CORONADO, Calif. (KGTV) Amy Steward of Emerald Keepers and others picked up plenty of trash during a beach clean-up in Coronado over the weekend. On Wednesday afternoon, there was more than enough to fill three large reusable tubs. You can see weve got all kinds of single-use plastics. These are just things we are trying to get rid of, Steward, Founder and President of Emerald Keepers Coronado, said. This is the mess that weve made, and we need to clean it up. And it starts by turning off the faucet on single-use plastic. Many in attendance at the Coronado City Council made that call for actio ..read more

If you're planning to head to the beach to celebrate Labor Day weekend, you might want to check if your favorite one is open. The Coronado shoreline remains closed along with the Tijuana slough, Imperial Beach, and Silver Strand shorelines. "I like to walk the beach and collect sand dollars." Ida Farmer grew up in San Diego but lives in Arizona now. She was disappointed to find out on her vacation that her favorite beach is closed. "It's going to kill my weekend here but I'll go to other beaches but just bad for the environment," said Farmer. While it's impacting beachgoers' holiday weekend pl ..read more

A man is in a San Diego hospital after he was run over by a hit-and-run driver in Coronado Thursday night. "This driver- they knew they hit something. When they backed up they saw it was an actual person and they fled for whatever reason," said Sergeant Ryan Brennan, Coronado Police Department.Brennan said the victim- is a 32-year-old man. He is responsive and he saw the driver of the truck that hit him parked nearby, according to Coronado Police. The truck was described as an F-150, a possible Raptor model. Police added the suspect they are looking for is a white man wearing a black beanie ..read more

SAN DIEGO, CA (KGTV) — Approximately 750 Coronado Unified students and staff members lined up to be tested for COVID-19 on Monday.The district set up a testing site outside of Coronado Middle School from 8 a.m. to noon, making testing a little more accessible before in-person instruction resumes on Tuesday after winter break.As San Diego County sees a significant surge in cases, and more are expected after holiday gatherings through mid-January, the district suggested all students and staff get tested, regardless of vaccination status.“Safety is our top priority; for that reason, we are conduc ..read more

CORONADO, Calif. (KGTV) — After the controversial tortilla throwing incident at Coronado High over the summer, an appeals panel for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has decided it will not reinstate the basketball team’s 2021 Southern California Boys Basketball Division 4-A Regional Championship title.Students at a Coronado High School boys basketball game threw tortillas at the visiting team from Orange Glen High School. After a CIF investigation into the incident, Coronado High’s basketball team’s regional basketball championship title was revoked. The team’s coach was also fi ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Monday, the family of Rebecca Zahau learned they will have to wait until next year to find out if a judge will allow them to see the San Diego Sheriff's Department's files on her death.One of San Diego's most mysterious and notable death investigations, Zahau died at the Spreckles Mansion in Coronado in 2011. Her death was ruled a suicide, but her family believes there was foul play."What we think the documents will show is, it will expose corruption on behalf of Sheriff [Bill] Gore," said Zahau family lawyer Keith Greer."We're trying to compel Sheriff Gore to give us docume ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Friday night lights. There’s nothing like it for coaches like Kurt Hines of Coronado High School.“This is my 24th year coaching high school football,” Hines said.24 years of passion and love for the game and molding players.On the Wednesday just before practice and two days before game day on Friday, Hines took to Twitter to announce something. He posted a video that was less than a minute but, it had a powerful message.“I just had a young man come in and quit,” Hines said in the Twitter video.The video has garnered a lot of attention, getting close to two million views and ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The CIF confirmed to ABC 10News on Tuesday that the Coronado Unified School District has filed an appeal to its ruling that strips Coronado High of its basketball championship. The ruling was in response to a game where tortillas were thrown at a visiting team from a predominantly Latino school after Coronado's championship win.The appeal is also in response to several other sanctions issued by the CIF.Meanwhile, a group gathered in front of the district’s office saying they’d like the focus to be on moving forward.Marely Ramirez, with the Coronado community group InclusioNa ..read more

CORONADO, Calif. (KGTV) — The Coronado Aquatics Center and its two pools are shut down because of a nationwide chlorine shortage that appears to be getting worse, according to industry experts.It all started last year when a hurricane took out a major supplier."In Louisiana was a factory that supplied North America with 50 percent of its raw materials for tablets and granules," said Brian Dresser, owner of Discount Pools in San Diego.Dresser said once solid forms of chlorine became harder to get, the demand increased for liquid forms."Everybody was scrambling and a lot of the independents star ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego County's Human Relations Commission (HRC) was set to meet Monday to discuss an incident in which tortillas were thrown at players from an Escondido high school after losing a basketball game against Coronado High.The HRC said in a release after the incident that it was "concerned and seriously disturbed following reports of recent hate incidents associated with the recent athletic event." The event took place on June 19 after a basketball game between Orange Glen High School and Coronado High.The commission may decide Monday on recommending anti-hate or anti-racism ..read more