This year marks the 50th year of Coronado’s annual Christmas tree lighting and holiday parade. On the first Friday of December, the island lights up for the season by bringing the 120-foot-tall pine tree at the center of the Rotary Plaza to life. This year, the event will fall on Dec. 5. Led by the […]
Madeline Yang
Madeline Yang is a reporter for The Coronado News, covering the City of Coronado, the U.S Navy and investigating the Tijuana/Coronado sewage issue. She graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with her Bachelors in Journalism with an emphasis in Visual Storytelling. She loves writing, photography and videography and one day hopes to be a filmmaker. She can be reached by phone at 916-835-5843.
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The free summer shuttle wraps up a record season
Coronado’s free summer shuttle wrapped up its 2025 season with a strong rebound in ridership, according to Coronado’s senior planner Tricia Olsen, and the city is already looking at improving the program for the next year. This year’s program mirrored last year’s, but with a shorter operating time and daily schedule, running from July 1 […]
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Port of San Diego ends lease with Coronado Ferry Landing, future steps unclear
The Port of San Diego claims it will not renew its lease with the company that manages Coronado Ferry Landing and marketplace because the operator, Port Coronado Associates (PCA), failed to maintain the properties and proposed an unacceptable redevelopment plan. That explanation was provided in a Nov. 7 letter to PCA and the city of […]
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Coronado Island Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary
Hundreds of filmmakers and actors crowded the Crown Room at the Hotel del Coronado on Nov. 5 to celebrate the Coronado Island Film Festival, the silver screen and each other. This year marks the festival’s 10th anniversary, and to celebrate, six distinguished individuals who have been in the film industry for years, and some even […]
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Non-fatal drownings at Glorietta Bay bring up concerns for Lifeguard Captain Sean Carey
Two non-fatal drownings in the last month spurred Coronado Lifeguard Captain Sean Carey’s urgency for water safety and awareness. In one instance, a little boy, around 4 or 5 years old, stood on the shore of Glorietta Bay, playing in the waist-deep water. His mom was turned around a few yards away. All of a […]
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The Port of San Diego will not be renewing its lease at the Coronado Ferry Landing
In a decision generating a lot of confusion from Coronado community members and city officials, the Port of San Diego announced it will not renew a lease with the current operator of the Coronado Ferry Landing – a verdict that was made in a closed session meeting by the Board of Port Commissioners. During a […]
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Eric Wolfinger presents “Lisa Dahl: Blessed by Grace” at CIFF
The documentary, “Lisa Dahl: Blessed by Grace,” was only supposed to be about three minutes long – a short, promotional video, also known as a sizzle reel, about an award-winning chef. But, says director Eric Wolfinger, it turned into a 26-minute-long documentary that will now be screened at the Coronado Island Film Festival on Nov. […]
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Veteran Lt. Cmdr. Fred Eckert honored on Avenue of Heroes
Stories of Fred Eckert’s time in the U.S. Navy flowed from his lips as he sat in a blue patio chair outside his house in Coronado, where American flags are carefully placed around an attentively tailored garden. Eckert, who retired as a lieutenant commander and Navy helicopter pilot, spent more than 20 years in the […]
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Two Navy aircraft crash into South China Sea
Two Navy aircraft crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26. The first aircraft, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, was conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz when it went down in the waters, according to a U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesperson. It was assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73. […]
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San Diego native Dasha Levin premieres first documentary at CIFF
In 2024, Dasha Levin and three college classmates spent a week in Arizona filming Nikyle Begay, a Navajo shepherd and weaver who identifies as nonbinary. The students’ assignment was to create a documentary that inspires social change. That assignment has now been played at over 35 film festivals – and the Coronado Island Film Festival […]
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Coronado City Council considers bringing back Island Express
A mini-shuttle program known as the Island Express will be coming back to Coronado as the City Council directed staff on Oct. 21 to prepare a request for proposal to build out a future program. City Manager Tina Friend estimates the proposal to be written in the spring of next year. From June 4 to […]
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Coronado considers new ordinance to streamline historic review process
Coronado’s City Council adopted a document that would revise the city’s standards and requirements for historical buildings at the Oct. 21 meeting, meaning city staff will return in two weeks with the final ordinance to be passed by council. If that passes, the ordinance goes into effect 30 days later. This new implementation is designed […]
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NASCAR reveals street course at Naval Air Station North Island
The NASCAR street course on Coronado’s Naval Air Station North Island will be a 16-turn, 3.4-mile circuit with sharp corners and a series of quick turns around the military installation to give the drivers a challenge during the race scheduled in June. According to Matt Humphrey, who does track communications for NASCAR, it will be […]
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Village Theatre to show “The Shining” before Halloween
A showing of arguably one of the most iconic horror movies is coming Coronado’s way just days before Halloween on Oct. 29. From the Coronado Island Film Festival, or CIFF, the Village Theatre will be screening the 1980 psychological thriller “The Shining,” starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The movie is […]
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Stabbing at Coronado Middle School, suspect is in custody
A stabbing at Coronado Middle School this morning has left one student at the hospital getting treated for injuries. The other student is currently in custody. Coronado police officers responded to an incident at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday morning involving two 7th graders at the middle school library. During a class break, an altercation took place […]
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Coronado affected by three new bills
Coronado Mayor John Duncan sent three letters to California Gov. Gavin Newsom in late September, requesting that he veto three specific bills on his desk. However, it’s too late — all three pieces of legislation have already been signed into law. The letters were sent from Duncan to the Governor’s Office regarding Senate Bill (SB) […]