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World Series title comes a year later for talented Sweetwater Valley Little League standouts

They were a year older and the venue wasn’t on the other side of the country, but former Sweetwater Valley Little Leaguers Jake Baptista, Nate Nankil and Ariel Armas can finally...

Red Devils, Raiders, Aztecs, Cougars, Eagles breeze to first-round CIF playoff victories

Both the Sweetwater Red Devils and Southwest Raiders, who met last Friday to decide this year’s South Bay League title, captured Wednesday’s first-round San Diego Section playoff openers to advance to...

Activists wants National City broken into districts

Members of the Filipino-American and Asian Pacific Islanders communities are holding a rally at Market on 8th from 10-10:30 a.m. on Dec. 4 to generate interest in their demand that the...

Titans, Barons sink higher-seeded foes to advance to division championship games

As the Eastlake High School boys water polo team prepared to play its second-to-last regular season game, Titan head coach Austin Legg was asked to assess his team’s play entering the...

Group takes graffiti matters into its own painting hands

The city of Chula Vista eliminated staff positions for its graffiti abatement program four years ago because of budget cuts. Norma Rodriguez, Chula Vista’s graffiti abatement coordinator, estimated the program cost the...

PDA got her hooked on journalism

The question I always seem to get is why do you want to be a journalist? Friends, family members and even strangers never grow tired of asking the same question. I want to...

New Bonita Vista, San Ysidro football coaches drawn from same roots

Raby takes over as new barons field general Over the last 30 years, Greg Raby and Carl Parrick have been inseparable in forming a successful gridiron coaching partnership. Three decades ago, they...

Slow and steady progress

California State Controller John Chiang said during his address Sept. 3 at Paradise Village in National City the economic forecast calls for weak but sustained growth through 2011. Chiang also said that...

Road to the Little League World Series takes detour for SVLL

Could it be happening all over again? Maybe if this year’s Sweetwater Valley 12U all-star team can keep winning in the Southern California state championship tournament. Reigning California District 42 and California...

Holiday Bowl continues albeit in reconfigured format

I remember listening to the first Holiday Bowl game on radio in 1978. It was a big deal back then for a major bowl game to be launched in America’s Finest...

A need to address the ‘massive flow’ of guns on our streets

OK, I confess I fail to see the thrill or need associated with gun ownership and use, but we live in a free country—sort of—and I get why those who hunt...

Tears for different reasons

At times it appeared Valentin Tachiquin struggled to maintain his composure. Standing in front of a candlelit memorial to his 32-year-old daughter, who had been shot to death three days earlier...

Slasher goes away for a long time

After a Chula Vista man was sentenced Monday to two life terms plus 99 years consecutively for slashing his attorney’s face and an inmate, the prosecutor remarked, “His parole officer isn’t...

What Prop. 33’s defeat means

For the third time, Californians have sent a decisive message: Proposition 33 was bad policy. On Election Day, voters overwhelmingly rejected this latest attempt to dismantle the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act –...

A rare summer opportunity

Hundreds of people gathered in National City Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and policies. The turnout was reportedly large enough to slow traffic and temporarily interrupt bus routes. The protest...

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THIS WEEK

New laws boost pet...

Five new California animal welfare laws sponsored by San Diego Humane Society went into effect Jan. 1, strengthening protections against puppy mills, cracking down...

What’s new, what’s next...

Ring in the New Year right with Downtown Chula Vista after a full year of growth! From getting a head start on your New...

Gulls face off new...

The start of the new year has created some very interesting scenarios in the American Hockey league. With seven teams separated by just six standings...

Help getting by during...

If you went into the first full week of January 2026 wondering: Where you were going to find the extra money to pay for your...

Roller hockey faces off...

The Metro Conference faced off the 2026 portion of its 2025-26 roller hockey schedule with four games played Jan 7-8 at the Castle Park...

San Diego County Cup...

The San Diego County Cup holiday soccer tournament wrapped up Dec. 30 with six boys division finals at Hilltop High School and three girls...

Holiday Bowl rings in...

One day removed from a flooding downpour in Mission Valley, the 46th annual Holiday Bowl enjoyed partly cloudy skies and little to no precipitation...

State grant funds Chula...

Chula Vista has secured $500,000 from the State of California to support affordable housing, which the city will match with another $500,000 from its...