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Chula Vista

District families benefit from CVESD’s spirit of giving

Hundreds of food items and toys have been collected through the Chula Vista Elementary School District’s annual food and toy drives to help out Chula Vista families in need this holiday...

Time to redraw lines that were drawn

Nine years ago Chula Vista voters, collectively, took an action that changed the way the business of politics was conducted. They voted for district elections. Two years later, in 2014, the city’s...

Jaguars continue to pile up points, kick off JC football season 2-0

Freshman running back Deandre Daniels has scored seven touchdowns in his first two community college football games, and the Southwestern College Jaguars have a 2-0 record to show for it. The Jaguars...

Robbery suspects face fed charges

Two men have pleaded not guilty to a federal grand jury indictment in the robbery of a South Bay cell phone store and nine other hold-ups of the Metro PCS cell...

Historic election should whittle field

Republican Mike Diaz is a retired firefighter who worked in Escondido for 27 years. Diaz, 58, says public safety should be the city of Chula Vista’s number one priority. He said he...

Mar Vista Mariners lay claim to Metro-Pacific League roller hockey title

The CIF-Metro Conference's nine Sweetwater district teams are divided into three three-team leagues. It appears that Mar Vista High School will be the first of those nine teams to claim a...

Volunteer calls it quits

Chula Vista’s Senior Volunteer Patrol celebrated its 20-year anniversary last week. Jack Mitchell has been a senior patrolman since the very beginning, with the last 18-years leading the program as director. Now, at...

Lady Aztecs secure back-to-back CIF titles; Eagles win, Montgomery men, Raiders fall short

Montgomery High School put its girls and boys basketball teams on display in a rare Southern California regional double-header on Tuesday. The girls team was fresh off a San Diego Section Division...

Every party needs a pooper

Every party needs a pooper, right? I don't like parties. I don't like them in the same way I don't like pickles. Sure, they're fine for some people but not me. That's...

Top Two!

Chula Vista resident Jessica Sanchez, 16, survives the cut and makes it to the American Idol finale airing on Fox Tuesday, May 22 and Wednesday May 23. Jessica will compete against Phillip...

City gets tips on doing more with less

In light of the city's severe budget crisis, the city of Chula Vista is working to streamline staff departments by implementing a concept used by Goodrich Inc. called kaizen. Kaizen is a...

Tacqueria owner extends influence to North County

Chef Abner Peralta recently landed his latest cookery gig, hired at the chef de cuisine at Alejandra’s Fine Mexican Food and Cantina in Carlsbad. Peralta, 30, is the owner of Taqueria El...

Regional planners drafting light rail system

The San Diego Association of Governments primary public planning and transportation agency has been holding subregional open houses on the Draft 2021 plan, including a June 22 meeting specific to South...

Scary reality isn’t fun

A man not more than five feet away from me and dressed in tattered clothes revved the chainsaw he was holding and waved it menacingly over his head. A girl, probably...

Can you elect to not rush process?

On Tuesday the Chula Vista City Council will discuss a proposal by outgoing Mayor Cheryl Cox to put an end to a voter approved measure that hasn’t had much time to...

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