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Football

Red Devils take down rival Spartans with late scores, 14-7

Phillip Brents - 10/23/2025

Hockey

Gulls should provide hockey fans with plenty of excitement this season

Columnists

Scary movies you’ll probably never see

Alumni

Simply outstanding! Metro Conference Hall of Fame welcomes 12 new inductees

DON'T MISS

Conjuring ghosts of epic rainfalls past

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 02/10/2024 0

Is Charles Hatfield warm and toasty somewhere having a laugh? The gentleman and rainmaker is often cited—some might say blamed—as the main protagonist in one of the more devastating dramas to befall...

Residents still coping with disturbance to calm neighborhood

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 06/06/2015 0

Gloria Perez said she doesn’t feel things are back to normal yet at Mission Gardens. “There is something in the air, we haven’t been able to fully grasp what has happened,” she...

Man pleads guilty to insurance fraud

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 03/06/2014 0

The owner of a National City janitorial service pleaded guilty Feb. 26 to insurance fraud in which he reported he had fewer employees than he did so his insurance premium payments...

Eight Metro mat men capture CIF wrestling championships

Sports Phillip Brents - 02/24/2017 0

The Metro Conference reaped a bountiful harvest at last Saturday’s San Diego Section divisional wrestling championship tournaments as eight local mat men walked out of the gym with individual championship medals. The...

City bids Columbus bon voyage

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 05/28/2021 0

The city of Chula Vista removed the statue of Christopher Columbus at Discovery Park in June 2020 before a planned protest was scheduled. The statue had been a target of vandals...

Spartans get jump on South Bay League roller hockey teams

High School Phillip Brents - 01/15/2015 0

League play faced off this week for Sweetwater district roller hockey teams and foremost among the opening-round winners were the Chula Vista Spartans and Otay Ranch Mustangs, both of which scored...

Dad’s day came a long way

Uncategorized Dave Schwab - 06/17/2017 0

Father's Day may not have quite the same cachet as Mother’s Day due to the sentimental appeal moms command, which may account for why it took far longer to be declared...

Sultans come out on top of annual Hilltop Lolita’s tournament

Baseball Phillip Brents - 03/12/2020 0

The Hilltop Lolita’s tournament is regarded as one of the toughest early season high school baseball tournaments to win in San Diego County, and the Santana Sultans did just that after...

Chula Vista dancer stepping in direction of ambition

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 10/19/2018 0

Two South County dancers are performing in a new West Coast Urban Dance show that’s said to be unlike any other dance show. Julian Sena,26, of Chula Vista and Melissa De Jesus,...

Council candidates keep their messages simple

Stabber goes to prison

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 04/03/2014 0

A National City woman who was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her ex-boyfriend in 2012 has been sentenced to 27 years to life in prison. Miranda Mae Gallegos,...

Eastlake’s Williams earns All-American honors at Nike Cross Nationals

Croaa country Phillip Brents - 12/07/2023 0

Eastlake High School sophomore Jaelyn Williams, fresh off a fourth-place finish at the California state championship meet Nov. 25 in Fresno, obviously had to make a decision on her next step,...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 7 – 13, 2020

Horoscope Risa DAngeles - 10/09/2020 0

Mercury Retrograde & Heartbeat of the Future Libra and soon Scorpio are moving humanity swiftly towards the election (held in Scorpio, Nov. 3, with multiple retrogrades occurring!). Libra’s task each year is...

C.B.P keeping close eye on flowers crossing border

Chula Vista admin - 05/10/2025 0

As Mother’s Day approaches, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reminding travelers of flower import restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of pests and plant diseases. CBP agriculture specialists...

Mater Dei Catholic’s Cook named PPR Co-Two-Way Player of the Year

Football admin - 01/03/2025 0

KUSI-TV’s celebrated “Prep Pigskin Report” remains the source for high school football in San Diego County. The PPR, as it’s known by viewers, held its annual Silver Pigskin Gala on Dec....

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