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Eastlake’s Williams, muddied but unbowed, makes it a fourth trip to state

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Mar Vista claims first-ever boys CIF water polo championship

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San Diego Section football finals to be showcased at Southwestern College, starting with Open Division drama

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Unbeaten Crusaders (5-0) shut out Barons, 47-0, in Mesa League opener

Football Phillip Brents - 10/07/2021 0

It might have been easy for the fourth-ranked Mater Dei Catholic High School football team to experience a let-down in last Friday’s Metro-Mesa League opener against the Bonita Vista Barons at...

Red Devils win overtime thriller at Hilltop, capture league title

Basketball Phillip Brents - 02/17/2018 0

The Sweetwater High School boys basketball program, steeped in championship hoops tradition, will be making an appearance in this year’s San Diego Section Division III playoffs as the reigning South Bay...

Hearing set for accused friend killer

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 10/03/2019 0

An Oct. 11 preliminary hearing was set Monday for 19-year-old man accused of killing his friend in Paradise Hills in June. Tyshawn Powell, 20, was shot to death in the driveway of...

Consider it practice for the fall

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 03/31/2024 0

Voters should consider the following assignment a dress rehearsal. A practice run for the task they’ll encounter in late summer, early fall. Do your research. The Chula Vista City Council has agreed on...

Academy looking for students

Latest News Allison Sampite - 11/20/2010 0

The city of National City is calling the community to respond and participate in its first Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy which begins in January. The partnership with Southwestern College provides...

Free Halloween event scheduled at Terra Nova Plaza

Arts Special to The Star-News - 10/31/2018 0

The must-go trick or treating destination on Halloween in Chula Vista is at Terra Nova Plaza. A very friendly Frankenstein on stilts will meet and greet families at the free Halloween...

Caution prevails but the parade goes on

Letters to the editor Max Branscomb - 09/02/2021 0

Coronavirus has once again altered but not killed off the Bonitafest. Recent increases in infection rates and their impact on regional hospitals have led the Bonitafest officials to move the 44th...

Police: Run, hide or fight

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 11/18/2017 0

The Chula Vista Police Department and the Chula Vista Fire Department’s community emergency response team hosted an active shooter presentation Wednesday night in City Council chambers, detailing what to do in...

Olympian swim team soars in 4-0 start, including 2-0 in league

High School Phillip Brents - 03/20/2020 0

Olympian High School’s swim and dive team is soaring at the moment just as their nickname would suggest. The Eagles improved to 4-0 in dual meet competition, 2-0 in Mesa League, following...

Man admits he stabbed people he did not know

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 03/26/2016 0

A Chula Vista man charged with four random stabbings in Chula Vista pleaded guilty March 17 to committing three of them and has agreed to accept a 26-year prison term. Gerardo Bejar,...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week July 24 – 29, 2025

Horoscope admin - 07/24/2025 0

Mercury retrograde in Leo & Summer Gazing Meteors Mercury retrograde in Leo is in full force. Reaching outward, we’re pulled inward. Unable to maintain “business as usual” for multiple reasons (the retrograde,...

Water scholars awarded

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 11/18/2022 0

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...

Collegiate baseball league soars to finish

Baseball Phillip Brents - 08/27/2020 0

Collegiate baseball doesn’t end with the College World Series in June. It’s only a starting point for the next season. Summer leagues across the country — most notably in Alaska and Cape...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week December 2 – 8, 2020

Horoscope Risa DAngeles - 12/04/2020 0

Light in the Darkness, Festivals of Light December, month of hopes, anticipations, dreams and expectations (and suspense for the little ones), is filled with festivals that bring light to the ever-increasing darkness. There...

Local boy Smith hoping for fast finish with NFL Kansas City Chiefs

Alumni Carlos Davalos - 10/24/2014 0

Despite Sunday’s 23-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium, quarterback Alex Smith and his Kansas City Chiefs teammates are still trying to find their rhythm in the 2014-15...

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