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Dream season ends for San Diego FC

Phillip Brents - 12/05/2025

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Conflict remains a holiday tradition

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North Island Credit Union Foundation awards $5,000

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Changing young lives to be celebrated in September

Chula Vista Xiomara Gerardo - 08/24/2025 0

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego will host its 12th annual “An Evening of Changing Lives” on Sept. 13 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. The event celebrates...

Hilltop Lancers perfect as CIF roller hockey season faces off

High School Phillip Brents - 12/10/2014 0

Dan Vacarro is still involved with the Hilltop High School roller hockey team, and the Lancers appear to be one of the stronger Sweetwater district teams this season in the CIF-Metro...

February hearing in knit cap case

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 01/16/2014 0

The preliminary hearing for a murder suspect who is charged with killing businessman Sergio Morales in 1999 was re-scheduled for Feb. 4 and was transferred from San Diego to the Chula...

No second guessing here

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 10/06/2012 0

Semi-irreverent signs in some police homicide units read, “Our Day Starts When Yours Ends.” A comedian once said a certain funeral home’s slogan was, “We’re the last to let you down.” The...

Drivers needed to help deliver food throughout county

Chula Vista Staff - 04/14/2024 0

Senior Gleaners of San Diego needs drivers. The volunteer organization that is focussed on addressing hunger in the community is looking for drivers aged 55-years and older with a good driving record. Volunteer...

Lime bikes to line N.C. city streets

Latest News Robert Moreno - 12/01/2017 0

Lime Bikes have come to the streets and sidewalks of National City. The National City City Council on Nov. 21 unanimously approved the roll out of about 300 LimeBikes, a dockless, smart...

Crusaders justify No. 4 section ranking with 35-0 rout of Saints

Football Phillip Brents - 09/30/2021 0

Mater Dei Catholic High School head coach John Joyner was the first to admit it took an all-around effort for his team to post an emotionally satisfying 35-0 non-league victory against...

Students gain insight by attending police academy

Uncategorized Allison Sampite - 11/13/2010 0

For the past 10 years, people who work and live in Chula Vista have participated in the city's free citizen police academy training with the Chula Vista Police Department. This year, the...

Some slow to change but change nonetheless to survive

Columnists Nancy Alvarado - 08/20/2016 0

When my husband was seven years old, he got his first job. The owner of the corner store in his neighborhood in Mexico City offered him a position stocking shelves and...

SDSU schedules annual Fan Fest scrimmage Saturday at the Q

College Phillip Brents - 08/21/2015 0

The San Diego State University football team will host its annual Aztec Fan Fest on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Qualcomm Stadium. The event will feature an intrasquad scrimmage, an Aztec apparel...

Chula Vista’s Got Talent entries are now on call

Arts Special to The Star-News - 05/31/2018 0

Calling all talented singers, dancers, musicians and other performers — it’s time to enter the 2018 Chula Vista’s Got Talent contest. This year’s first-place winner gets a front of line ticket...

Three centuries behind bars

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 01/23/2016 0

A judge sentenced a South Bay man Jan. 15 to 304 years to life in prison for robbing 10 businesses including three in Chula Vista and one in Nestor. San Diego Superior...

Program paid some water debt

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 02/10/2022 0

Sweetwater Authority received $633,540 from the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program that covered residential and commercial water debt accrued between March 4, 2020, and June 15, 2021. Administered by...

Mater Dei Catholic sweeps Mesa League hoops match-ups to remain unbeaten

Sports Phillip Brents - 01/28/2017 0

The Mater Dei Catholic boys and girls basketball teams remain red hot in Mesa League play. The Crusader boys team defeated host Montgomery, 69-56, on Friday to improve to 7-0 in league...

Merchants hope Summer Nights brings new customers

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 06/21/2018 0

Chula Vista’s Third Avenue is home to many signature events. There is the annual Taste of Third in March; the historic Lemon Festival will take place sometime in August. And during the...

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THIS WEEK

Chula Vista

Dream season ends for San Diego FC

Conflict remains a holiday tradition

North Island Credit Union Foundation awards $5,000

Carrying the Jaguar spirit into 2026

DON'T MISS

Changing young lives to be celebrated in September

Hilltop Lancers perfect as CIF roller hockey season faces off

February hearing in knit cap case

No second guessing here

Drivers needed to help deliver food throughout county

Lime bikes to line N.C. city streets

Crusaders justify No. 4 section ranking with 35-0 rout of Saints

Students gain insight by attending police academy

Some slow to change but change nonetheless to survive

SDSU schedules annual Fan Fest scrimmage Saturday at the Q

Chula Vista’s Got Talent entries are now on call

Three centuries behind bars

Program paid some water debt

Mater Dei Catholic sweeps Mesa League hoops match-ups to remain unbeaten

Merchants hope Summer Nights brings new customers

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