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Chula Vista

Got Longevity?

Attention Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers: Think you have what it takes to be considered the longest serving resident in Chula Vista? The Chula Vista community consists of some of the most...

Decades of recovery provide insight into opioid epidemic

Nearly 500,000 people died from opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2019, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. The first 15 years were marked by increased prescriptions and a...

Veteran ‘new’ coach has Bonita Vista softball team off to 15-5 start

Ron Pietila is best known as the longtime girls soccer coach at Bonita Vista High School, and more accurately, as the godfather of girls soccer in the Metro Conference. He guided...

EHS track team making strides as 2010 season heats up

The Eastlake High School track team has started off  Mesa League competition undefeated with double dual meet victories against Chula Vista (April 7) and Bonita Vista (April 14). The Titans and...

Amerivet Contracting earns SBA award

The Small Business Administration San Diego District Office presented its 2023 Small Business Week Awards winners on May 9. Based in National City, Amerivet Contracting earned the Small Business Persons of...

Clothes are off, soon the gloves will be too

The city and EyeCandy are squaring off for a bare knuckles battle over the nude entertainment place that was supposed to be a comedy club. During my visit to EyeCandy I asked...

Gang benefit results in stiffer sentence

Two men who admitted to fatally stabbing a Chula Vista man in 2012 have been sentenced to 18 and 13 years in prison respectively. The 18-year term was handed down to Robert...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week May 28 – June 3, 2025

Saturn Leaps Up Out of Pisces & Splashes Down On the Fiery Beaches of Aries! Thirty years ago, Saturn, planet of time, discipline, and structure, splashed into the ocean of Pisces and...

Big wins by Eastlake, Olympian set up prep pigskin showdown for Metro-Mesa League title

While there are two weeks left in regular season play, it appears that a championship game has already been set up in the Metro-Mesa League next Friday, Oct. 31. On Halloween, the...

Mustangs romp past Crusaders 42-0

David Mondy rushed for 181 yards and scored on runs of eight and 63 yards while also catching a three-yard scoring pass from Cody Springsguth to help pace visiting Otay Ranch...

Police respond to report on city’s jail efficacy

The city of Chula Vista sent two separate letters to the San Diego County Grand Jury in response to their findings that the Chula Vista jail was a financial drain to...

Mother will go to trial in death of two children

A Chula Vista mother was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the drowning deaths of her 5-year-old daughter and a playmate after...

Pacific Coast at forefront of changing lifestyles

As more young adults opt to live at home longer and middle-aged adults are faced with the prospect of caring for elderly parents, the need for guest living quarters looms larger. Pacific...

ACLU offers insight

While a seven-member panel is in charge of mapping out Chula Vista’s first voting districts, a constitutional rights organization is educating residents about the districting process. The American Civil Liberties Union has...

In search of a name and dignity

He is a human being that deserves the dignity of his name back.” That’s what Joe Mullins, a forensic imaging specialist with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said in...

WEATHER

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THIS WEEK

Gulls start climb up...

The San Diego Gulls have languished near the bottom of the American Hockey League’s Pacific Division for the past three seasons, missing the genrous...

Above the rim: SDSU...

Photo caption: Elzie Harrington has the ball for SDSU in Saturday’s game against Fresno State. Photo by Andy Bartotto Like football, San Diego State University’s...

King’s call for justice...

Three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the April 7, 1968 edition of The Chula Vista Star News had a small...

New laws boost pet...

Five new California animal welfare laws sponsored by San Diego Humane Society went into effect Jan. 1, strengthening protections against puppy mills, cracking down...

Frosh phenoms are lacing...

Last season, the Metro Conference roller hockey scoring race was contested between Eastlake High junior Chris Rollbusch Jr. and Bonita Vista senior Jacob Hunter. Rollbusch...

What’s new, what’s next...

Ring in the New Year right with Downtown Chula Vista after a full year of growth! From getting a head start on your New...

Esoteric astrology as news...

Communities, Cooperatives & the Essential Fire of Change - the New Era Unfolding Sun enters Aquarius Monday, January 19th, the day after the Capricorn new...

Girls hoops teams tip...

The San Diego Section will crown its 2025-26 girls basketball divisional champions Feb. 26-28. All the hoopla, cheers and tears are still more than...

Southwestern Lady Jags secure...

It was nothing but cheers as Southwestern College recorded its third Pacific Coast Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship in the past eight years with...

Women’s pro soccer received...

The National Women’s Soccer League crowned its 2026 champion on Nov. 22 as Gotham FC defeated the Washington Spirit, 1-0, in front of 18,000...

Help getting by during...

If you went into the first full week of January 2026 wondering: Where you were going to find the extra money to pay for your...