The Metro-Mesa League track and field championship meet is scheduled Thursday, May 2, at Otay Ranch High School, starting at 4 p.m. Prelims are Tuesday, April 30. The Metro-South Bay League championship is scheduled the same dates at Mater Dei Catholic High School, starting at 3 p.m. Junior varsity competition in both leagues is scheduled Saturday, April 27. All nine lanes at Otay Ranch High School will be utilized for running events. Metro-Mesa teams include Bonita Vista, Chula Vista, Eastlake, Olympian, Otay Ranch and Sweetwater Metro-South Bay League teams include Castle Park, Hilltop, Mar ..read more

A celebration of life, with full police honors, were held at Eastlake Church on April 20 for Chula Vista Police Department Assistant Chief Phil Collum, Badge 544, who passed away on April 12 from a rare form of cancer. Collum served 29 of his 34-year law enforcement career with the CVPD. Collum was 54 years old. Chief Roxane Kennedy said that this was something she never expected to have to do. “How do you say goodbye to someone that you loved that I spoke with every single day and spent time with?” she said. “Phil was more than my second in command, he was my friend, my partner at work, Willi ..read more

Port of San Diego Commissioner Ann Moore provided Chula Vista City Council with an update of the Chula Vista Bayfront project on April 23. Moore said the project has its own brand logo now that will be used on all signs and materials used for the Chula Vista Bayfront. “The brand is designed to celebrate the region. You can see a series of people with outstretched arms in rays celebrating the community and the culture of the Chula Vista Bayfront. The curved lines below the sun symbolize the waves and mountain landscapes in the wings of a seabird. I think that it is the perfect combination of th ..read more

Passover, Mercury Stations Direct, Aquarian Salon Although the total solar (Sun was hidden) eclipse occurred last Monday, AThWe are now in the time of Passover (Pesach), the Jewish festival of freedom and the story of the Angel of Death passing over the homes of the Hebrew people on the night when they left Egypt. Passover (Pesach, lamb) began Monday night, April 22 (ending Tuesday, April 30). Passover this year began the evening before the Wesak full moon Buddha Festival. When the different religions of the ages coincide, the foundation for the new world religion is being created. The heavens ..read more

Wesak Full Moon Festival – Buddha Blesses the World April 1st began with Mercury stThe Wesak Buddha Full Moon Festival is Tuesday, April 23, 2024. After Sun enters Taurus on Friday, after Saturday’s transit of Jupiter/Uranus in Taurus (the real beginning of the Aquarian Age), after Earth Day and the first night of Passover, Monday at sundown, one of the year’s most important full moon festivals occurs on Tuesday. This is the April Buddha Full Moon or the Wesak (holy waters) Festival. During this festival the Buddha appears in the heavens, He carries and distributes a blessing to humanity and E ..read more

The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, started the first of four criminal trials this week. Even if the former president was facing only one trial it would be worth repeating because of the historic value: No other ex-president has ever stood before a judge and jury in a criminal case. But Trump has four cases in front of him. This one is in Manhattan. The case that started this week, the one revolving around money paid to an actress during his 2016 presidential campaign to cover up the affair with the pornography star reminded me of a brief incident in a South Bay courtroom ..read more

The city of Chula Vista Office of Sustainability, Chula Vista Police Department, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration are teaming up to provide the public the opportunity to dispose of unwanted prescription medications. Community members can drop off expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at the John Lippett Public Works Center located at 1800 Maxwell Road. The semi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. This event is free, anonymous, with no questions asked. No liquids, needles, or sharps can be accepted. Last October, Americans ..read more

I can’t help but laugh when I see videos and memes about “getting rich with real estate.” Whether it’s on Instagram, TikTok or X, it’s a common topic: How homeowners can supposedly make easy money by renting out an Accessory Dwelling Unit, one half of a duplex, a room or even a garage. I’ve even heard rentals described as a “passive” investment – meaning there’s not much work involved. Alan Pentico This is 100 percent wrong. Let’s get one thing straight: managing rental properties requires work, whether you own just one or two properties or hundreds. Landscaping the grounds and maintaining bui ..read more

On April 9, the South Bay Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a proclamation to rebrand the district as South Bay Water. The updated name enhances the connection between the district and its role as the governing branch of the Sweetwater Authority. Launching later this spring, to involve the community in the rebranding effort, South Bay Water announced that the district will hold a logo design contest, with the winner being awarded a $500 prize. For more information, visit www.sweetwater.org. “Our district holds a rich legacy in our region’s evolution, and plays a pivotal role in o ..read more

I once boarded a plane to Palm Springs. The temperature on the plane was about 65 degrees Fahrenheit. This was in the middle of summer. I walked out of the plane into a record temperature of 121. What a contrast! Many years ago I was a student at the University of Toledo. It is near the border with Michigan. There was a night early in January when I walked from the dorm to an auditorium to see a film- Throne of Blood. It is a Japanese version of Macbeth. That night the temperature was -24, with a wind chill factor of -56. The actors were Toshiro Mifune as Lord Macbeth, and Isuzu Yamada as Lady ..read more