Saturday, December 13, 2025
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Chula Vista

Holiday in prison

A burglar who injured a Chula Vista woman during an attempted robbery was sentenced Tuesday to nine years and four months in state prison. Probation was denied for Edwin Don Holiday Jr.,...

Kicking and screaming into the 2000s

My phone died this week. No miracles, no resets, and no taking out the battery and blowing the dust out of the nooks and crannies could revive it. People’s Merry Christmas and Happy...

Cost and payoff of independence

Yesterday the nation celebrated Independence Day. And, as any college freshman waking up next to a pleasant looking friend after a raging all-night party will tell you, cut apron strings and...

38th South Bay Invitational: Otay Ranch Mustangs gallop to the front — again

If anyone was looking to preview the 2011 Metro Conference cross country campaign, all they had to do was put on a pair of running shoes and follow the competition at...

Judge strips club of right to stay open

A San Diego Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday afternoon that EyeCandy Showgirls is violating the city of Chula Vista's zoning ordinance and ordered that it shut down immediately. Deborah Fox, who represented...

Caution prompts SWC to move classes online

On Tuesday Southwestern College announced that the school will temporarily close and shift to online classes or distributed instruction Monday, March 16, at least until spring break ends on March 29,...

Prep baseball: BV southpaw Reynoso is all about consistency

As the Bonita Vista High School baseball team rounds third base and heads for the conclusion of the regular season and the upcoming San Diego Section playoffs, the Barons know they...

A year of anger, disappointment

The other morning I woke up realizing I was angry. It wasn’t the usual wrong-side-of-the-bed, don’t-talk-to-me-until-I’ve-had-my-hit-of-caffeine sort of indignation. Nor was it the predictable irritation caused by daylight saving time that vexes me...

April trial for attorney slasher

An April 29 trial date has been set for a Chula Vista man who was indicted by a grand jury for aggravated mayhem when he sliced the face of his attorney...

City launches small business campaign

In response to the difficult times that small businesses are facing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Chula Vista is asking people to think big and shop small, launching its...

Strange denials

“In The Heat of The Night”; “The Long Hot Summer”; “Some Like It Hot”; “Heat”; “The Heat”; “Heat and Dust”; “Heat and Sunlight”; “The Heat of the Day”; “Heat of the...

CV Wash-N-Go in limbo

A proposed Wash-N-GO carwash on Telegraph Canyon Road is left in limbo for another month. The Chula Vista City Council voted against staff’s recommendation to deny gas station owner Rod Bisharat’s appeal...

Water conservation up, so are rates

Sweetwater Authority customers are doing their part when it comes to conserving water during California’s drought. In May the water agency reduced its water use by 24 percent, doubling its 12 percent...

Feds accuse man of sharing child porn

A Chula Vista man who once served as a volunteer hockey coach has been charged in federal court on two counts of sharing and possession of child pornography on the Internet. Gregory...

Prelim set for ex football assistant coach

A July 11 preliminary hearing was confirmed recently for a former assistant Mar Vista High School football coach accused of 20 felony counts involving molestation of a female 9th grade student. Trial...

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THIS WEEK

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Creating a school garden for special education students, launching a plant-based culinary training program, building sensory break spaces, supporting a cultural arts and poetry...

Winter sports tip-off: Barons...

The winter sports season has tipped off with play on the basketball court and soccer pitch. The Bonita Vista boys hoops squad started off December...

Volunteers spruce up homes

Across San Diego County, volunteers, community partners, and corporate sponsors are coming together to help local veterans maintain safe, comfortable homes through San Diego...

Four section football teams...

The San Diego Section sent six of its teams into battle in last weekend’s Southern California regional football championship games. Four came out victorious...

Teen’s video a ‘Breakthrough’...

Seventeen-year-old Grace Lee from Chula Vista is gaining national attention as a finalist in the global Breakthrough Junior Challenge, an annual competition that invites...

Metro Conference rolls out...

The Metro Conference faced off its 26th continuous season of co-ed roller hockey this past week at the Castle Park High School rink. Nine Sweetwater...

Conflict remains a holiday...

In hindsight, the delicate hope that this Thanksgiving weekend would be absent conflict was misplaced, gripped so tightly it never had a realistic chance...

City seeks smoking insight

Chula Vista is turning to residents and local retailers to tackle a pressing concern: youth access to tobacco. The city has launched two anonymous...

Carrying the Jaguar spirit...

As we near the end of another year at Southwestern College, I find myself reflecting with deep gratitude on the people who give this...

New clubhouse for kids...

Chula Vista is preparing for a new hub for youth development with the upcoming opening of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South County’s...

Gulls close out November...

The San Diego Gulls closed out the month of November by recording standings points in eight of their 11 games during the month with...

Downtown Chula Vista welcomes...

Winter is officially here, and Downtown Chula Vista is celebrating the season’s arrival while gearing up for the new year. The Chula Vista community...