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San Diego County Cup champions crowned

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Barons top Mustangs in boys water polo season opener

High School Phillip Brents - 09/05/2019 0

The Bonita Vista High School boys water polo team defeated Otay Ranch, 13-7, in a non-league game Wednesday at the Southwestern College pool. It was the first regular season game for both...

Old news new perils in new year

Columnists admin - 01/05/2025 0

While there may not be anything inherently different between the last day of a year and the start of a new one—after all the sun still rises and sets and the...

Six Metro Conference teams still alive in CIF football playoffs

Sports Phillip Brents - 11/18/2016 0

Three of the six Metro Conference teams that kicked off this year’s San Diego Section playoffs moved on to the division quarterfinals after posting wins in the opening round of play. The...

Eastlake’s Williams is distance queen in all corners of the state

High School Phillip Brents - 05/30/2024 0

It was a decidedly golden moment for the San Diego Section at last weekend’s track and field state championship meet in Clovis with a combined 10 gold medals. Tack on one...

OnStage Playhouse’s ‘Next Fall’ proved thoughtful and well acted

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 03/30/2017 0

OnStage Playhouse’s recent production of Geoffrey Nauffts’s “Next Fall,” winner of the 2010 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New American Play and a Tony Award nomination for Best Play, proved...

Value of loud noises, bright lights

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 02/20/2016 0

Pyrotechnics exploding in the sky will not ease traffic congestion (in fact it may, temporarily, create bumper-to-bumper gridlock on narrow thoroughfares and parking lots). Glaring red rockets bursting in air won’t create...

Columbus gone

Chula Vista Staff - 06/12/2020 0

The city of Chula Vista removed a statue of Christopher Columbus this morning, hours before a planned protest was scheduled to take place at the controversial monument. According to a press release...

Spanos Classic all-star game puts wrap on prep football season

Football Phillip Brents - 12/19/2018 0

With four San Diego Section teams playing in state bowl championship games last weekend, not all the talented senior players in the section were available to compete in Saturday’s 29th annual...

Spreading holiday cheer with Downtown Chula Vista

Chula Vista Dominic Li Mandri - 12/09/2022 0

With December underway, it’s time to officially start celebrating the holiday season! By this time, everyone has already started decorating their home with twinkling lights, enjoying a nice hot cocoa by...

Not enough cops but plenty of would-be mayors

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 06/18/2011 0

I am in Flint, Mich., my hometown, or as a New York Times reporter who recently rode on patrol with a Flint cop called it: "Murdertown, U.S.A." To give some perspective, in 2010, San...

National City gets into spirit

Latest News Robert Moreno - 12/06/2018 0

The holiday season kicks off in National City this weekend with the 11th annual A Kimball Holiday. A Kimball Holiday, a free event, will be held from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m....

Knights are state bowl champs

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 12/28/2010 0

The Bishop's School Knights can measure their perfect season by last Friday's 40-14 victory over Stockton Brookside Christian in the Division IV State Football Championship Bowl game amid a steady rain...

Mar Vista claims first-ever boys CIF water polo championship

High School Phillip Brents - 11/21/2025 0

It’s been raining throughout the week but being wet is what it’s all about in water polo. Mar Vista High School’s players know all about that. The Mariners didn’t let last Saturday’s atmospheric...

U.S.-Mexico economies linked

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 05/17/2012 0

Former California State Senator Denise Ducheny is running to represent the 51st congressional district, which includes Chula Vista and National City. Ducheny, 60, was born in Los Angeles and said she’s concerned...

‘Clash of the Titans’ doesn’t offer much more than flash and battles

Arts Jeri Jacquin - 04/16/2010 0

"Clash of the Titans" is the retelling of a tale from Greek mythology from director Louis Leterrier, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. This film tells the story of Perseus (Sam Worthington), the...

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