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Dream season ends for San Diego FC

Phillip Brents - 12/05/2025

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Carrying the Jaguar spirit into 2026

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Volunteers spruce up homes

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Slow-starting Titans get far but come up shy of goal

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SDSU schedules annual Fan Fest scrimmage Saturday at the Q

College Phillip Brents - 08/21/2015 0

The San Diego State University football team will host its annual Aztec Fan Fest on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Qualcomm Stadium. The event will feature an intrasquad scrimmage, an Aztec apparel...

Chamber offers business growth aid

National City Robert Moreno - 06/24/2017 0

The National City Chamber of Commerce wants your business to grow through a new program. An Elevate My Business Challenge will follow the four-session program called Business Growth Accelerator Program. The challenge is...

City’s future looking bright on both sides

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 03/21/2015 0

Chula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas delivered her first State of the City address to a full council chamber Tuesday night, highlighting the city’s progress with its development projects, budgetary success...

Drawing a line in the city

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 04/21/2015 0

In 2012, Chula Vista voters approved Proposition B which changed the process for electing City Council members from an "at large" to a "district" system. This fundamentally changed our form of...

Don’t gamble with students’ future

Letters to the editor Laurie K. Humphrey - 10/01/2022 0

After just six months into the job, Superintendent Eduardo Reyes of the Chula Vista Elementary School District has already demonstrated he failed his probationary period. He dropped the ball on this...

Lancers tie up Mesa League roller hockey standings

High School Phillip Brents - 01/28/2011 0

What Hilltop captain Jeremiah Schultz started, Lancer goaltender Josh Evangelist finished in Wednesday’s Mesa League roller hockey game at National City’s Skate San Diego. The result was a key 5-4 victory...

City settles lawsuit over Miesen appointment

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/10/2016 0

After nearly a two-year fight, a settlement has officially been reached in an open government case involving the process used in the appointment of Chula Vista Councilman Steve Miesen. The settlement signed...

Chula Vista City Attorney Candidate Dan Smith Diaz

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 10/13/2023 0

Daniel Smith Diaz is running for Chula Vista City Attorney in the special election on Nov. 7. Smith ran against Chula Vista Deputy City Attorney Simon Silva in 2022, who passed...

Let quinceañeras be a safe passage to womanhood

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/20/2014 0

For young girls in the Hispanic community, turning 15 is a special occasion that symbolizes their passage into womanhood. To celebrate that transition, families throw a “Quinceañera,” or coming-out party. With roots...

Casino bets restaurant pairing good for business

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 10/09/2021 0

With a soft grand opening last week, Seven Mile Casino revealed its new partnership with the unveiling of Sammy’s Restaurant & Bar, an addition to the newly redesigned bayfront casino. The...

Bank robber prison bound

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 09/03/2015 0

A judge sentenced the "Bearded Bandit" to 70 months in federal prison Monday for robbing a Nestor bank and two others. Christopher Andrew Gibson, 26, of Vista, was ordered to pay $7,659...

Chula Vista stands up for families

Letters to the editor Pat Aguilar - 07/19/2018 0

The Chula Vista City Council has approved a resolution opposing U.S. Government policies resulting in separation of immigrant children from their families and the detention of immigrant families; supporting alternatives to...

The glamour of writing

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 04/28/2012 0

Star-News staff writer Allison K. Sampité deserves a commendation. Not necessarily for writing, as you might expect, but for demonstrating grace under pressure. Sampité spent a recent afternoon shadowed by a high...

Panthers, Broncos, Bucs top foes, win Super Q-Bowl championships

Sports Phillip Brents - 11/11/2016 0

The championship trophy is taller than any of the players on the Otay Ranch Broncos Blue 12U youth football team and just maybe that’s appropriate as players reached for the sky...

Ready for a splash?

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 05/30/2013 0

SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment is getting an early start on summer fun Saturday, June 1, with the opening of its newest water park. Aquatica, the 11th water park under the SeaWorld Parks...

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Dream season ends for San Diego FC

Carrying the Jaguar spirit into 2026

Volunteers spruce up homes

Slow-starting Titans get far but come up shy of goal

DON'T MISS

SDSU schedules annual Fan Fest scrimmage Saturday at the Q

Chamber offers business growth aid

City’s future looking bright on both sides

Drawing a line in the city

Don’t gamble with students’ future

Lancers tie up Mesa League roller hockey standings

City settles lawsuit over Miesen appointment

Chula Vista City Attorney Candidate Dan Smith Diaz

Let quinceañeras be a safe passage to womanhood

Casino bets restaurant pairing good for business

Bank robber prison bound

Chula Vista stands up for families

The glamour of writing

Panthers, Broncos, Bucs top foes, win Super Q-Bowl championships

Ready for a splash?

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