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Prep football teams hit the gridiron

With regular season openers set Aug. 29, South County’s collection of high school football teams have started to gear up with fall practices. The defending Metro-Mesa League champion Eastlake Titans will embark...

Helping who needs help

Twenty two year old Daniel Endriss was pursuing a career to become a clinical counselor or licensed psychologist to help young-adults and teenagers struggling with depression. According to a report released in...

Billions set aside for transportation upgrades, fixes

The California Transportation Commission approved more than $2 billion to improve and maintain a transportation system that serves as the backbone for the world’s fifth largest economy on July 1. The...

A message to loved ones and friends in pain: love should not hurt

As your District Attorney, I’m committed to increasing communication and accessibility between the DA’s Office and you, the community. One way I have been doing that is through this monthly column,...

Sub says he had sex pics

A former Chula Vista substitute teacher has pleaded guilty to receiving images of minors in sexually explicit conduct on his home computer. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alessandra Serano has recommended that Alejandro Castillo...

Shared stories build disease awareness

Dr. Gustavo Alva works in both Southern California and Jalisco, Mexico with Parkinson’s disease patients. There is currently no cure for the progressive nervous system disorder and Alva wants to create...

Domestic violence – break the cycle

As your District Attorney, I’m committed to increasing communication and accessibility between the DA’s Office and you, the community. One way I hope to do that is through this monthly column,...

The glamour of writing

Star-News staff writer Allison K. Sampité deserves a commendation. Not necessarily for writing, as you might expect, but for demonstrating grace under pressure. Sampité spent a recent afternoon shadowed by a high...

Water scholars awarded

On Nov. 9, the Sweetwater Authority Governing Board awarded the Work for Water Scholarship to two local students. David Inchaurregui Jr. of Chula Vista and Kassandra Beltran of National City. Inchaurregui currently...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week December 6 – 12, 2023

St. Nick, Hanukkah, New Moon, Two Marys & Mercury retrograde! We have a week filled with  multiple festivals, a saint’s day, a festival of light, two Mary’s days, a new moon and...

Man guilty in faux cocaine case

A Chula Vista man pleaded guilty March 1 to supplying fentanyl to five people who survived overdoses as well as delivering 55 pounds of cocaine in 2017. Joel Rodriguez, 29, pleaded guilty...

Mustangs, Titans fire first salvos in Metro-Mesa League war

One down and two more to go for both the Otay Ranch Mustangs and Eastlake Titans as the race intensifies for this year’s Metro-Mesa League football championship. The Mustangs and Titans both...

Metro-Mesa League openers serve up dramatic endings

Metro-Mesa League play expected to be especially competitive this season for area high school football teams. Last Friday’s pair of league openers did not disappoint. Both games ended in come-from-behind wins, with...

Mesa League polo women make a splash in league openers

The 2020 Mesa League girls water polo season has faced off and there appears to be no shortage of challengers for this year’s league championship banner. Eastlake, Bonita Vista and Mar Vista...

Fire and money in local politics

There’s a smoldering Fire in Chula Vista! A few weeks ago, Councilwoman Jill Galvez publicly announced that she was firing her senior council aide in an attempt to free up some money...

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THIS WEEK

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Foundation graduates second round...

For the second consecutive year, the Guy and Olive Lookabaugh Foundation has fully funded tuition for an entire entering cohort of Vocational Nursing students...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...