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, […]
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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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.
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Coronado girls cross country team joyfully awaits CIF state meet
Following a season of wins across Eastern League races, the Coronado Islanders’ girls cross country team is making a return to the CIF state championships.
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Coronado High adds math classes, other programs to prepare grads
A Coronado High School report shows a large number of graduates move onto higher education following rigorous studies.
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School district doesn’t have to sell property for affordable housing
Despite a legal settlement between the city and state, the Coronado Unified School District cannot be forced to sell one of its properties for affordable housing.
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CIFF premieres “The Big Dump” with calls for help on sewage crisis
There was a theater full of new and years-long advocates pushing for solutions and continued awareness related to the Tijuana sewage pollution criss on Nov. 10.
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Air sensors, storm recover plan in place to help with sewage crisis
Improvements at the international wastewater treatment plant in San Ysidro and new projects are expected to help the transboundary sewage crisis from Tijuana by the end of this year.
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Popular cartoonist to continue creative work in San Diego
In his 29th year as a cartoonist, Steve Breen – formerly of The San Diego Union-Tribune – has found a new home.
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School Resource Officers keep Coronado campuses safe
Swiftly reaching into an assortment of candy bins is a friendly face recognized by several Coronado trick-or-treaters moving towards the steps of the Police Department building on Halloween. Along Orange Avenue, the law enforcement agency has joined other participating businesses for Mainstreet Goes Ghostly, hosted by Coronado MainStreet. Several of the agency’s officers and volunteers […]
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Biden pushing for $310 million more to fix coastal sewage crisis
President Joe Biden, following pressure to declare a state of emergency on the Tijuana sewage crisis, has committed an additional $310 million to fix and expand the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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A Steward in Coronado, by name and action
Amy Steward didn’t stop teaching when she left the classroom.The former Coronado educator founded Emerald Keepers in 2019 to help teach the community about saving the environment.