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Crusaders are lone Metro team left in CIF football playoffs

The Mater Dei Catholic High School football team had to wait two weeks to take the field again after its final regular season game against Olympian was canceled because of COVID-19...

Best of what South County offers

It's time to start voting for the Best in South County. Every year this newspaper  asks readers to vote in its readers poll, sharing their thoughts about the best Chula Vista and...

Young Aztecs are holding their own in season tip-off

It’s tournament time in high school basketball and the Montgomery Aztecs are off to a 7-1 start in boys play following Tuesday’s 51-45 non-league victory at La Jolla. The win was the...

Sweetwater Valley belts out 11-3 win, advances to LLWS semifinal

Come what may, the Sweetwater Valley Little League 12U all-star team has left its mark in Williamsport, Pa., site of the hallowed Little League World Series. Facing elimination for the second...

Clean air input sought

It is all about cleaner air. The Port of San Diego is seeking public input on its Maritime Clean Air Strategy plan. This draft plan discusses a plan of action in...

Lakeside man arrested at block party carrying ghost gun

At the first Chula Vista Block Party in downtown on July 8, shortly after the event began the Chula Vista Police Department arrested a 22-year-old man attending from Lakeside who had...

‘Representation be damned’

Deuel Howard’s letter of 2/1, “Comparative Politics”, is laughable. Democrats tolerant? Really? The party that censored opposing views throughout social media, confirmed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, is tolerant? Hardly. He obviously hates gun...

Bank robber fined, sent to prison

Christopher Boyd Cutcliff, 43, of National City, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for holding up the Point Loma Credit Union at 3003 Highland Ave. in National City...

Spartans, Trojans come up winners as Metro-Pacific League play kicks off with a bang

The high school football season is divided into three segments: non-league play, league play and the playoffs. The Metro Conference’s Pacific League teams entered the second phase of that schedule last Friday...

Constant gratitude long overdue

To those who: Devoted their academic and professional careers to studying the sciences so that we can benefit from innovations such as penicillin, ibuprofen, and vaccines; Are still working the jobs that last...

Sweetwater High School boys volleyball tourney makes debut

The inaugural Sweetwater High School Lions Club Tournament wrapped up March 7 at the National City school with playoff and championship games. San Pasqual defeated St. Augustine to win the Gold Division...

Chula cop is MADD darling

Good things come in small packages and Alicia Chudy is a prime example. At 4 feet 10 inches, Chudy stands out among her colleagues at the Chula Vista Police Department as the...

House arrest for embezzler

A Chula Vista man who worked for the Social Security Administration was sentenced Aug. 30 to eight months home detention for embezzling $65,118. Nam-Phong Hung Le, 37, has paid all the money...

Stupid criminals are a police officer’s bread and butter

MEMO TO CROOKS: 1) Have a logical plan 2) Don't be conspicuous. I have always said that cops owe their livelihood to crooks who are stupid and/or unlucky. The smart and lucky ones are...

Libraries are essential

I am writing to express my deep appreciation for my local libraries and to emphasize the critical role it plays in my life and the broader community. Libraries are more than...

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THIS WEEK

What’s new, what’s next...

Ring in the New Year right with Downtown Chula Vista after a full year of growth! From getting a head start on your New...

San Diego County Cup...

The San Diego County Cup holiday soccer tournament wrapped up Dec. 30 with six boys division finals at Hilltop High School and three girls...

Roller hockey faces off...

The Metro Conference faced off the 2026 portion of its 2025-26 roller hockey schedule with four games played Jan 7-8 at the Castle Park...

Holiday Bowl rings in...

One day removed from a flooding downpour in Mission Valley, the 46th annual Holiday Bowl enjoyed partly cloudy skies and little to no precipitation...

Help getting by during...

If you went into the first full week of January 2026 wondering: Where you were going to find the extra money to pay for your...

State grant funds Chula...

Chula Vista has secured $500,000 from the State of California to support affordable housing, which the city will match with another $500,000 from its...

Gulls face off new...

The start of the new year has created some very interesting scenarios in the American Hockey league. With seven teams separated by just six standings...

New laws boost pet...

Five new California animal welfare laws sponsored by San Diego Humane Society went into effect Jan. 1, strengthening protections against puppy mills, cracking down...