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Frosh phenoms are lacing up their skates in 2025-26 Metro Conference roller hockey season

Phillip Brents - 01/16/2026

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King’s call for justice still relevant

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Familiar fragrance store opens new Chula Vista venue

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The sexual politics of Halloween

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 10/08/2011 0

Skanks and sluts have been on my mind lately. Like Santa at Christmas, or the Easter Bunny on Easter Sunday, the supposed ladies of promiscuity seem to materialize only one day...

Do you know beans about chili?

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 04/28/2012 0

To paraphrase the poet "in the spring a young man's fancy turns to love." The poet should have, of course, also added that he should give that someone something with which...

Facility draws critics

Chula Vista Isabella Paoletto - 09/19/2019 0

A proposed 120-bed mental health facility near the District at Eastlake on Showroom Place has drawn criticism from community members. The Acadia Healthcare, a Tennessee-based for-profit, and Scripps Health facility was...

SANDAG plan not balanced for South Bay

Chula Vista Marcus Bush - 10/24/2015 0

Recently, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the $204 billion Regional Transportation Plan known as “SD Forward.” The SANDAG board is made up...

First responders honored

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 09/29/2024 0

On the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Seven Mile Casino in partnership with the Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce spearheaded a communitywide challenge by delivering meals to all fire...

Spartans keep Barons winless with stunning 24-21 comeback win

Football Phillip Brents - 09/23/2017 0

The ending to Friday’s non-league high school football game between the Chula Vista Spartans and Bonita Vista Barons at Southwestern College was worthy of a Super Bowl championship game. Certainly, the word...

Some things don’t change

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 09/11/2011 0

I don't know that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center changed me. Like most every other American old enough to grasp the event's enormity, I'll remember where I...

Martinez wants better sheriff outreach

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 05/21/2022 0

San Diego County Undersheriff Kelly Martinez, who started with the agency as a deputy sheriff in 1985, is running for sheriff. “I have three priorities both as undersheriff and if I am...

Youth bring awareness to substance abuse in public spaces

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 02/25/2023 0

The Binge and Underage Drinking Initiative held a press conference at the Otay Valley Regional Park Ranger Station on Feb. 17 to discuss the importance of youth advocacy in shaping the...

High school buddy will go to prison

National City Neal Putnam - 05/13/2017 0

A term of 15 years to life in prison has been handed down to a 21-year-old man who chased a high school friend and stabbed him 31 times in an Eastlake...

MARCH TO OFFICE

Chula Vista Staff - 02/27/2020 0

Andrea Cardenas DISTRICT 4 CANDIDATE 1. How will your professional experience help you serve the city of Chula Vista? I’m fortunate enough to have a unique blend of experience that will allow me to...

Not the enemy among us

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 07/12/2018 0

Not all of their deaths have been murders. Some journalists have died while covering wars. American Michael Kelly in 2003 was killed when a military vehicle he was riding in ran off...

Employees will pay more, may still lose jobs

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 10/07/2010 0

The Chula Vista City Council adopted a resolution Tuesday night approving pension reform for 91 non-union city employees who will begin contributing eight percent of their salaries toward retirement in January. The...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week January 6 – 12, 2021

Horoscope Risa DAngeles - 01/07/2021 0

Week of Epiphany – Something Revealed to the World We completed our journey with the Magi Astrologer Kings this week, our Twelve Days After Christmas, each day organized under a zodiacal sign,...

Make a summer time to-do list

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/16/2011 0

Warmer days can inspire homeowners to go outdoors - to garden and perhaps do a little grilling - but before you get to relax and enjoy your yard, you may want...

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Frosh phenoms are lacing up their skates in 2025-26 Metro Conference roller hockey season

King’s call for justice still relevant

Familiar fragrance store opens new Chula Vista venue

Moore takes lead at port

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The sexual politics of Halloween

Do you know beans about chili?

Facility draws critics

SANDAG plan not balanced for South Bay

First responders honored

Spartans keep Barons winless with stunning 24-21 comeback win

Some things don’t change

Martinez wants better sheriff outreach

Youth bring awareness to substance abuse in public spaces

High school buddy will go to prison

MARCH TO OFFICE

Not the enemy among us

Employees will pay more, may still lose jobs

Esoteric Astrology as news for week January 6 – 12, 2021

Make a summer time to-do list

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