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Wild Horses Festival hits it out of the ballpark again

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Beloved principal, basketball junkie to be missed

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College football bowl games put the spotlight on Mountain West teams, SDSU Aztecs

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Gulls making up ground in AHL standings with strong holiday push

DON'T MISS

FAQs about the World Cup

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 06/28/2018 0

Yes, the World Cup is still being played. No, the United States is not playing in it because their men’s soccer team was not good enough to qualify. Yes, there are two more...

Eastlake’s Marcelo Mayer: The Six Million Dollar Man

Baseball Phillip Brents - 07/15/2021 0

Lee Majors starred as The Six Million Dollar Man for five seasons on ABC-TV (1973-78). South County now has its own $6 Million Man after 2021 Eastlake High School graduate Marcelo...

Five South County teams advance to softball semifinals — three complete journey to CIF finals

High School Phillip Brents - 05/25/2018 0

A total of five South County high school softball teams trotted onto the field at the Poway and Santee sportsplex fields on Thursday to duel in the San Diego Section semifinals. Three...

Keeping pets on a healthy diet

Pets Johnny Lopez - 08/27/2011 0

(NAPS) - With more than 40 percent of the U.S. dog population overweight, many owners are looking for effective ways to keep their pets fit. Smaller meals and regular exercise can...

Mustangs honored with national boys volleyball ranking to start season

High School Phillip Brents - 04/19/2011 0

The Otay Ranch Mustangs boys volleyball team blazed new ground last season with a trip to the San Diego Section Division I semifinal playoffs. The Mustangs appear to be treading into...

Metro nets two place-finishers at state girls wrestling finals

High School Phillip Brents - 03/01/2018 0

The San Diego Section finished last weekend’s eighth annual California state girls wrestling state championship tournament in Visalia with perhaps its strongest showing, netting eight place-finishers, among them a pair of...

PROUD

Chula Vista Abraham Jewett - 07/05/2019 0

The date was July 29, 2005. Then-Chula Vista Mayor Steve Padilla stood backstage at the annual Spirit of Stonewall Rally — an event that’s been held in San Diego since 1975 and...

Passive bank robber guilty

National City Carlos Davalos - 09/24/2016 0

A Chula Vista woman admitted Sept. 16 to robbing the California Coast Credit Union as well as grand theft in an earlier incident. Sarah Monique Martinez, 33, pleaded guilty before Chula Vista...

Three Metro mat men pin down CIF weight class championships

High School Phillip Brents - 02/26/2016 0

They were a select few this season — three, to be exact. But Eastlake’s Mike Johnson, Otay Ranch’s Mustafa Farha and San Ysidro’s Pablo Perez all proved they had the proverbial...

Dispensary opponents still sounding the alarm

Chula Vista Abraham Jewett - 02/21/2019 1

The Southwest Chula Vista Civic Association is holding a meeting on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the South Chula Vista Library to discuss problems related to marijuana dispensaries in Chula Vista, following...

Mesa League, South Bay League swimmers make a splash at finals

High School Phillip Brents - 05/04/2015 0

The Mesa League and South Bay League swimming championship meets took place Saturday, May 2, at the Mater Dei Catholic High School pool. Competition was fierce in both the boys and...

Man guilty in motel killing

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 11/18/2017 0

One of two men charged in a fatal South Bay motel shooting has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while the other one is set for trial Dec. 6. Maurice Leon Hayes, 22,...

Computer donations still welcome

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 10/09/2020 0

Computers 2 Kids is in week two of their Meet the Need donation drive that will run through Oct. 31 in an effort to place personal computers with the thousands of...

New policy stokes fear among those needing aid

Chula Vista Isabel Hughes - 08/29/2019 0

Local immigrant rights advocates say fear and confusion has already been caused by a public-charge rule the Trump administration issued on Aug. 14, which is planned to go into effect Oct....

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