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Knights making themselves right at home in new South Bay League digs

Basketball Phillip Brents - 01/12/2023 0

The Victory Christian Academy boys basketball team has to be enjoying its new home in the Metro Conference’s South Bay League this season. The Knights are off to a 2-0 start in...

Eastlake swimmers expanding on their base, seek fast times to end season

High School Phillip Brents - 04/19/2018 0

The Eastlake High School swim team remained undefeated in Mesa League play after sweeping a dual meet against Hilltop April 5 at the Las Palmas pool in National City. The Titan boys...

Strange denials

Letters to the editor Deuel Woodward - 09/15/2022 0

“In The Heat of The Night”; “The Long Hot Summer”; “Some Like It Hot”; “Heat”; “The Heat”; “Heat and Dust”; “Heat and Sunlight”; “The Heat of the Day”; “Heat of the...

AARP provides tax return help in Chula Vista

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 02/11/2022 0

AARP TaxAide is providing free tax service at the Chula Vista Civic Library every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until April 14. Those requesting help must...

Esoteric astrology as news for week November

Horoscope legals - 11/26/2025 0

November 26 - Dec 2, 2025 Wearing Gratitude Like a Cloak – Rumi The week of Thanksgiving and the season of gratitude begins. The Sun is now in Sagittarius. We shifted from the...

Five years later Bonita landmark is still standing tall

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 10/16/2010 0

One of the most memorable dates and times in American history is going to be observed next month. We are alluding to the day that we used to call Armistice Day,...

Bakers mixing it up on television

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 07/10/2014 0

His mom had been a cake decorator before he was born so maybe it was in his blood, but for Chula Vista baker and cake decorator Jose Barajas, making cakes is...

To medicate or not to medicate … that is the question

Columnists Nancy Alvarado - 05/02/2015 0

Jacob explodes into the room, shouting, “TEACHER! I THINK I FORGOT TO TAKE MY MEDS TODAY BUT IT’S OK BECAUSE I’M GOING TO BEHAVE, I PROMISE!” I put my hands on his...

#FoodieNews: Mexipino food is comfort food you need

Eats Kris Galicia Brown - 09/27/2018 0

Chula Vista is rich in Mexican and Filipino heritage. Cross these two food-loving cultures together and the moniker “Mexipino” is born. There’s no question that both these groups love to cook...

Sewer rates may climb

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 11/27/2013 0

The Chula Vista City Council at its Dec. 17 meeting is set to consider its first rate increase in three years for nearly 250,000 residents to offset the rising cost of...

Council supports families

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 07/19/2018 0

On Tuesday the Chula Vista City Council approved a revised resolution in support of keeping immigrant families together at the U.S.-Mexico border. The resolution, which passed 3-1, serves as a strong response...

Message of Olympian High School’s production of ‘The Crucible’ is especially relevant today

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 04/21/2017 0

Olympian High School’s drama department will present American playwright Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” April 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the school’s multi-purpose room. Tickets are $5...

Star-spangled friendship crowned with AAU hockey gold medals

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 08/01/2014 0

What began as a friendship between two teammates four-and-a-half years ago at a since closed roller hockey rink in National City was cemented with a pair of gold medals at July’s...

Third Avenue’s new look complete

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 02/11/2021 0

They have rebuilt it, now we’ll see if they will come. The city of Chula Vista Wednesday marked the final step in an almost decade long plan to revitalize Third Avenue downtown. Starting...

The foundations of Father’s Day

Chula Vista Brooke Binkowski - 06/20/2015 0

The inspiration for Father’s Day actually comes from Mother’s Day. In the late 1800s, activist and poetess Julia Ward Howe wrote her “Appeal to Womanhood,” which exhorted women to step forward...

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THIS WEEK

Chula Vista

Beloved principal, basketball junkie to be missed

Pet surrenders catch county’s humane society off guard

The intersection of law and clarity

New year starts with countywide blood drive

DON'T MISS

Knights making themselves right at home in new South Bay League digs

Eastlake swimmers expanding on their base, seek fast times to end season

Strange denials

AARP provides tax return help in Chula Vista

Esoteric astrology as news for week November

Five years later Bonita landmark is still standing tall

Bakers mixing it up on television

To medicate or not to medicate … that is the question

#FoodieNews: Mexipino food is comfort food you need

Sewer rates may climb

Council supports families

Message of Olympian High School’s production of ‘The Crucible’ is especially relevant today

Star-spangled friendship crowned with AAU hockey gold medals

Third Avenue’s new look complete

The foundations of Father’s Day

WEATHER

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