“Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, yeah!” said the voice of one kid who joined in unison with a countdown heard throughout a Coronado intersection as green, red, orange and blue bulbs flickered over Rotary Plaza. That was the moment, as if picked directly for a Hallmark film, crowds awaited after […]
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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San Diego Bay Parade of Lights returns on the 8th and 15th of December
Twinkling strings of light from dozens of 15- to 100-foot boats will illuminate the water in San Diego Bay this year celebrating the theme, “Peace On Earth.” The San Diego Bay Parade of Lights, in its 54th year, will return on Dec. 8 and Dec. 15 to showcase approximately 100 festive water vessels to thousands […]
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Coronado students show higher college and career readiness
Local high school students showed mixed results in recent evaluations of academic achievement, according to a report presented at the Coronado Unified School District. High School Principal Karin Mellina said students significantly improved their scores for college and career readiness, but recorded substantially lower scores in a state assessment of student performance. In a report […]
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State university guarantees Coronado Unified student admits
College application submissions are around the corner and over a dozen Coronado students graduating this spring are taking advantage of a program to secure a spot at a local university campus. Coronado Unified School District and California State University, San Marcos, a public university in San Diego’s North County, approved an agreement last school year […]
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South Bay residents sue Veolia, allege “negligent and reckless operation”
A group of South Bay residents has filed suit against operators of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, blaming the company for sewage pollution that has shut down local beaches and endangered public health. James P. Frantz, CEO of Frantz Law Group, said the complaint, filed Nov. 15 in San Diego Superior Court, so […]
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Silver Strand triathlete swims, runs and bikes to youth ranking
On a windy afternoon, 10-year-old Kailani Miante pedals a blue road bike along Coronado’s Spreckels Park to the Bayshore Bikeway and then home, completing about a 6-mile ride with her nana. The next day, Kailani chooses between swimming with her sister, running, or biking with her parents while she listens to Taylor Swift. Such is […]
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Renee Cavanaugh and Fitzhugh Lee leading in school board race
Unofficial election results this week show Renee Cavanaugh and Fitzhugh Lee significantly leading in polls for the two open Coronado Unified School District trustee seats. Cavanaugh, a retired educator who is the only incumbent seeking reelection, and Lee, a retired naval aviator and CUSD parent, had each garnered more than 3,900 votes as of Nov. […]
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A salute to veterans in the Coronado community
Smiles decorated the faces of Coronado Middle School students as U.S. veterans and current service members paraded through a “Line of Gratitude” procession the Thursday before Veteran’s Day, surrounded by small American Flags waved in the air. The procession – mostly parents of the schoolchildren – was part of a larger celebration that featured speeches […]
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Renee Cavanaugh continues to lead school board race, Shawnee Barton Merriman concedes
As of 6 p.m. on Saturday night, Renee Cavanaugh, a retired educator who is the only incumbent seeking reelection, was leading the four Unified School District candidates at 31.34%, with Fitzhugh Lee, a retired naval aviator, trailing closely behind at 29.45%. Bill Sandke, a former Coronado council member, was in third with 22.2% of the […]
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A busy day at Coronado’s voting center: Only some voters address local choices
Hundreds of voters lined up at the Coronado Public Library on Tuesday – some waiting more than an hour to cast votes in a bitter presidential race and hard-fought local elections. Old and new voters, who queued up at the city’s only official voting center, said their minds were on issues such as class representation, […]
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Expansion project begins at South Bay treatment plant
The U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) announced it has launched a key construction design project on Oct. 29 to double sewage treatment of water flow capacity at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP). In August the IBWC issued a $42.4 million design contract to rehabilitate the plant to […]
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Coronado teen among 2024 environmental heroes
Coronado teen Daniel Vinegrad has been named an “environmental hero” across California’s 77th Assembly District, which includes more than half a million coastal residents of San Diego County. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner recognized Vinegrad in her 2024 Environmental Hero Awards this month alongside nine other honorees for helping to preserve, protect and defend the environment. “We […]
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Honoring Coronado through Dia de los Muertos
Tucked into a corner of a diorama in the children’s section of the Coronado Public Library is a miniature Hotel del Coronado, its iconic red turret set beside two skeletons. Next to it are compadres, or pals, a veracruzano, a native of the Mexican state of Veracruz, and a mariachi dressed in charro, typical cowboy […]
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CDC health survey gathers Coronado beach sewage pollution experiences
Federal and local authorities are ramping up their response to South Bay beach contamination from Tijuana sewage with a public survey, a long-term analysis of pollution and a petition to declare the Tijuana River bed a federal Superfund site. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues surveying health impacts, Supervisor Terra Lawson […]
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Coronado Unified reports district excels across English, Math and Science
Coronado Unified leaders said they are reviewing safety policies in the aftermath of a recent missing-child incident. “Changes are happening immediately,” board President Alexia Palacios-Peters said. “This is not something that is being pushed to later, it’s happening now because this absolutely cannot happen. We will continue to have discussions about that and do everything […]
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Campaign finance reports for Coronado school board candidates
Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly characterized the contributions made to Shawnee Barton Merriman from nonprofit leaders. The second contribution from a separate nonprofit leader is not the second largest contribution to her campaign, but rather among the largest out-of-state contributions. After school board races conclude in a few weeks, two trustees will […]