While sewage continues to spill into the Pacific Ocean and impact miles of local shorelines, a new report published by San Diego State University’s (SDSU) School of Public Health found that these toxic chemicals do not remain isolated to the water— they can also be airborne and linger in soil. The report, commissioned by the […]
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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‘A little fun making a big impact’
On the countryside hills in Jamul, California, four-year-old Elleaire Lyons followed her father onto a golf course for the very first time in 2012. Learning to play golf happened naturally for Elleaire alongside Dr. James Lyons, who today still joins her for golf matches outside Elleaire’s year-round daily practices, weekend tournaments, private coaching and her […]
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Mayors lobby for funding to help reduce pollution in local beaches
For the second time in January, local leaders traveled to Washington D.C. to urge congressional leaders to address the Tijuana River pollution crisis in swift and decisive action. On Jan. 28, Coronado City Councilman John Duncan joined City of Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre and Chula Vista Mayor John McCann, to ask congressional leaders to […]
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Years-long volunteering inspires sustainability work in Coronado
Beyond academics, Coronado High School students are leading a call for less plastic pollution in the community. In her four years as an Emerald Keepers volunteer and current intern Hannah Cohen helped brainstorm the new Policy Liaison Team, a group of interns interested in gaining experience on how to support the organization through policy work […]
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Ranches flood in the Tijuana River Valley following January storm
As torrential rains swelled the Tijuana River on Jan. 22, ranches north of the U.S.-Mexico border flooded in the morning hours. By afternoon, they resembled large swimming pools of mud. This past week, Mario Bañuelos was still cleaning foot-deep mud and debris from the outdoor kitchen at his family’s leisure ranch in the Tijuana River […]
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Local environmental group calls on Coronado to reduce plastics
Empty beverage bottles, straws and take out containers are among the myriad of plastics and other trash found scattered across shorelines during clean ups time and time again—a crisis that community members in Coronado continue raising awareness about. This trash is all similar in nature. Since the straws, bottles and containers could be tossed out […]
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Coronado teens ask Newsom, Biden to declare state of emergency
Gavin Newsom and Joe Biden each got a letter from Coronado High School kids early this month, pleading for help to stop the contamination of San Diego County beaches with sewage from Tijuana. “We need you to declare a state of emergency” are the pleas from Coronado’s youth that made their way first to the […]
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Alexia Palacios-Peters brings Navy experience to 2024 CUSD president
Ringing in the new year coupled with a birthday, former educator Alexia Palacios-Peters begins a new chapter in her sphere of local civic engagement. Scrolling through a screen’s palette of blue, purple, red and green rows in the monthly view of her Google calendar, the mother, lawyer and military spouse shares how she will continue […]
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Saving the sea turtles
The moment a familiar reptilian pops its head out of the water is not the easiest task to capture on camera, but is a typical sight during kayak outings in the South Bay. In the last two decades, scientists, educators and activists across Southern California have joined forces to help out the population of upwards […]
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Sickness uptick raises concerns about sewage in the air
Current and former Imperial Beach residents can agree that a foul scent of sewage makes living in the southern coastal community unpleasant. Beginning in August, South Bay Urgent Care Doctors Kimberly Sheker Dickson and Matthew Dickson noticed a spike in cases of diarrhea and have since tracked severe infections and gastrointestinal issues among their patients, […]
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Op-Ed: The Coronado News reporters share their year in review
Just under a year ago, The Coronado News first launched a 24-hour news website and direct-mail free newspaper in Coronado. Over the course of this past year, the three reporters, Madeline Yang, Julieta Soto and Sofie Fransen, along with other interns, have covered everything including the city government, schools, local events, business, entertainment, sports and […]
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Shifts in roles for Coronado Unified governing board for next year
The Coronado Unified governing board will begin the new year with new officers. During the school board meeting on Dec. 14, the board took care of organizational items, including the election of officers and setting board meetings through 2024. New Board President, Vice President, Clerk Trustee Whitney Antrim nominated Trustee Alexia Palacios-Peters for board president […]
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Coronado students buy holiday gifts thanks to Silver Strand PTO
One Coronado elementary school’s students have completed Christmas shopping for their families inside their school cafeteria. The Silver Strand Elementary School Holiday Shoppe on the morning of Dec. 12 welcomed a group of third-grade students, with reusable plastic bags in hand, to shop for family members listed on each of their cash envelopes. Each year, […]
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“We struggle…we grab water from a pipe”
This group of Mexican citizens, who deeply love their country and community, have the same wants – a clean, Pacific Ocean that’s not polluted from sewage – as residents in Coronado and Imperial Beach.
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A special reconnection for a first-time educator in Coronado
Former CUSD student Abigail Boyle has returned to the Island hoping to reciprocate the supportive environment she experienced.
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Researchers in Tijuana work to find solutions to sewage crisis
Researchers inside the Chemistry Graduate and Research Center at the Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana are working on ways to create clean water.