Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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Chula Vista

Out of the box thinking helps produce business adapt

In 1981 Maria de Lourdes Pulido taught her children the importance of hard work, and her children helped her with the family business that began as a small neighborhood convenience store....

Titan, Baron ladies earn high seeds in CIF girls soccer playoffs

The Eastlake and Bonita Vista high school girls soccer teams tied for this year’s Mesa League title with duplicate 11-1 records as the teams took turns beating each other. Eastlake fired the...

A sensible change is in order

Trump has many major changes in mind to make in his second term in the White House. A somewhat lesser change which he mentioned first was to eliminate Daylight Savings Time....

Time to go

Sweetwater Union High School District Superintendent Dr. Ed Brand announced at a May 28 press conference that he is officially re-retiring from the district. “I’ve decided I’ve had enough fun,” Brand said. He...

City woos Amazon Inc. with waivers

The city of Chula Vista made its pitch about bringing Amazon.com Inc.’s next headquarters to the city public during a recent City Council meeting. The online retailer that sells clothing, electronics, home...

Fight lands two women in prison

Two South Bay women have been found guilty of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter in the 2009 fatal stabbing of Justine Brown, 18, of National City, in a dispute over a...

Environmentalists, students do part to keep coast clean

Volunteers foraged up and down the California coastline for California Coastal Cleanup Day last Saturday, stooping like egrets to pick up pieces of trash from the sand and fishing them out...

Eastlake setting the pace so far in boys and girls lacrosse but look out for Barons

The high school lacrosse season — both boys and girls — appears to be heading to a terrific close for local squads. The Mesa League boys championship appears up for grabs, possibly...

A myriad of reasons to be thankful for library events

November is often marketed as a month for gratitude. The myth of Tom Turkey takes over preschool lessons, sometimes with a side of vivid ‘Indian corn’ for balance. Meanwhile, older children...

60-year-old guilty of road rage killing

After deliberating 16 hours over four days, a jury convicted a man Oct. 18 of second-degree murder in the slaying of Horace Vernon Williams of National City in a lethal “road...

Reopen but don’t do business as usual

As Chula Vista and National City, along with the rest of the county, move toward re-engaging the local economies, employers, employees and consumers must be vigilant that there is not a...

BVHS hoopman Owens joins exclusive 1,000-point club

Bonita Vista High School senior Aaron Owens has endured his share of heartbreak and triumph. Last Friday’s 63-47 boys basketball victory over the visiting Southwest Raiders in the Barons’ Metro-South Bay...

Cougars fall just short in Open Division hoops final

The San Ysidro High School boys basketball team ended its season with an 88-76 loss to 12th-seeded Village Christian in Tuesday’s opening round of the Southern California Division I regional playoffs. The...

Road to Rio: CV-OTC athletes hope to mine gold in at Brazilian Summer Games

Even if all the infrastructure and glitter isn’t quite in place, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games are set to go off with a bang. Opening ceremonies for the Games...

Book puts Chula Vista in shining spotlight

I would suppose that by now there is many a coffee table in the Chula Vista area sporting the brand new book written by local historian Steven Schoenherr. Titled "Chula Vista Centennial"...

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THIS WEEK

If it’s December, it’s...

AZTECS, LADEN WITH MW HONOREES, PRIMED FOR NEW MEXICO BOWL MATCHUP AGAINST MEAN GREEN From staff reports The Mountain West has announced its 2025 all-conference football...

Nine Metro teams represented...

The Frank Pekarek National City Host Lions Club boys basketball tournament has faced off for another year. The 21-team tournament tipped off Saturday with...

Barons keep reeling in...

Fans got their money’s worth at this year’s Frank Pekarek National City Host Lions boys basketball tournament at Sweetwater High School. “We had all five...

Artist’s photographs start as...

Fine-art photographer Victoria Amelina opened her new exhibition, “Poetry of Vintage Nostalgia,” at the Mission Hills Branch Library this week, offering visitors a gentle,...

Castle Park Trojans finally...

It took two years, but the wait is finally over … and worth it. Castle Park High School held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for its...

Lady Lancers bound out...

B.J. Hunt ranks second all-time in the boys discus throw in Hilltop High School track and field history with a mark of 143-9 (set...

Award recognizes Chula Vista...

Chula Vista resident Amalia Zimmerman-Lommel still remembers the early days at GoodFarms, answering phones at the front desk while juggling life as a young...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

Hanukkah, Mourner’s Kaddish, Fourth Advent Candle & Winter Solstice This is the week leading up to Winter Solstice and Hanukkah - eight-day Hebrew festival of Light....

Cops clear firearms off...

Nearly 140 unwanted firearms were turned in by residents at a South Bay gun safety event on Dec. 13, reflecting strong community participation in...

Williams paces San Diego...

It was a scene right out of a post-apocalyptic film: shadowy figures running around in dense fog.It could easily have taken place somewhere in...

One for four: Jaguars...

Aside from all-star games, the high school football season wrapped up last weekend with 15 state bowl championship games.Four teams represented the San Diego...

Esoteric Astrology as news...

 The Gift of  Serving One Another – Drawing to Ourselves Those We Are Able to Serve Christmas Day this year (2025) occurs under a Pisces...