Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Chula Vista

City sets 90-day plan

The city of Chula Vista approved a 90-day economic recovery plan May 5 in an effort to assist local businesses as they reopen following temporary COVID-19 related closures. The plan includes a...

Ricasa wants demotion deleted

A former Southwestern College administrator has filed a lawsuit against the college for what she says was an improper demotion. Arlie Ricasa, one of 15 defendants indicted in a school corruption scandal...

Men, woman say they didn’t do it

Two Chula Vista men and a woman have pleaded not guilty to involvement in a gang-related murder that took place in 2012 in Imperial Beach. Reyes Michael Cruz, 26, and Adrian Ernesto...

Murder and crime for fun and profit

For years I wrote for fun and self satisfaction, the best reasons to write. In 1983, our team solved a complicated murder. A freelance writer in Imperial Beach from True Detective...

Art or graffiti?

Prior to watching "Exit Through the Gift Shop," which has been nominated for an Academy Award this year, I knew the difference between graffiti and art. They are, after all, like pornography -...

Is it brains or beauty or both for babes?

Thanks to State Assembly candidate Lorena Gonzalez, I no longer feel conflicted about judging women based on their looks. Gonzalez is a longtime fan of beauty pageants and a former participant. On Twitter this...

Metro Conference all-league football teams named

The 27th game in the Alex Spanos All-Star Classic series is scheduled to be played Jan. 21 at San Diego Mesa College. Kick-off is 6 p.m. The game pits senior high school...

Letter is written, signature needed

Dear Bonnie, You’re killing me! No sooner do I finish letting the editor at Vanity Fair have a piece of my mind (no magazine calls us "a sputtering neon error of beauty academies...

Prep pigskin midseason report: And then there were two

There are five weeks left in regular season play for the 2010 high school football season. The number of undefeated teams in the San Diego Section continues to dwindle each week. Three...

Mustang lacrose girls team wants more than a co-championship

At 10-4 overall and 7-0 in league play, it appears the Otay Ranch Mustangs girls lacrosse team will settle for nothing less than a co-championship to cap play in the second-year...

Lemon celebration comes to Third

Third Avenue Village Association’s juiciest  street faire is coming to downtown Chula Vista. The 17th annual Lemon Festival is celebrating a time when Chula Vista was once California’s lemon capital. “Years ago the...

It’s a merrie, merrie time when ukes come a-calling

Many of the schools in the South Bay — in fact, all of them save those that are on year round schedules — are in some sort of a hiatus at...

Otay Ranch squeaks past Spartans, improves to 3-0 in Mesa League duals

The Otay Ranch High School wrestling team remained undefeated in Mesa League dual meet competition but it wasn't without a battle from a host Chula Vista Spartan squad Thursday (Jan. 27)....

Sailor profits from weighting

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Rodriguez is a U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer who lives in El Cajon and owns a successful wholesale gym equipment company, Gym Bro Fitness in Chula...

Spartans claim 17-10 Kiwanis Bowl cliff-hanger victory over Lancers

The Chula Vista Kiwanis Bowl football series between Chula Vista and Hilltop high schools has generally produced a feast or famine outcome in its 10 years. Host Chula Vista’s 17-10 non-league...

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