Thursday, February 12, 2026
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Chula Vista

New Year brings light show to a close

This year marks the seventh year Bonita resident Ron Komendera has displayed his musical- Christmas light show. Running until tonight, New Year's Eve, Komendera one-ups himself each year making it bigger and...

Eagles give Olympian effort, pound Hilltop 49-6 for first win of season

It looked like both teams were primed for a shootout last Friday when the host Hilltop Lancers took on the Olympian Eagles in a non-league high school football game. The Eagles, still...

Cold case cracked with cap

Bail of $1 million was set Sept. 29 for a suspect charged with a cold-case homicide dating back to 1999 in Chula Vista. The incident involved businessman Sergio Morales who was shot...

Mariachi conference paved way for festival partnership

As Serafin Paredes began to teach in San Diego Unified School District more than 15 years ago, he gradually came up with an idea of working with world-renowned mariachi musicians to...

Suspect faces trial for decade-old murder

A man was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a 2006 murder of a Chula Vista man who was shot to death in a South Bay bar. Willie Clarke Jr. was killed...

SoCal Venom captures Triple Crown softball World Series title

The SoCal Venom 10-under girls softball travel team won three championships during the fall 2010 season. While the results weren’t nearly as spectacular this spring and early summer, the team came...

Water rates won’t rise for now

The Sweetwater Authority water board of directors changed direction after voting in June to include a 2.5 percent water rate increase on South Bay irrigation customers who live in National City,...

A never-ending Christmas tradition

Sixteen years ago, a Pew research study revealed Americans were having an issue with Christmas. A 2007 survey indicated 52% of Americans who took the poll were bothered by the commercialization of...

Popularity created need for pickleball court resource

There are currently 36.5 million pickleball players estimated in the United States, according to the Association of Pickleball Professionals in 2022, and pickleball participation growing 158.6% over the past three years...

Best of what South County offers

It's time to start voting for the Best in South County. Every year this newspaper  asks readers to vote in its readers poll, sharing their thoughts about the best Chula Vista and...

NC homes offer fresh start

San Diego Habitat for Humanity is building six homes as part of an affordable housing project in National City that will be sold for no more than 30% of an applicant’s...

Aztecs put on the hot seat in Snapdragon Stadium debut

Trolleys running from either direction into Mission Valley with standing-room-only cars signified that college football had indeed returned to America’s Finest City. The San Diego State University Aztecs officially christened their new...

New budget OK’d

Chula Vista ­Council members on Tuesday voted to approve the city manager’s budget, despite opposition from city employees and their unions. City Manager Jim Sandoval’s budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, which...

County agencies join forces to fight fentanyl abuse

A Day of Action event hosted by San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan was held in National City Aug. 28 to bring public awareness to an increasing fentanyl-related overdose death...

National City warned off curfew

On Sunday night, May 31, National City ordered a curfew for its residents in response to the riots which broke out in downtown San Diego and La Mesa the previous evening....

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THIS WEEK

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...

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....

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...

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...

Open Division hopefuls abound...

When the San Diego Section unveiled its elite Open Division playoffs  a decade or so ago, it remained a dream for most Metro Conference...

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...

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...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

Festivals – Rare Ones – Saturn/Neptune Aries & the Fire Horse The months, January, February and March, can seem cold and empty without preparing for...

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...