Film enthusiasts continue to shape the island’s cinematic recognition at the annually anticipated five-day celebration of filmmakers each fall known as the Coronado Island Film Festival, or CIFF.
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 joins legal fight against Snap, TikTok and other social media giants
Coronado Unified claims in national suit that social media giants like TikTok and YouTube are creating a mental health crisis for kids.
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4×4 committee integrates community feedback to improve bell schedule
On Wednesday evening, April 12, the Coronado Unified School District 4×4 Bell Schedule Committee held a final public forum to welcome community input. Three of the five attendees shared their input with the committee, expressing their expectations, asking clarifying questions about the 4×4 schedule and sharing their positive experiences with the new schedule. The 4×4 […]
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Coronado Unified files complaint in social media lawsuit
The Frantz Law Group filed a lawsuit this week suing social media companies on behalf of the Coronado Unified School District. “This is an extremely, extremely important case,” said Attorney James P. Frantz. “It deals with protecting our youth … harmed significantly by these social media companies.” The law firm held a press conference on […]
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Junior Optimist Club of Coronado serving community with fresh ideas
The Junior Optimist Club of Coronado diligently considers fresh ideas to support the community, and new members can be found at Coronado Middle School.
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Coronado teen combats the climate crisis
Coronado’s Sydney Kroonen has received national recognition as one of the youngest activists for fighting climate change.
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Coronado Love Letter: Karl Mueller on why CUSD is a “special place”
CUSD Superintendent Karl Mueller shared the motive for making a return to the district, success in his current role, and how CUSD is working through challenges that public education currently faces.
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Imperial Beach Council working to find solutions on sewage crisis
The Imperial Beach City Council hosted a workshop on Wednesday evening to educate the community about the ongoing bi-national sewage crisis. Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre and City Council members from each district, except absent Mayor Pro Tempore Matthew Leyba-González from District 4, attentively listened to community members voicing exasperated concerns and posed questions concluding […]
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Special meeting on Tijuana sewage crisis set for Wednesday in Imperial Beach
The city of Imperial Beach will hold a special workshop with several government entities about the Tijuana sewage crisis on Wednesday evening.
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Coronado Unified suing social media firms; gets $30k from Juul settlement
The Coronado Unified School District is suing social media companies, but it declined for two days to disclose additional details on the case.
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Promises, Promises: Will Mexico keep its bargain to fix sewage crisis?
The U.S. has pledged at least $330 million for the Tijuana sewage crisis, but U.S. officials are concerned whether Mexico keep its funding promises?
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Watchdogs say they want more transparency with Coronado schools
But one watchdog group – We the Parents Coronado – won’t let outsiders in their private meetings.
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Promises, Promises: Dysfunction seemingly at the core of Tijuana sewage mess
Public outrage over Tijuana wastewater woes has triggered political rhetoric, studies, protests, and broken promises – only to end with sewage into the ocean.
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Coronado School Board limits time for public comments
The Coronado School Board has changed course and only is allowing public comment on non-agendized items for 20 minutes during the later part of its meetings.
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Promises, Promises: Tijuana sewage crisis sickens tens of thousands
The Tijuana sewage crisis has sickened tens of thousands and hospitalized Imperial Beach teacher and surfer Josh Hill. Part 3 of The Coronado News investigation.
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She went from ‘big nerd’ to PhD candidate, meet CHS outstanding teacher winner Maylén Rafuls
Coronado High School French and Spanish teacher Maylén Rafuls will accept an Outstanding Teacher award by the California Language Teachers’ Association.