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Hilltop grad Latimore helps Team USA skate to silver medal

The CIF-Metro Conference roller hockey circuit scored major prestige points when Hilltop High School alumnus Kekoa Latimore won a silver medal with the Team USA junior men’s squad at this summer’s...

Shape the future of Chula Vista

This month, the city of Chula Vista will seek individuals for a new ad-hoc commission whose mission will be to draw new voting district lines for the city. It would be...

We have a winner! It’s Otay Ranch over previously undefeated Olympian

EAGLES TASTE FIRST LOSS OF SEASON IN BATTLE OF THE O’S MATCHUP The Battle of the O’s rivalry game between the Otay Ranch and Olympian high school football teams doesn’t have quite...

It’s not what you say but how

You know which shotgun didn’t get turned in during last week’s gun buy-back program in Chula Vista? The one I’m using to fire the proverbial birdshot in this week’s column. Some...

New school district leader gets contract, asks for trust

Karen Janney, the newly hired superintendent at the Sweetwater Union High School District, has agreed to terms on a contract that puts her in charge of the largest secondary school district...

Chula Vista is where the Corazon is

Corazón Chula Vista, a for-profit organization, states their mission is to seek, elevate and inspire the Chula Vista community. Founders of the civic-minded group want to cultivate community through experiences that...

Guns against grizzlies at schools or peace education as resistance?

Incoming administration officials like billionaire Betsy DeVos—Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education—are stumbling through confirmation hearings with a mixture of deceit and ignorance. Just pause for a moment to consider that...

Couple busted in travel case out for Thanksgiving

A couple who operated a travel agency which defrauded band students and parents at Eastlake High School and elsewhere will be released in November after being sentenced to two years in...

Canadian company likes Chula Vista

The city of Chula Vista is one step closer to producing advanced clean technology thanks to a $3.3 million loan from the California Energy Commission. Canadian-based Morgan Solar, Inc., a company that...

The shocking, naked truth

The recent arrest and prosecution of CHP officer Sean Harrington for illegally searching a woman’s phone and downloading nude pictures of her, sadly, didn’t shock me. Law enforcement officers are just...

Park View takes familiar path on road to Little League World Series

Park View Little League has taken the road to South Williamsport, Penn. — home of the hallowed Little League World Series — twice before, and now embarks on the same path...

Pancakes and a time capsule

The Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Department is holding its Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 8-ll a.m. Along with serving pancakes, the Bonita Firefighters will be opening a time capsule from 1992....

Prep basketball playoffs are just around the hot corner

Tip-off for the 2025 San Diego Section basketball playoffs is closer than one may think. Hardwood action in seven divisions starts Feb. 18-19 and wraps up with championship games Feb. 27 to...

Murderer might get half a century in prison

William Thomas Mace, 27, of Bonita, is awaiting a long prison sentence on Jan. 20, 2012, after being convicted of first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting that killed 17-year-old Jose Anthony...

Water war launched

I want to alert the community to the fact that the city of San Diego has sued the Sweetwater Authority over the taking of groundwater. This suit is both parochial and...

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THIS WEEK

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...