Julieta Soto
Julieta is a reporter for The Coronado News, covering education, small business and investigating the Tijuana/Coronado sewage issue. She graduated from UC Berkeley where she studied English, Spanish, and Journalism. Apart from reporting, Julieta enjoys reading, traveling, and spending quality time with family and friends.
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Faces of NASCAR San Diego: Navy Community Day
The intermittent roar of stock car engines and burnt tires fused with gasoline announced the opening of NASCAR’s racing weekend at Naval Base Coronado. At approximately 10 a.m., Coronado resident Sara Hamblin made her way to the North Island race course, joined by her husband, Jesse, and their three small children. “I’ve never seen NASCAR […]
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Loud, exciting and cool: Billingtons experience NASCAR racing
Pete Billington, 9, follows his mom, Kate, to the stands for his first ever NASCAR race, the Craftsman Truck Series Navy 250 at Naval Base Coronado. He’s wearing a souvenir t-shirt – and will eventually add ear covers to squelch the roar of 650 horsepower engines. They pause on a staircase for the national anthem. […]
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Sewage entering the Pacific Ocean closes Coronado beaches
The entire Coronado shoreline remains closed after a sewage pipeline in Mexico collapsed for a second time in May. The following month, the California Coastal Commission approved a permit for the County of San Diego to move forward with a project to reduce emissions of hydrogen sulfide at the Saturn Boulevard crossing of the Tijuana […]
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Coronado High School’s class of 2026 co-valedictorians and salutatorian
Daniel Vinegrad, a student environmental activist, and Dhara Jost, president of the National Honor Society and a multi-sport athlete, have been named co-valedictorians of Coronado High School’s 2026 graduating class. Morgan Maske, heading to Pennsylvania as a college dual-sport athlete, was selected as salutatorian. After four years of balancing academics, sports and extracurriculars, these Coronado […]
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Walk the Southern California coast to support human trafficking survivors
GenerateHope, a San Diego-based nonprofit that provides resources and long-term housing for survivors of sex trafficking, is joining forces with the Freedom Challenge ministry to raise funds to support survivors through a 45-mile coastal walk from Oceanside to Coronado over June 12-14. The inaugural event was inspired by the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage through Spain, […]
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Coronado High School girls’ lacrosse wins second CIF title
For a second year in a row, the Coronado High School girls’ lacrosse team secured the CIF title in a 12-9 victory against La Costa Canyon High School on May 16. “They performed so well in every game to be able to make it to that final,” said coach Jada Cade. Cade, who led the […]
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PAWS of Coronado presents its Animal Mayor Race
Do you think your pet should be the next animal mayor in Coronado? PAWS of Coronado, a nonprofit organization, has opened up its canine mayor race to all animals. The winner of this year’s Animal Mayor Race will serve a two-year term. The event is a fundraiser that helps support the animals at PAWS of […]
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East Coast company sues County of San Diego after vendor selection for air filters
Medify Air LLC is suing the County of San Diego, alleging the air filtration devices intended to purify sewage air in the Tijuana River Valley fail to meet performance requirements outlined in a request for bids posted earlier this year. In a May 11 civil complaint filed by Daniel J. Schneider, an Offit Kurman attorney […]
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Water authorities announce zero transboundary flows during Mexico’s sewer system repairs
The U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) on May 16 said Mexico completed emergency repairs to a major sewage line that conveys wastewater in Tijuana. In a May 15 post to X, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the unexpected leak and forced shut down of pump stations along the border resulted in millions […]
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Brush strokes by a Coronado artist celebrate life in the 92118
In the week leading up to her 88th birthday, on May 10, which also happened to fall on Mother’s Day this year, Doug St. Denis restocked her inventory of paintings. Inside the Coronado home she designed with her late husband, St. Denis sketched eight squares onto a 2- by 4-foot birch plywood panel. She plans […]
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What is on the ballot for Coronado voters?
Voting is underway for the gubernatorial primary to succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in January, and for a host of other elective offices affecting Coronado. Town residents can drop off their ballots outside of City Hall through Election Day. There is another drop-off location at the Coronado Public Library, which also hosts a voting center. […]
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Coronado Unified to adopt new priorities for admission of nonresident applicants
Children of Coronado Unified employees, high school students and children of active-duty military members, in that order, may be given priority among students applying to attend school in Coronado while living outside the district boundaries. Coronado Unified School District trustees will vote on proposed revisions to its policy on interdistrict attendance at their meeting on […]
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Michael Ives publishes “Cool Coronado Tails,” a ‘love letter to Coronado’
Giant ocean waves appear to crest behind a trio of pooches – Snickers, Dottie and Fella – as they ride atop a float making its way down Orange Avenue in Coronado’s Independence Day parade. The image is one of many in author-illustrator Michael Phillips Ives’ children’s book, “Cool Coronado Tails.” “I wanted to go in […]
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Coronado High senior Davin Collins on setting school records in track
At the beginning of this year’s track and field season, Coronado High School senior Davin Collins was assigned to the 400-meter leg in a sprint medley relay while he recovers from a hamstring injury that ended his season last year, a race whose results now ranks the school No. 3 in San Diego. Collins – […]
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U.S. commission: full expansion of international treatment plant serving Tijuana is still years away
The U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) this month told the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board that full expansion of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant is not expected until years after the 2027 date set by the U.S. and Mexico. At a Water Board meeting on April 8, Board Member […]