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Wild Horses Festival hits it out of the ballpark again

admin - 12/31/2025

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Beloved principal, basketball junkie to be missed

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College football bowl games put the spotlight on Mountain West teams, SDSU Aztecs

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Gulls making up ground in AHL standings with strong holiday push

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Property dispute divides neighbors

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 02/23/2012 0

East Chula Vista resident April Davis said she's been harassed by neighbors ever since she moved into her home earlier this year. Actually, something was amiss before then. Davis said that when...

Match-up of early season unbeatens pits 3-0 Eagles, Sultans

Football Phillip Brents - 09/11/2025 0

The San Diego Section high school football playoffs are nearly two months away but some genuine intrigue is already starting to develop. The Santana Sultans will host the Olympian Eagles Friday at...

It was more prison than summer camp

Columnists admin - 03/15/2025 0

On April 17, 1942 The Chula Vista Star published a small item about a local displaced woman. It started: “The Star is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Frank Ohye, who...

Puck drops on 2022-23 CIF-Metro roller hockey season

High School Phillip Brents - 12/15/2022 0

With nighttime lows now dipping into the 30s, it’s hockey weather and local coed inline teams have answered the call. CIF-Metro Conference play within the Sweetwater district faced off Tuesday evening at...

Generous donor breaks century mark

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 06/03/2021 0

Chula Vista resident Al Conde is one of 35 donors in the San Diego Blood Bank’s database who has reached the century mark, having donated his 100th gallon in April. Conde has...

A year of anger, disappointment

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 03/19/2021 0

The other morning I woke up realizing I was angry. It wasn’t the usual wrong-side-of-the-bed, don’t-talk-to-me-until-I’ve-had-my-hit-of-caffeine sort of indignation. Nor was it the predictable irritation caused by daylight saving time that vexes me...

Three Metro mat men pin down CIF weight class championships

High School Phillip Brents - 02/26/2016 0

They were a select few this season — three, to be exact. But Eastlake’s Mike Johnson, Otay Ranch’s Mustafa Farha and San Ysidro’s Pablo Perez all proved they had the proverbial...

Local kickers take a long day’s journey into night

Alumni Phillip Brents - 09/26/2019 0

Saturday’s 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifying first round match between local clubs Chula Vista FC and the Rebels Soccer Club was chock full of highlights — both positive and...

Ex sentenced for shooting

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 04/04/2013 0

A San Diego man who admitted shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in their Chula Vista home during a 5 a.m. burglary has been sentenced to 17 years in state...

Bonita’s annual community festival marks 51 years

Uncategorized Albert Fulcher - 08/05/2023 0

The 51st Bonitafest, “Fun for the entire area” is returning on Sept. 23 with its signature Twilight Parade, along with creative and cultural performances from residents. “Bonitafest 2023 will be a bit...

Learning from ugly past mistakes

Columnists admin - 12/07/2024 0

In so far as we are concerned, you Japanese are privileged to go about your business without molestation. Later you can fit into our local defense picture, you will be called...

Lady Eagles flying high in quest to win second straight CIF girls volleyball banner

High School Phillip Brents - 11/05/2015 0

The Eastlake High School girls volleyball team may have denied Olympian chance to win this year’s Metro-Mesa League championship. But the Lady Eagles have another banner quest still remaining on their...

Plane lands in Chula Vista park

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 09/30/2012 0

A veteran pilot was forced to execute an emergency crash landing at Salt Creek Community Park in east Chula Vista earlier this evening. Steve Smith, 42, had taken off from a field...

Best development has no foundation

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 06/20/2015 0

The most promising — maybe even exciting — development in Chula Vista has nothing to do with a four-year university. When years from now that academic institution finally opens its doors, the...

Drunk driver dodges manslaughter charges

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 07/08/2010 0

A South Bay man whose car was one of several vehicles that struck and killed a woman walking on a freeway in National City ended his case June 25 with a...

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