A new life of freedom has created a hopeful reality for a group of women in Coronado whose lives have been restored through a non-profit that serves survivors of sex trafficking.
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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CUSD begins “Portrait of a Graduate” for K-12 planning
The Coronado School District has kicked off a year-long Strategic Visioning process to ensure success for its students leading to graduation and beyond. San Diego County Office of Education representatives on Oct. 3 led a program called Portrait of a Graduate that included the governing board and district staff, as well as some community members. […]
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The S&S family farm’s legacy continues and is open for all
A multi-generational Black owned and operated family ranch nestled between Imperial Beach and San Ysidro is working to keep the legacy alive for future generations. The core team at S&S Friendly Ranch, including a former star football player at Stanford University, works long hours to maintain a homestead and vacation spot named after founders Sim […]
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Local women form environmental group to end sewage on beaches
Marely Ramírez, a full-time community activist, has co-founded an environmental group with four other women who are demanding that elected officials find solutions to clean local coastlines contaminated by Tijuana sewage outflows. Stop the Sewage.org already has organized two rallies at the beginning and conclusion of the summer to protest the sewage crisis that has […]
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Coronado teens fighting ocean sewage crisis with high school club
“‘What do we want? Stop the sewage! When do we want it? Now!’” are the words one teen led in a chant at a second rally protesting sewage in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 1. “We just had a protest…and we’re gonna do more protests in the future,” Danny Vinegrad told The Coronado News during […]
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Coronado schools welcome voice of students on district matters
The Coronado Unified School District’s leadership will work alongside a student committee to get input and advice from middle and high school students. Superintendent Karl Mueller on Sept. 14 announced a commitment to continue finding creative ways to listen to students with the first Student Advisory Council (SAC). While students from seventh to 12th-grade are […]
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Coronado librarian leads local environmental efforts
Apart from working as a librarian, one Coronado Public Library employee also teaches young students about the importance of environmental stewardship. This local changemaker is Tara Davies, Teen Librarian and Environmental Librarian, whose extensive knowledge of composting and organic gardening has successfully revitalized a garden at the high school. One of the reasons why I […]
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Coronado High administrator may get $168k to resign after “inappropriate” images controversy
The Coronado Unified School District as part of a settlement could pay up to $168,512 to Shane Bavis, a high school assistant principal who agreed to resign after students were sent “inappropriate” material to their smartphones on May 24. The school board on Sept. 6 approved a six-page “resignation and release agreement” with Bavis, according […]
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Protesters rallying Friday in Coronado over sewage flows from Tijuana
Locals across San Diego are planning to protest the sewage pollution from Tijuana, Mexico affecting the livelihoods in southern California beach cities on Friday afternoon in Coronado. Environmental groups Stop The Sewage, Emerald Keepers, and Surfrider Foundation are working with community members and 40 different groups to hold a beach protest rally at 4 p.m. […]
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From local “track girl” to aspiring pro and Olympian medalist
The ‘little track girl’ from Coronado and now University of Oregon record holder is working to continue to dominate the stage in her last collegiate year and, most likely, the next Olympics.
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Coronado Unified welcomes new staff during August board meeting
The Coronado Unified School District welcomed new employees across the district for the start of a new academic year. During a return to regular board meetings on Aug. 24, following a summer break, district staff announced that new educators joined each of the four school sites from the elementary to high school level. Coronado schools […]
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An ‘exciting day’ as school begins again in Coronado Unified
The school district anticipated its students’ return with welcome events leading up to the first day of school.
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New: Coronado students likely circulated “inappropriate” content that led to child porn investigation
New public records show Coronado High School students in late May located and distributed “a photo/image” of a district employee from an online dating app and then sent it to numerous smartphones of classmates, The Coronado News has learned.
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Exclusive: Coronado Police investigating possible child porn, sexual exploiting minor at high school
The Coronado Police Department has launched a “possible child pornography” investigation into a late May controversy involving a Coronado High School staff member and “inappropriate” material sent to students, The Coronado News has learned after threatening legal action.
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Did the feds drop the ball on a $200,000 gift to help fix Tijuana’s sewage problems?
Dave Gibson, who leads the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, has for years tried to help solve the cross-border sewage contamination problem stemming from Tijuana. With $200,000 in state funds available to address water quality problems arising in the rivers that come across the border from Mexico, he wanted to give that money […]
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Newsom urges Biden, Congress to release funds for sewage crisis
Gov. Gavin Newsom has initiated correspondence with President Biden and Congress regarding funding for the cross-border pollution affecting the southern coastal shore near cities like Imperial Beach and Coronado.