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Classic comedy ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ now playing at OnStage Playhouse

OnStage Playhouse begins its 2010-2011 season with Joseph Kesselring’s classic comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace," playing through Aug. 21 at its downtown  Chula Vista theater. The play is directed by Bob...

Deported veterans battle to come home

In 1983, U.S. Marine Armando Scott was stationed in Beirut, Lebanon, when suicide bombers detonated two truck bombs that destroyed the barracks housing his unit. More than 300 people died in...

Dedicated to her community

Former Chula Vista City Councilwoman Patty Davis passed away Tuesday July 30 from congestive heart failure. Davis was born Oct. 1, 1950 in Louisville, Kentucky. She graduated from Ursuline Academy, received the...

Sweetwater Valley 12U all-stars clear first speed bump on road to 2019 Little League World Series

Sweetwater Valley Little League’s 12U all-star team started as one of 6,500 teams across the nation hoping to take the road to the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. That...

Filner moves to keep student in U.S.

Chula Vista Congressman Bob Filner said he was contacted over the weekend by the family of a female Southwestern College student after she was detained by authorities. "It's horrendous that this occurred,"...

If it looks and plays like a sport..

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez's recent championing of cheerleading as sport offers interesting questions to mull. In February she published an opinion in the U-T San Diego outlining her position: “Let’s stop fooling ourselves. Cheerleading...

Xolos back to familiar ways

The Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles won their season opener versus Monarcas Morelia at Estadio Caliente Friday night. It was the team's first home victory since the end of the 2016 spring season. The Xolos underwent...

Peraza takes over for Aguilar

Humberto Peraza Jr. was sworn in by the Southwestern Community College District governing board Aug. 9 to fill a vacancy left by former board member Nick Aguilar. Peraza, 37, will serve the...

Metro Conference cross country finals set the pace

A total of 488 runners took the course at Rohr Park last Friday to determine this year’s Metro Conference cross country team champions and all-league teams. Returners got to strut their stuff...

Twin peaks: Metro softball season ends with two SoCal champions

The 2025 high school softball season is finally over, and what a season it was after both the Mater Dei Catholic Lady Crusaders and Eastlake Lady Titans brought home coveted Southern...

Eastlake grad Leonhardt putting up big numbers for Aztecs

San Diego State University’s baseball team captured three of four games last weekend against UC San Diego to improve to 5-2 on the young season. Eastlake High School alumnus Brian Leonhardt continues...

Council set to hear underground issue

The highly contested undergrounding of a proposed substation is heading for a public hearing at Tuesday's Chula Vista City Council meeting. Former Chula Vista councilman John Moot and ex Chula Vista Mayor...

It’s a spring season to remember for Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders

Mater Dei Catholic High School wrapped up a sensational spring season last Saturday as its boys and girls basketball teams both won Southern California regional championships and its girls softball team...

SWC’s Dia de los Muertos tournament to provide preview for PCAC water polo finals

Eastlake High School grads Jeremy Redden and Jake Rose were freshmen on Mesa College’s Pacific Coast Athletic Conference men’s water polo championship team. They are joined on this year’s Olympians roster...

Keeping their feet dry while sailing

It's a Saturday morning and 70-year-old Chula Vista resident Ed Sayres and about a half-dozen friends are sitting in lawn chairs on the north shore of the Mission Bay Model Yacht...

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THIS WEEK

Frosh phenoms are lacing...

Last season, the Metro Conference roller hockey scoring race was contested between Eastlake High junior Chris Rollbusch Jr. and Bonita Vista senior Jacob Hunter. Rollbusch...

Familiar fragrance store opens...

Bath & Body Works officially opened a new 3,232-square-foot store near Palomar Trolley on Jan. 9, bringing the brand’s signature fragrances, body care, and...

King’s call for justice...

Three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the April 7, 1968 edition of The Chula Vista Star News had a small...

Gulls start climb up...

The San Diego Gulls have languished near the bottom of the American Hockey League’s Pacific Division for the past three seasons, missing the genrous...

Girls hoops teams tip...

The San Diego Section will crown its 2025-26 girls basketball divisional champions Feb. 26-28. All the hoopla, cheers and tears are still more than...

Women’s pro soccer received...

The National Women’s Soccer League crowned its 2026 champion on Nov. 22 as Gotham FC defeated the Washington Spirit, 1-0, in front of 18,000...

Southwestern Lady Jags secure...

It was nothing but cheers as Southwestern College recorded its third Pacific Coast Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship in the past eight years with...

Moore takes lead at...

The Port of San Diego officially swore in its 2026 officers for the Board of Port Commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 14, marking the start...

Above the rim: SDSU...

Photo caption: Elzie Harrington has the ball for SDSU in Saturday’s game against Fresno State. Photo by Andy Bartotto Like football, San Diego State University’s...

Esoteric astrology as news...

Communities, Cooperatives & the Essential Fire of Change - the New Era Unfolding Sun enters Aquarius Monday, January 19th, the day after the Capricorn new...