

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 0
We have often averred how fortunate the people of the South Bay are to have philanthropic units in our communities. The gamut runs from the service clubs in our midst - from...
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Chula Vista City Attorney : THE CANDIDATES

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 0
DANIEL SMITH DIAZ BACKGROUND Daniel Smith Diaz has been practicing law for 33 years and is the founder of San Diego Defenders. “I’ve practiced everything from property law, worked as a prosecutor, a defense...
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Eastlake’s Williams earns All-American honors at Nike Cross Nationals

Croaa country Phillip Brents - 0
Eastlake High School sophomore Jaelyn Williams, fresh off a fourth-place finish at the California state championship meet Nov. 25 in Fresno, obviously had to make a decision on her next step,...
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Technology as the great equalizer

Columns Carlos Davalos - 0
It’s not just the “olds” who are confounded by technology these days, is it? (“Olds” was the term my then young siblings used 20-plus years ago to describe anyone over the age...
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Bayfront party celebrates 50 years

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 0
The inaugural HarborFest is coming to the city of Chula Vista. The one-day event, formerly known as Harbor Day, is set to highlight Chula Vista’s bayfront on Saturday, Sept. 21. “What they are...
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City asks court for injunction

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 0
An attorney for the city of Chula Vista on Wednesday filed court papers to request a gentlemen’s club on the city’s bayfront be shut own. Deborah Fox filed a request for abatement...
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City wants driverless attention

Chula Vista Abraham Jewett - 0
A popular idea among science fiction buffs may soon become a reality on Chula Vista city streets. Driverless cars are coming or, at least, the city would like them to – according...
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Star watch: charting South County’s NFL elite

Alumni Carlos Davalos - 0
The Star-News will present periodic updates of South County alumni currently playing or coaching in the National Football League. Here is our first installment. Tony Jefferson (Eastlake High School) Jefferson made his season...
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Mustangs, Lancers run to CIF cross country championships

Croaa country Phillip Brents - 0
The idea of winning a San Diego Section championship had been floating around most of the season between the Otay Ranch High School and Hilltop High School boys cross country teams. Rankings...
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SDSU Aztecs come out on top, 20-13, over Ohio Bobcats in college football season opener

College Phillip Brents - 0
First games in a season aren’t usually spectacular. It often takes a while to get the timing down and allow team chemistry to develop. For the better part of last Saturday’s non-conference...
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Music helps her help others

Chula Vista Cynthia Roberston - 0
Chula Vista resident Marquita Lawson was sweet 16 when she got her first guitar as a birthday gift. She became enamored by folk singers Peter, Paul and Mary along with the...
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Lancers, Titans, Cougars claim holiday hoops titles

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 0
Three South County boys basketball teams captured championship titles in holiday tournaments held just prior to the new year. Hilltop captured the championship in the 28th annual Aztec Holiday Classic at...
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City lends a marketing hand to commerce

Business Carlos Davalos - 0
In an effort to increase sales tax revenue, the city of Chula Vista has launched a new marketing campaign to encourage its residents to shop locally. Shop Chula Vista Now is a...
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Bonita woman qualifies for world rowing championships

Alumni Phillip Brents - 0
Julie Phair, a longtime Bonita resident, won the SoCal Regional Erg Rowing Championship Feb. 3 in Long Beach, which qualiyies her to compete in the world championships Feb. 16-17 in Alexandria,...
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THIS WEEK

High School

Frosh phenoms are lacing...

Last season, the Metro Conference roller hockey scoring race was contested between Eastlake High junior Chris Rollbusch Jr. and Bonita Vista senior Jacob Hunter. Rollbusch...
Basketball

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...
Columnists

King’s call for justice...

Three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the April 7, 1968 edition of The Chula Vista Star News had a small...
Horoscope

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...
Chula Vista

Moore takes lead at...

The Port of San Diego officially swore in its 2026 officers for the Board of Port Commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 14, marking the start...
Chula Vista

Familiar fragrance store opens...

Bath & Body Works officially opened a new 3,232-square-foot store near Palomar Trolley on Jan. 9, bringing the brand’s signature fragrances, body care, and...
College

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...
Basketball

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...
Alumni

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...
Alumni

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...
Columnists

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...