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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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Drone show debuts in Chula Vista

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Setting a place for ongoing gratitude

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Summer trial for man accused in motel fire case

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 04/18/2014 0

A judge on April 10 set an Aug. 5 trial date for Jon Ralph Dibble, 25, who is accused of two counts of attempted murder involving a threat to torch a...

A final peek from The View From Down Here

Chula Vista Nancy Alvarado - 07/18/2019 0

Editor’s note: This is the final column from Nancy Alvarado. Thank you for joining me to take a peek at The View From Down Here for the past few years. “Down here” has...

OnStage Playhouse offers ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ through Dec. 8

Arts Jeanne Becijos - 11/21/2018 0

How was Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” supposed to end? You’ll be able to help make that decision in this interactive musical rendition of the incredible storyteller’s last...

It’s good to be back, Bonita!

Letters to the editor Max Branscomb - 12/02/2023 0

It sure feels good to be back home again along Bonita Road! We would like to thank some of the many people who helped us when we were injured and who...

Spartans top Monarchs in CIF semifinals, seize their moment in time

Uncategorized Phillip Brents - 06/01/2017 0

The Chula Vista High School baseball team is headed where no other Spartan team in the past has gone before — at least in what head coach Jim Westlund refers to...

August prelim for woman in fatal incident

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 06/13/2013 0

An Aug. 17 preliminary hearing has been set for a woman charged with murder in a so-called “road rage” incident in National City that claimed the life of a Navy man...

Bonita Vista run-rules Eastlake in top 10 softball clash

High School Phillip Brents - 04/11/2019 0

What Eastlake’s Sharlize Palacios started with a first inning solo home run, the host Bonita Vista Lady Barons finished with 11 unanswered runs en route to claiming an 11-1 run-rule victory...

Senior off to Senate

Chula Vista Carlos Davalos - 12/19/2013 0

Early in December Sabrina Mia Van Zuiden, a Hilltop High School senior, received a call notifying her that she had been selected to participate in the 52nd annual U.S. Senate Youth...

From football to politics and back

Chula Vista Robert Moreno - 09/26/2015 0

Eastlake resident and Philadelphia native Burt Grossman was a first round pick, selected by the San Diego Chargers with the eighth overall selection in the 1989 NFL draft. As a former...

Boys volleyball season heading to frantic close

High School Phillip Brents - 04/27/2018 0

San Diego Section boys volleyball champions will be crowned in five playoff divisions during May. The Open Division will include eight teams while Division I, Division II, Division III and Division...

Southwestern tops Mesa, 42-14, earns berth in Saturday’s American Division Championship Bowl

Sports Phillip Brents - 11/18/2016 0

Last Saturday’s American Mountain Conference game between Southwestern College and San Diego Mesa College started on an ominous note for the host Jaguars when Mesa’s Jay Numanila-Wone returned the opening kickoff...

Driver shot at near Plaza Boulevard

Chula Vista Allison Sampite - 10/03/2011 0

A man driving to work on northbound 805 and Plaza Boulevard in National City late this morning said he was shot at by a man driving in another lane. The incident was...

Will it be time to feast or return to famine for 2022 Padres?

Alumni Phillip Brents - 07/05/2022 0

Sixty games into the 2022 Major League Baseball season, the Padres were tied with the 1998 and 2020 teams for the best start in franchise history. Following the Pads’ 4-1 win...

Bonita Vista Barons baseball team striving for a rare repeat

Baseball John Philip Wyllie - 04/03/2015 0

Over the years, some competitive baseball teams have donned the blue and gold of Bonita Vista High School. Several of those teams won league championships and a couple even progressed to...

Grand jury reports city’s jail a financial drain

Uncategorized Robert Moreno - 07/02/2016 0

A recent grand jury report shows that the Chula Vista jail is a financial burden for the city and does not adequately provide required services for inmates. The city provides use of...

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Mar Vista claims first-ever boys CIF water polo championship

Gulls stirring AHL pot with six-game points streak

Drone show debuts in Chula Vista

Setting a place for ongoing gratitude

DON'T MISS

Summer trial for man accused in motel fire case

A final peek from The View From Down Here

OnStage Playhouse offers ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ through Dec. 8

It’s good to be back, Bonita!

Spartans top Monarchs in CIF semifinals, seize their moment in time

August prelim for woman in fatal incident

Bonita Vista run-rules Eastlake in top 10 softball clash

Senior off to Senate

From football to politics and back

Boys volleyball season heading to frantic close

Southwestern tops Mesa, 42-14, earns berth in Saturday’s American Division Championship Bowl

Driver shot at near Plaza Boulevard

Will it be time to feast or return to famine for 2022 Padres?

Bonita Vista Barons baseball team striving for a rare repeat

Grand jury reports city’s jail a financial drain

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