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Chula Vista

Hilltop grad Martinez playing herself back into the game

After a sterling soccer career at Hilltop High School (1998-2001) in which she garnered numerous all-league and All-San Diego Section honors, Lisette Martinez went on to play four seasons of collegiate...

Valentine’s Day in Downtown Chula Vista

Downtown Chula Vista is your love hub this Valentine’s Day! For some, this loving holiday represents a day to honor their cherished relationships with friends and family, and for others, it’s...

Holidays can’t arrive soon enough

November — aka The Holidays, aka the end of another year — is just a smidge over three months away. To adults over 35 years age, that’s just around the corner: a...

Eastlake kicks off season in defense of Metro-Mesa League title

If Eastlake High School’s football players are as excited as much about the upcoming fall pigskin campaign as their coach, then the sky appears to be the limit for the Titans. “I’m...

VERDELL & CO. ARE BACK TO LEAD STATE CHAMPION MATER DEI CATHOLIC ON QUEST FOR METRO-MESA LEAGUE TITLE

To put it kindly, last year’s Mater Dei Catholic High School football team romped its way to winning San Diego Section and California State Bowl championship titles. However, the Crusaders will...

Crusaders overpower Barons in Metro-Mesa opener

The slate was wiped clean for last Friday’s Metro-Mesa League opener as Bonita Vista hosted Mater Dei Catholic and Olympian hosted Otay Ranch. The former contest featured a runaway 42-7 win for...

Meeting on homeless offers little action

One by one Chula Vista residents expressed their frustrations with the city’s approach in handling the increased homeless population throughout the city. “I heard a lot of people talk about solutions,” ex-Councilman...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 24 – 30, 2020

Summer 2020 – Building a Lighted House  Last Saturday, the Sun entered the sign Cancer and settled for three days in its northern-most position – at the Tropic of Cancer. The solstice...

Mar Vista, Hilltop to battle for South Bay League title

Hilltop High School’s football team printed new T-shirts in the preseason that reflected a shift in fortunes. They read: New League, New Legacy. The Lancers have the opportunity to make those words...

August prelim for woman in fatal incident

An Aug. 17 preliminary hearing has been set for a woman charged with murder in a so-called “road rage” incident in National City that claimed the life of a Navy man...

BV ace Hartman ranks as one of county’s best

She is only a sophomore, but that hasn’t stopped Bonita Vista’s Jennifer Hartman from working her way to the top of the heap as one of the San Diego Section’s best...

See and speak or look away and shut up?

Throughout childhood we were, in one way or another, often told that no one likes a tattletale. So when Katie Lumpshortz told our fourth grade teacher that I was reading comic books...

October sports scene crowded with season openers, playoff drama

It’s October. Besides baseball’s World Series, professional sports is witness to the start of the NBA and NHL seasons, the start of the playoffs in Major League Soccer, the National Women’s...

The Sun keeps shining in journalism

For the sixth consecutive year Southwestern College's student newspaper, The Sun, was named America's best community college newspaper by the National Newspaper Association in Omaha, Neb. It was also ranked number 2 in...

Barons hope to rebound from last year’s 3-8 campaign

Posting just three wins against eight losses in 2010, the Bonita Vista Barons suffered through one of their worst football seasons in recent memory. Bolstered by a veteran group of 14...

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THIS WEEK

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...

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...

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...

The intersection of law...

It’s been roughly a year and I have yet to see much daylight. At the beginning of 2025, the State of California enacted AB 413....

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...

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...

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...

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...