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Mar Vista claims first-ever boys CIF water polo championship

Phillip Brents - 11/21/2025

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Gulls stirring AHL pot with six-game points streak

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Foundation awards $250,000 to protect children’s vision Care and Refugee Health Services

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Drone show debuts in Chula Vista

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Learning from ugly past mistakes

Columnists admin - 12/07/2024 0

In so far as we are concerned, you Japanese are privileged to go about your business without molestation. Later you can fit into our local defense picture, you will be called...

Preparing for the offspring of spring

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 02/26/2021 0

Spring is around the corner and it is officially mating season for San Diego County’s wildlife. Larger predators are seeking out mates and raptors are nesting. Project Wildlife says that people...

Where the gift of gab is refined

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 09/08/2012 0

We went over to the Bonita Library’s Community Room the other evening to attend a birthday party banquet. The occasion was the Sweetwater Valley Toastmasters Club’s 35th anniversary of its founding. I...

South Bay’s common bond with South Africa

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 06/18/2010 0

Since I had a number of items that I could use for subject matter I thought it might be wise to pen another one of those olio-type columns. In the past few...

Cops collect firearms

Chula Vista admin - 11/29/2024 0

More than 100 weapons were collected as the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office partnered up with its law enforcement partners to help get unwanted weapons off the streets through a Gun...

Trojans pound out third consecutive gridiron win

Football Phillip Brents - 09/26/2014 0

The Castle Park High School football team enters its bye week with a three-game winning streak and an overall 3-1 record. Not a bad start at all considering the team has...

Montes earns respect as Mesa League Player of the Year

Baseball John Philip Wyllie - 06/21/2010 0

In 1965, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin scored a major hit with the song "Respect." Bonita Barons opponents have been singing that tune nearly every time Mesa League Player of the...

Local, state and national affiliations contribute to public safety

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 03/06/2014 0

From public safety realignment to wildfires and active shooter response to emergency operations, Chula Vista police and fire chiefs are leaders in the public safety field. And, they both are proud...

The parade came to town and he missed it

Around The South Bay Richard Pena - 10/01/2011 0

I have received a few e-mails and phone calls asking about my absence at Bonitafest 2011. It is true. For the first time since its inaugural I failed to make a...

Prison for life

Uncategorized Neal Putnam - 05/20/2017 0

A Chula Vista man who shot Robert Soria and Pamela Burgos to death the same night in 2015 was sentenced Wednesday to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week April 19 – 25, 2023

Horoscope legals - 04/20/2023 0

Mercury Retrograde – a magical time! Mercury begins its second retrograde of the year sometime after midnight and before dawn, Friday, April 21. Mercury retrogrades in Taurus till May 14, moving...

N.C. council nixes idea of ‘welcoming city’

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 02/11/2017 0

Nearly 100 people crammed into the National City council chambers Tuesday night, many of them having to watch the City Council meeting on a screen mounted to a wall in a...

Missile test launch from submarine lights up evening sky

Arts Phillip Brents - 03/28/2018 0

Skywatchers on Monday evening were surprised to see more than a colorful sunset when they stepped outdoors. What they saw were colorful loops of gas and ice crystals, rather than relatively...

Meals volunteers served a helping of gratitude

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 02/04/2022 0

Meals on Wheels San Diego County hosted its 48th Annual South County Volunteer Appreciation Event to celebrate its volunteers that work in delivering meals to local seniors in need on Jan....

NOVO’s Giving Tuesday supports Ronald McDonald House

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 11/18/2023 0

Giving Tuesday is an annual tradition that occurs the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and NOVO Brazil Brewing Company is offering 10% of its sales on Nov. 28 from its Otay Ranch Town...

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Chula Vista

Mar Vista claims first-ever boys CIF water polo championship

Gulls stirring AHL pot with six-game points streak

Foundation awards $250,000 to protect children’s vision Care and Refugee Health Services

Drone show debuts in Chula Vista

DON'T MISS

Learning from ugly past mistakes

Preparing for the offspring of spring

Where the gift of gab is refined

South Bay’s common bond with South Africa

Cops collect firearms

Trojans pound out third consecutive gridiron win

Montes earns respect as Mesa League Player of the Year

Local, state and national affiliations contribute to public safety

The parade came to town and he missed it

Prison for life

Esoteric Astrology as news for week April 19 – 25, 2023

N.C. council nixes idea of ‘welcoming city’

Missile test launch from submarine lights up evening sky

Meals volunteers served a helping of gratitude

NOVO’s Giving Tuesday supports Ronald McDonald House

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