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Basketball

Titans, Bruins take the hardwood in Memorial game

Phillip Brents - 01/22/2026

Basketball

Above the rim: SDSU tips off MW play on winning note

High School

Overtime games add excitement to regular season slate

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Boys hoops season underway for local teams

DON'T MISS

More guns than people

Letters to the editor Deuel Woodward - 08/12/2023 0

The division of labor requires versatility. Men and women often have many jobs during their lifetimes. One survey said that on average people live in fourteen different places. It could be...

Border agent goes to prison for drug caper

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 05/03/2018 0

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent from Chula Vista was sentenced April 25 to 70 months in federal prison for attempting to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine in two incidents. The prosecutor sought...

Trophy to cement Castle Park-Chula Vista girls lacrosse rivalry

High School Phillip Brents - 03/14/2018 0

Castle Park and Chula Vista high schools have enjoyed a long rivalry on the west side of town. Chula Vista High School was founded in 1946 while Castle Park was established...

Roundup: Gulls post first home ice win of season

Alumni Phillip Brents - 10/30/2025 0

Wednesday’s pre-Halloween American Hockey League contest at the sports arena was billed as one of ghouls and goals. It was a spooky good time as the Gulls skated off the ice with...

Fourth of July options

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 07/02/2016 0

The crowds will be out this Independence Day to watch the night sky be lit up with colorful pyrotechnics. If you do not know where to go celebrate the nation’s birthday, then...

Good to the last drop for Barons, Spartans

Football Phillip Brents - 09/04/2025 0

A road victory is always something to be cherished. In the case of the Chula Vista High School football team, all games this season are essentially being played on the road...

Watershed moment ahead

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 12/08/2023 0

Recently awarded with a $19,750 grant from the trustees of the Hans & Margaret Doe Charitable Trust at San Diego Foundation, the Sweetwater Authority is set to begin the creation of...

Public notice

Chula Vista Staff - 04/26/2024 0

4-26-24 STAR legals

Who will it be?

Columnists Carlos Davalos - 02/15/2014 0

Sweetwater Union High School District board member John McCann this week declared his candidacy for a seat on the Chula Vista City Council. I’ve had a couple days to digest and process...

Ex teacher convicted

Chula Vista Neal Putnam - 06/13/2015 0

Former Chula Vista schoolteacher John Raymond Kinloch could receive a maximum 405-year prison term after a jury convicted him June 3 of 33 counts involving molestation of one former student and...

Applications are in

Chula Vista Albert Fulcher - 01/13/2023 0

On Jan. 9, the City of Chula Vista announced it had received 17 qualified applicants for the District 3 City Council seat vacated by the resignation of Council member Steve Padilla...

Homeless advocates look for solutions

Uncategorized Allison Sampite - 11/20/2010 0

Members from a variety of local agencies attended a forum Tuesday to increase awareness and offer solutions to the homelessness issue in the South Bay. The South Bay Homeless Advocacy Coalition is...

Sprouts Farmers Market set to celebrate Hatch chile roasting season with two events

Arts & Eats Phillip Brents - 08/15/2019 0

Chile peppers are an integral ingredient in the cuisine of the Southwestern United States and the broader Mexican cuisine. Chile peppers specifically grown along the Rio Grande and the Hatch Valley in...

Twenty-something admits killing senior

National City Neal Putnam - 06/17/2017 0

A man who killed 92-year-old Maria Consuelo Rivera in her National City home pleaded guilty June 8 to first-degree murder and to committing a residential burglary. Peter Thao, 27, of Mira Mesa,...

District elections question goes public

Chula Vista Allison Sampite - 09/03/2011 0

At the first of many public outreach meetings held by the city's Charter Review Commission Tuesday night, dozens of Chula Vista residents were asked whether they're in favor of changing the...

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