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Girls hoops teams tip off new season

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Gulls start climb up Pacific Division standings

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Above the rim: SDSU tips off MW play on winning note

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Regrouping after Prop. R

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 03/29/2012 0

Southwestern College’s efforts to revive public trust regarding a construction contract tied to a 2008 bond measure recently went viral. In a public video, college Superintendent Dr. Melinda Nish discussed “the challenges...

Lots of time for ‘Chameleon’ to blend in at prison

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 06/21/2018 0

A sentence of 150 years to life in state prison was handed down Friday to the “Chameleon Bandit” who robbed a Chula Vista credit union as well as four other banks...

Something smells a ‘Fowl’ in latest Bonitafest Melodrama production

Arts admin - 09/18/2015 0

What’s in the burger? “Mystery Meat” has a whole new flavor thanks to evil villains Cadwell Von Fowl and Lickpenny, who have cornered the fast food action in Bonita. Luckily for...

McCann gets a new judge

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 02/14/2015 0

A civil case against the registrar of voters contesting last November’s election for a Chula Vista City Council seat has been assigned a new judge. Attorney Brian Hildreth, who represents Councilman John...

Yoga poses as meditative respite from stressful year

Chula Vista Mary York - 11/27/2020 0

Yoga has been practiced for 5,000 years, but it has taken a new form in 2020. As COVID-19 continues to reshape how Americans live out the minutiae of their lives, yoga is...

Early Christmas for local families

Uncategorized Allison Sampite - 12/18/2010 0

Twenty-three Chula Vista families participated Dec. 11 in the sixth annual Breakfast with Santa event at Chula Vista High School, created by the Chula Vista Kiwanis Club . For the last six...

30 years arrives

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 06/17/2017 0

For a better part of three decades, Donna Norris has torn each page off her calendar waiting for the year 2017 to arrive. The year is not a milestone birthday for her,...

Local leader empowers Latinas

Chula Vista Isabel Hughes - 08/22/2019 0

From becoming a member 20 years ago, to becoming the first ever Executive Director in 2016, Bonita resident Sofia Salgado, 50, has continuously dedicated herself to uplifting Latina women through MANA...

The journey continues

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 08/08/2013 0

Eastlake Little League’s 12-under All-Stars baseball team remains in the chase for a coveted berth in the Little League World Series. Eastlake will play Nevada state champion Mountain Ridge in Friday’s...

Reliving a Checkered past

Behind Police Lines Tom Basinski - 03/02/2013 0

Among retired Chula Vista Police Chief Bill Winters better qualities was that he wasn’t afraid of change or experimentation. In the late ‘70s a lieutenant presented the idea that using Checker taxicabs...

September sentence for drunk driver

Uncategorized Carlos Davalos - 08/27/2016 0

Sentencing was delayed until Sept. 9 for the drunk driver who was convicted of killing a Chula Vista man and another passenger after he wrote a handwritten letter to the judge...

SWC opens center for vets

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 11/07/2013 0

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...

Rainbow Run for kids across border

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 03/07/2015 0

For a required service-learning project, Arroyo Vista Charter School students in Eastlake have to help the community in some way. Some students are volunteering at their local libraries, others are hosting after...

Summer peace good while it lasted

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 09/03/2016 0

Today we stand at the precipice of summer, staring into the valley of fall as warm blasts of hullabaloo and shenanigans blow into our faces. Gone are the anticipation of Memorial Day...

Right to vote, lip service or belief?

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 11/15/2014 0

Chula Vista's new City Council members — whomever they may be — have been given the gift of giving just in time for the holiday season. With three of the seats set...

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THIS WEEK

Chula Vista

Girls hoops teams tip off new season

Gulls start climb up Pacific Division standings

Above the rim: SDSU tips off MW play on winning note

Esoteric astrology as news for week January 14 – 20, 2026

DON'T MISS

Regrouping after Prop. R

Lots of time for ‘Chameleon’ to blend in at prison

Something smells a ‘Fowl’ in latest Bonitafest Melodrama production

McCann gets a new judge

Yoga poses as meditative respite from stressful year

Early Christmas for local families

30 years arrives

Local leader empowers Latinas

The journey continues

Reliving a Checkered past

September sentence for drunk driver

SWC opens center for vets

Rainbow Run for kids across border

Summer peace good while it lasted

Right to vote, lip service or belief?

WEATHER

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