Sunday, February 8, 2026
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Chula Vista

Trustee in hospital

Chula Vista Police Capt. Gary Wedge said that the second person involved in a July 24 car accident that sent Sweetwater board member John McCann to the hospital is an employee...

Calling down from the nosebleeds

Of course it's easy to criticize when you're seated in the cheap seats. Up here in the nosebleeds, perhaps the only benefit of being so far removed from the action is...

Looking to police for answers

On Monday, April 4, I watched a friend assaulted in the parking lot of the Chula Vista Public Library Civic Center branch. Assault and battery. It happened two feet from where...

Holiday for a dwindling class

Among the many things I will ponder this holiday weekend: the weather, El Niño, when the specialty craft beer movement will move on for good, what Third Avenue will finally look...

City executives are a bargain

Jim Sandoval, Scott Tulloch, Gary Halbert, David Bejarano and Rick Hopkins.These are Chula Vista's top five paid executives. But are they paid appropriately? Seven months ago, four volunteer citizens were authorized by...

CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES

Carolina Chavez is running for City Council District 1 being vacated by Council member John McCann. Chavez, 38, and a Democrat, said she grew up in the region, knows Chula Vista...

‘Going to a Place Where You Already Are’ is heaven sent

Is there a heaven? Or heaven on earth? These questions are raised, with both seriousness and humor, during OnStage Playhouse’s production of “Going to a Place Where You Already Are.” While an...

Sweetwater High School to get new stadium turf field

Sweetwater High School has received a $200,000 grant for a new synthetic turf field, courtesy of the San Diego Chargers and the National Football League Grassroots Program. The grant, awarded by...

Hilltop blanks Bonita Vista, 2-0, hikes record to 17-2

The numbers keep adding up for the Hilltop High School boys soccer team. The Lancers defeated visiting Bonita Vista, 2-0, Tuesday to remain unbeaten in three Mesa League games and, in...

Economic relief offered

Chula Vista City Council passed an economic relief package on Tuesday aiming to address the stresses put on the community by COVID-19 regulations. The package included approving $1.5 million in small business...

Lolita’s Mexican Restaurant celebrates 34 years ...

Joaquin and Dolores “Lolita” Farfan opened their first Lolita’s restaurant in Chula Vista in 1984. Joaquin created his famous carne asada recipe that captured taste buds and the family has served...

Lancers tie up Mesa League roller hockey standings

What Hilltop captain Jeremiah Schultz started, Lancer goaltender Josh Evangelist finished in Wednesday’s Mesa League roller hockey game at National City’s Skate San Diego. The result was a key 5-4 victory...

Recognizing signs of domestic violence

Unlike violence and harm that comes at the hands of a stranger, domestic violence has the additional trauma of the abuser being someone the victim has an intimate relationship with, was...

Focused on finances

Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox presented a positive outlook for the city of Chula Vista at Tuesday evening's state of the city address. "I am committed to working tirelessly over the next...

Options abound for void left behind

Chargers fans, understandably, may not know what to do with themselves now that the team has made its move to Los Angeles official. For many following the NFL team has been...

WEATHER

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THIS WEEK

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...

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...

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...

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...

Epic win catapults Gulls...

The San Diego Gulls needed this one. And they got it. Trailing by one goal on three different occasions in front of a sellout crowd...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...