Thursday, January 29, 2026
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Chula Vista

Practical measures for safe fire season

With wildfire season upon us, the Chula Vista Fire Department (CVFD) has released advice for homeowners living near canyons, hills and other remote areas on what they need to do to...

Murder conviction in case gone cold

After three days of deliberations, a jury has convicted a Lancaster man of first-degree murder in a cold case homicide of a Chula Vista businessman in 1999 through DNA left behind...

Voters to decide if tax continues

The Chula Vista City Council unanimously approved to place a measure that would continue a 2016 tax increase on the November ballot. In 2016, Chula Vista voters approved Measure P, which, after...

SWC opens center for vets

For the first time in Southwestern College’s 52-year history, student veterans have a resource center to help them navigate their way through college. The Veterans Resource Center, a 725-square-foot building in room...

Glance from the King of Beasts is all it takes to silence chatter

Taking 120 wriggling fifth graders on the trolley to the zoo seems like sheer insanity.  Field trip days are simultaneously my favorite days and the most panic-inspiring, if I think about...

Driver goes to trial for manslaughter

An accused drunk driver has been ordered to stand trial for second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter in the death of a teenage passenger in Chula Vista. Roman R. Martinez, 28, of San...

Trio faces murder trial

Three people have been ordered to stand trial for murder of a woman who was suffocated after a party in National City in 2017. The motive was believed to be robbery. The...

Back to the mat: Crusaders’ Schmitt, Beristain earning accolades

The first month of the high school wrestling season has been quite eventful for a pair of Mater Dei Catholic High School mat men. Last weekend both Crusader grapplers earned top eight...

Draw keeps them alive

Securing a spot into the second round of the Copa Bridgestone Libertadores allowed Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente to play with their best players Saturday night. In fact, it was the perfect...

Performing arts will power diverse 2016 Bonitafest community celebration

Bonitafest turns 44 this September, but the talented singers, dancers and musicians of the South County will make the region’s oldest community celebration young again. On Sept. 17 award-winning show choirs, dance...

Lady Lancers hovering near the top of Division III girls volleyball rankings

It’s a new season filled with new hope, and the Hilltop High School girls volleyball team has responded with a 16-6 non-league record.Hilltop finished 20-15 overall last season, 6-2 in Metro-South...

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...

Perfect again: Falcons win Kiwanis Cup title with 18-0 record

Scripps Ranch High School head coach Greg Friedman admitted he was getting a little nervous as Monday’s CIF-Metro Conference roller hockey Kiwanis/Don Cerone Memorial Cup championship game played out in the...

Mustangs turn in record-setting swim season

The Otay Ranch High School swim program was established in 2004 and it hasn’t taken long for the Mustangs to float to the top. Otay Ranch won the South Bay League...

Holiday Bowl makes debut at Snapdragon Stadium in front of 23,920

45TH EDITION GOES TO NO. 22 SYRACUSE, 52-35, OVER WASHINGTON STATE IN SCOREFEST A new era dawned in the long history of the Holiday Bowl as the college bowl game made its...

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THIS WEEK

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Aztec round-ballers keep up...

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Health center consolidates services...

National City residents now have access to a wide range of healthcare services in one location with the opening of the Macias Family Health...

Beware of Artificial Intelligence...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live and work, but criminals are using it too. One of the fastest-growing and most frightening new scam...

Shining brightly decades later

In January 1989, George Bush the elder was elected the 41st president of the United States, convicted serial killer Ted Bundy was put to...

Partners share warmth

Dalton Subaru partnered with SBCS on Jan. 13 to distribute more than 200 new winter coats to children and families in National City, bringing...