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Chula Vista

Taking a swipe at low-hanging tobacco

The Chula Vista City Council this week is taking a swipe at Big FlaVa. For those of you unfamiliar with massive and secretive entities intent on world domination according to a conspiracy...

Economic workshops

The South County Economic Development Council is hosting five workshops Oct. 15 to gauge what is economically important to South County residents. The workshops will discuss balanced and livable communities, education and...

Judge sentences apartment burner

A Chula Vista man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of a destructive device in his apartment before a fire that burned the...

Spring into action with gifts for kittens

Spring in San Diego means many things: the blooming of flower fields in Carlsbad, fascinating “grunion runs” where the silvery fish take over beaches at night and—for San Diego Humane Society—the...

Looking at the Century mark

The city of Chula Vista will be 100 years old in January. Isn't that cause for celebration? The Chula Vista Committee of 100 thinks it is. Since September, Mayor Cheryl Cox, Councilwoman...

Nurturing small business growth

Small businesses are the backbone of any local economy. In the City of Chula Vista there are approximately 7,300 licensed businesses in 2013 so far, employing approximately 50,000 people and generating more...

Lancers put best foot forward in dual meet win over Crusaders

The Hilltop High School boys cross country team is scaling new heights this season with a No. 10 county ranking. They hope to finish higher by the end of the season. The...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week February 2 – 8, 2022

Guo Nian - Happy Chinese New Year!  It’s Chinese New Year of the Water Tiger. Tiger is the king of all creatures and third in the Chinese order of animals. Tiger years are...

After almost 30 years, senior center director mulls retirement

Once more our quest for interesting people did not have to take us too far off the beaten path. We found Kathy Wigginton at a place that I visit at least...

Story hour prompts rebuke from some

An anti-LGBT organizer from Torrance, California held a press conference in Chula Vista Aug. 29 in an effort to prevent drag queens from reading to children at a local library. Arthur Schaper...

Devils make another opponent see red, down Braves 22-6 for 2-0 start

It’s mathematically impossible for the Sweetwater Red Devils to finish 10-0 this spring. But new head coach Ervin Hernandez would find a 5-0 finish perfectly acceptable. The Red Devils improved their early...

It was more prison than summer camp

On April 17, 1942 The Chula Vista Star published a small item about a local displaced woman. It started: “The Star is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Frank Ohye, who...

Olivewood establishes green legacy

San Diego Green Building Council chose National City’s Olivewood Gardens as their legacy site for 2021 and will be continuing work they began in 2020 to revitalize the newest parcel of...

Perfect ending for Mustangs, Trojans, Devils at Metro finals

The Otay Ranch High School boys cross country team raced to its second consecutive undefeated Mesa League season by out-pointing rival Bonita Vista, 33-34, at last Friday’s league finals. The Mustang...

Otay Ranch harriers close out 10th-place finish at state championship meet

Malibu’s Claudia Lane and Reed Brown of South Lake, Texas, ran to first-place finishes at last Saturday’s 39th annual Foot Locker Cross County Championship national finals at San Diego’s Morley Field. Lane...

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THIS WEEK

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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,...

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...