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Chula Vista

Recollections of Jessica

Millions of people are getting to know Chula Vista resident Jessica Sanchez a little more each week as she fights for the title of American Idol. The 16-year-old is the youngest contestant...

Celebrating its third decade, annual golf tournament benefits all

Well, August is gone and there goes 31 days in which we expected warm weather. Uncharacteristic of that summer month which, as a general rule, brings out the hottest days of...

Murder suspect returns to hospital

For the third time, a judge has committed a 75-year-old South Bay woman to a state mental hospital after finding she was mentally incompetent to stand trial for killing her elderly...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week April 22 – 28, 2020

Taurus, Lyrids & the Red or Blue Pill The Sun has entered Taurus, anchoring the light of Aries, the “search light of the Logos”. Taurus creates the Penetrating Light on the Path,...

It’s Mueller time at middle school flag football finals

Mueller Charter Leadership Academy and Marshall Middle School have taken turns winning the Mission Valley YMCA’s Middle School Police Athletic League A Division flag football championship over the past five years. Mueller...

O’s Bowl match-up pits Otay Ranch, Olympian in Metro-Mesa opener

The third annual O’s Bowl match-up between east side rivals Otay Ranch and Olympian doubles as the teams’ Metro-Mesa League opener. Kick-off is 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at Olympian High...

The seasons and reasons for giving

While Democrats across the country celebrated their election night victory this week, millions of people—undoubtedly some of them their supporters—remained hungry. Uncertain. Scared and perhaps verging on hopeless. There remains work to...

Jail, community service in driver’s future

A 21-year-old driver who struck and killed a Navy veteran in the South Bay was sentenced May 24 to 180 days in jail and was ordered to perform 150 hours of...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week Dec. 20 – 26, 2023

Solstice, Christmas & Gifts of Each Sign And so here we are in the last days of the year, Friday, the Sun enters Capricorn and it’s winter solstice. Monday is Christmas. At...

One year later councilman is undisputed election winner

A California appeals court cemented Chula Vista Councilman John McCann’s seat on the City Council after the court upheld a previous ruling in a lawsuit challenging his election. A three- judge panel...

National City’s five year plan

At Tuesday's City Council meeting, National City council members approved a five-year implementation plan for the National City redevelopment area. The Community Development Commission prepared the plan, which started in 2009 and...

SuHi slams door on Mariners, 53-10, in girls hoops action

Jessica Bautista, last year’s South Bay League Player of the Year, scored a game-high 17 points and teammate Lucille Gleason poured in 15 points to lead the Sweetwater High School girls...

Classic comedy ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ now playing at OnStage Playhouse

OnStage Playhouse begins its 2010-2011 season with Joseph Kesselring’s classic comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace," playing through Aug. 21 at its downtown  Chula Vista theater. The play is directed by Bob...

Budding rivals produce 1-0 quarterfinal cliff-hanger

Soccer is a game unique to itself, especially come playoff time. One team can attack furiously while another can defend just as tenaciously … and the bounces do not always go...

Business boosters say economic future bright

South County is booming. That was the central theme at the 26th annual South County Economic Development Summit, which took place at the San Diego Convention Center Sept. 30. Hundreds of people were...

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THIS WEEK

Cops clear firearms off...

Nearly 140 unwanted firearms were turned in by residents at a South Bay gun safety event on Dec. 13, reflecting strong community participation in...

Lady Lancers bound out...

B.J. Hunt ranks second all-time in the boys discus throw in Hilltop High School track and field history with a mark of 143-9 (set...

One for four: Jaguars...

Aside from all-star games, the high school football season wrapped up last weekend with 15 state bowl championship games.Four teams represented the San Diego...

Downtown Chula Vista welcomes...

Winter is officially here, and Downtown Chula Vista is celebrating the season’s arrival while gearing up for the new year. The Chula Vista community...

Metro Conference rolls out...

The Metro Conference faced off its 26th continuous season of co-ed roller hockey this past week at the Castle Park High School rink. Nine Sweetwater...

Nine Metro teams represented...

The Frank Pekarek National City Host Lions Club boys basketball tournament has faced off for another year. The 21-team tournament tipped off Saturday with...

Survey delivers a dose...

One morning eons ago I trudged into my cousin’s garage. The fluorescent lamps hummed and flickered. The cold of the slick, cement floor stung my...

Teen’s video a ‘Breakthrough’...

Seventeen-year-old Grace Lee from Chula Vista is gaining national attention as a finalist in the global Breakthrough Junior Challenge, an annual competition that invites...

Williams paces San Diego...

It was a scene right out of a post-apocalyptic film: shadowy figures running around in dense fog.It could easily have taken place somewhere in...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

Hanukkah, Mourner’s Kaddish, Fourth Advent Candle & Winter Solstice This is the week leading up to Winter Solstice and Hanukkah - eight-day Hebrew festival of Light....