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Chula Vista

Crusaders starting to build momentum in search of sixth consecutive CIF title

When the Mater Dei Catholic High School girls softball team shaded the visiting Bonita Vista Barons by a 2-1 score on April 15, it was more than just a feather in...

Lancers move to Mesa League after winning three South Bay League titles

The last three seasons have been kind to the Hilltop High School boys water polo team with three championship titles in the South Bay League. Two championships were shared (with Mater...

Veterans to read to students

Over 1,000 classrooms from preschool through high school seniors across the country will be participating in the United Through Reading Story Time with a Service Member event beginning on Veterans Day,...

Where she belongs

Norma Chávez-Peterson knows all about the struggles of inequality. As a child growing up in National City she often dealt with the inequalities of living in America as an immigrant from Michoacán,...

Prison awaits men guilty in National City brawl

The gunman who shot a National City man to death outside a restaurant after the viewing of the World Cup soccer match in 2014 was sentenced Friday to 47 years and...

Democrats have tough act to follow

I am grateful to the GOP. The comical diversion that is the Republican National Convention was a welcome distraction from the now routine reports of police abuse, mass shootings, government coups...

Looking at the Century mark

The city of Chula Vista will be 100 years old in January. Isn't that cause for celebration? The Chula Vista Committee of 100 thinks it is. Since September, Mayor Cheryl Cox, Councilwoman...

The eyes have it when it comes to macular degeneration

Scientists now have a few more genetic clues about a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in older Americans - age-related macular degeneration (AMD). That's because a large scale collaborative study,...

For sake of children some questions are best left unasked

I often see Diana’s mother in the school parking lot before class, standing outside her car, untangling her younger daughters’ hair and taming it into pony tails. Diana, age ten, takes...

Red Devils rally behind heroic QB runs, Spartans done in by two-point conversion

Legacy of Pride Game preview The Chula Vista Spartans finished 2-8 last season while the Sweetwater Red Devils were 1-9. But that was last year and both teams, as evidenced by last...

Visiting all the way from Bonita

Some years ago I adopted the custom of spending at least one day in the summer doing the tourist bit. This was the time that I left the house about mid-morning and...

Little League World Series, regional tournaments fall victim to COVID-19

For those waiting for summer baseball all-star play to start, they might have to wait a little longer — and lower their expectations a bit — after Little League International President...

Roommate in week two of trial

The murder trial involving the death of a Chula Vista man who was found in a 55-gallon drum in San Diego Bay went into its second week on Tuesday. The body of...

Man guilty in beating death

A jury has convicted a Bonita man of involuntary manslaughter in the 2010 beating death of Joseph Barrs, 21, following a party in Chula Vista. The jury acquitted Uriel Alejandro Sanchez, 21,...

Only one San Diego hospital nationally recognized for treatment of heart failure

Heart failure is a serious condition that happens when the heart cannot pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs in the body. Although heart failure rates are lower in...

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THIS WEEK

It’s time for paying...

Enough time has passed since the last of the major holidays that it seems an acceptable time to hop back on the soapbox without...

Students take stop sewage...

When students from across South Bay boarded buses and an airplane for Sacramento in January, they weren’t heading on a typical field trip. They were going to...

It’s No. 1 Titans...

Friday’s 2026 edition of the Metro Conference roller hockey championship tournament’s grand finale is set: the top-seeded Eastlake Titans versus the third-seeded Otay Ranch...

SWC opens Spring semester...

Southwestern College welcomed more than 18,000 students this week as the Spring 2026 semester got underway, marking a lively and energized return to campus....

Epic win catapults Gulls...

The San Diego Gulls needed this one. And they got it. Trailing by one goal on three different occasions in front of a sellout crowd...

Actions may need to...

It is a gesture, a simple and symbolic one. But it is the right one. When most of the Chula Vista City Council during a...

Chair of California Transportation...

Clarissa Reyes Falcon has been elected Chair of the California Transportation Commission, with Joseph Cruz serving as Vice Chair, which the Commission announced at...

Foundation graduates second round...

For the second consecutive year, the Guy and Olive Lookabaugh Foundation has fully funded tuition for an entire entering cohort of Vocational Nursing students...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

How to Understand the World & Our Country Today Crisis, polarization then a sweep into unity. This is how change occurs on earth - the...

Metro mat women get...

Flag football may be the fastest-growing high school girls sport but girls wrestling set the precedent, and it continues to grow in many areas. This...

Creating opportunity, one scholarship...

At Southwestern College, we believe talent is everywhere and opportunity must be made accessible. One of the most powerful ways we achieve that is...

E-vehicle chargers coming

Chula Vista is preparing to open a new Tesla Supercharger station that will significantly expand electric vehicle charging options in the community. The site, located...