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San Diego County Cup champions crowned

Phillip Brents - 01/08/2026

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Roller hockey faces off 2026 portion of 2025-26 Metro slate

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Gulls face off new year with Pacific Division challenges

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Former Eastlake swim standout now teaching new generation of Titan champions

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 04/27/2017 0

Eastlake High School swim coach Jacquie Cheek (formerly Kimmel) turned in a stellar high school career while competing for the Titans. She held San Diego Section records in the 50-yard freestyle,...

Eastlake places two finalists at El Cajon Invitational tourney

High School Phillip Brents - 01/03/2016 0

The El Cajon Invitational wrestling tournament rolled out its 45th edition Dec. 18-19 at Olympian High School in Chula Vista. With 42 teams participating from throughout San Diego and Imperial counties,...

Sub says he had sex pics

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 12/25/2015 0

A former Chula Vista substitute teacher has pleaded guilty to receiving images of minors in sexually explicit conduct on his home computer. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alessandra Serano has recommended that Alejandro Castillo...

Batter up! It’s time for Little League baseball summertime fun

Baseball Phillip Brents - 06/13/2018 0

It’s that time of the year again … the time when youth baseball rules the local headlines. California District 42 Little League’s annual Tournament of Champions is slated to get under way...

Supervisor absence delayed funding for community events

Chula Vista Xiomara Gerardo - 08/17/2025 0

Many nonprofits in San Diego County’s District 1 were left in limbo for months and unable to apply for key county grants last fall due to a vacancy in the Board...

Drive-thru event sees 2,000 don’t go hungry

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 11/30/2023 0

Feeding San Diego hosted a large-scale, drive through free distribution at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre for about Chula Vista 2,000 households on Nov. 21. Held two days before Thanksgiving, families...

Ink on the go

Uncategorized Allison Sampite - 01/08/2011 0

If you happen to see a custom-made 1984 Chevrolet step van cruising around Chula Vista, you can bet it's on its way to a local tattoo shop. That's because Gabe Alvarez, who...

#7 Cathedral Catholic Dons upset #1 Eastlake Titans, 26-7, in prep football shocker

Football Phillip Brents - 10/07/2011 0

An intercepted pass, one lost fumble and two blocked punts added up to disaster for the Eastlake Titans, who saw their four-week reign atop the San Diego Section prep football rankings...

Paying the cost of good guys on campus

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 06/11/2022 0

I know the pandemic is so 2020 and school shut downs are a distant memory but try to remember. Try to remember those first days and weeks of the pandemic’s arrival, when...

Sweetwater must pay open government atty

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 01/25/2016 0

The Sweetwater Union High School District has reached a settlement agreement with one of their critics in a lawsuit challenging the release of public documents. Kevin O’Neill, a member of the district’s...

Police dogs get vests thanks to fundraiser

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 03/21/2015 0

National City's Police Department can now outfit their three patrol dogs with bulletproof vests, thanks to a fundraising effort by several community groups. The fundraiser raised close to $13,000 from a pancake...

Port, public plan Pepper Park

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 05/14/2021 0

The Port of San Diego held a meeting on May 6 in English, Spanish and Tagalog to gather public input on their “latest design effort aimed at establishing a grand vision...

Penney’s picks up slack for youth

Business Jon Campbell - 04/16/2010 0

Allie Pruitt, Community Council chair for the National City Boys and Girls Club, is a big fan of JCPenney, but not for its reasonably priced clothing selection. It’s because since 2008,...

Nurses offer unconditional support during troubling times

Chula Vista Jessica Brodkin Webb - 06/19/2020 0

Registered nurse Christina Kelley gathered with a group of about 12 fellow nurses at the Cameron YMCA in East County for a June 7 event with hundreds of protesters in a...

CANDIDATE MARCH TO CHULA VISTA CITY HALL: DISTRICT 3 RECAP

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 02/24/2024 0

Top three priorities as a council member MICHAEL INZUNZA: Public safety is my number one priority. We have not seen enough of an increase of police officers that we hoped the half...

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