Glow in the dark sticks fly in the air and giant inflatable baseballs roll as groups of children wearing baseball uniforms play throughout Bradley Field while “Eye of the Tiger” booms from nearby speakers. This is the last hour of “A Grand Slam Celebration of Baseball,” the second annual Coronado Little League opening night tailgate […]
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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Coronado local lost to residential fire
Fire officials are still investigating the cause of a Feb. 21 blaze that destroyed a Coronado home and took the life of a local “legend,” retired businessman Bob Kipperman. Fire crews answered a call for a trapped individual at 1421 6th Street at approximately 1:15 p.m., according to Coronado Fire Chief Jayson Summers. “The first […]
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Coronado Unified adopts revised heat day release protocols
A committee of district employees, students and parents is proposing changes in the calendar for Coronado public schools, aimed at addressing final exams scheduling for high school students, but concerns about heat-day events prevail. At the Feb. 20 school board meeting, committee members urged CUSD trustees to consider starting classes for the 2025-26 year on […]
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CUSD approves salary increases for classified, management and unrepresented employees
Classified employees of Coronado Unified School District will receive a 5% salary increase following contract agreements the board approved for the 2024-25 school year. Classified employees, represented by the California School Employees Association, will see a 4% salary increase retroactive to July 1. According to a district document, there will be an additional 1% increase […]
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A fire in Coronado brings in county’s Bomb/Arson Unit
A residential fire took place in Coronado on Friday afternoon, and one person is reported dead. Fire engines responded to a residential fire at 1421 6th Street at approximately 1:15 p.m., according to Coronado Fire Chief Jayson Summers. “While en route, crews were informed that there was a possible trapped individual,” Summers said. “The first […]
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Elleaire Fore Golf Tournament returns to Coronado April 27
Coronado resident Elleaire Lyons is hosting the second annual Elleaire Fore Golf Tournament on Sunday, April 27. The tournament will take place at the Coronado Golf Course, 2000 Visalia Row, and all proceeds will go to the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation to support the medical research, treatment development, and rehabilitation advancements of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), […]
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Immigrants in Coronado face heightened fears amid Trump administration crackdown
A woman pushes a stroller through a residential neighborhood feet away from the beach in Coronado, the toddler inside is grinning. “I’ve always gone out into the street (in the United States) with fear,” says the Mexican national, who looks around nervously, flashes a timid smile, then shrugs her shoulders, “but now there’s even more fear.” […]
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IBWC announces progress on expansion of South Bay treatment plant
Officials with the International Boundary and Water Commission announced progress in resolving the Tijuana sewage crisis during a public forum Feb. 13, but they were met with an outcry of frustration from community residents. “You spend all your life savings on a home and then you can’t even open a window because the sewage is […]
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Local schools set immigration protocols
In the midst of an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration, Coronado Unified School District has instructed staff that any request for information or access to school grounds from law enforcement authorities must go through district leaders. In an effort to ensure school employees are informed and equipped to perform monitoring responsibilities of students and […]
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A national support network for cancer warriors
Coronado resident Shelly Tinney-Miller recalls being overcome by weeks of shock, loneliness and fear when she got her breast cancer diagnosis in 2010. It took her husband’s constant motivation to encourage her to pick herself up, get to appointments and stay positive. “But a lot of people don’t have that, they don’t have someone telling […]
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Communication halted for federal health agencies, sewage crisis report affected
The Trump Administration last month blocked key federal agencies from communicating with local governments and some San Diego-area officials are worried that efforts to address Tijuana sewage pollution may be stymied. Surging wastewater from Mexico has created a plethora of public health problems, contaminating and shutting down south county beaches and spawning air pollution in […]
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A snapshot into Friday mornings at Silver Strand Elementary School
A circle of parents, teachers and their students surround the flagpole every Friday at Silver Strand Elementary School to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Following the pledge on the last Friday in January, Principal Jenny Moore also made a few announcements and welcomed a special guest from Jazzercise Coronado who danced alongside staff and students. […]
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IBWC, Veolia address another major spill on Jan. 1
A major sewage pump station serving the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant remained offline through the majority of this month, according to the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). The station returned to service on Jan. 23. When a pressure-relief valve failed on a surge tank the evening of New Year’s Day, the commission […]
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Supervisor wants county to lead Tijuana sewage pollution meeting
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote next week on whether it will host a panel discussion on ways to solve the Tijuana River pollution crisis. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, acting chair of the Board of Supervisors, intends to request the board’s support of the public meeting in a letter that details […]
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Nala the golden retriever visits patients at Sharp Coronado Hospital
Slow tears fell from the eyes of a patient who sat in a wheelchair beside the open door of Room 209 when Nala, a 5-year-old golden retriever, visited her at Sharp Coronado Hospital. “I’ve been crying for pain, and these are tears of joy,” she said about a visit that reminded her of home pets […]
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CDC to study hydrogen sulfide levels in the air near Tijuana River
By the thousands, South San Diego households have told health officials they believe the air quality is unsafe. A Jan. 6 report that pulls from a community health survey found that 77% of South Bay residents consider the Tijuana River Valley pollution and ocean sewage a threat to public health in the region. The San […]