The County of San Diego announced Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center has been selected to operate the Tijuana River Valley Community Garden, filling a void left when the current manager bowed out. This announcement follows a period of uncertainty for hundreds of the garden’s tenants who learned the previous operator, The Resource Conservation District of […]
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 addresses school safety after a stabbing at the middle school
In the aftermath of a stabbing, a suicide and complaints of bullying involving students in the Coronado Unified School District, Superintendent Karl Mueller said the district plans to crack down on the use of phones and social media at local campuses. Mueller’s disclosure – which came during an Oct. 30 public forum on school safety, […]
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US and Mexico expedite infrastructure projects in Tijuana
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it has stepped up construction projects to mitigate the sewage crisis impacting communities near the U.S.-Mexico border, cutting nine months from previously announced timelines. The U.S. and Mexico are coordinating on expediting a multi-year plan to treat Tijuana sewage that has polluted the ocean for years, closing South […]
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Weekly Coronado Certified Farmers Market brings ‘farm fresh food’
Fall-themed decorations welcome island residents and visitors to the Coronado Certified Farmers Market on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, with a backdrop of skyscrapers from downtown San Diego visible across the bay. The market, which is open Tuesdays, has provided a rural shopping experience in the city ever since Mary Hillbrecht, a third-generation Escondido farmer, launched […]
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Italian restaurant Island Pasta closes after 31 years
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified Harry Gimber as a former Navy SEAL. He is a retired Navy officer. After 31 years of operation, the Sarber family announced the closing of Island Pasta in Coronado at the end of October. “The Sarber’s extend a warm thank you to everyone in town for […]
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Coronado Unified School District will hold a community forum at CHS
Coronado Unified leaders reacted to a stabbing at Coronado Middle School, announcing plans for a community forum on Oct. 30. On Tuesday, Oct 14, the Coronado Police Department said an altercation between two seventh graders took place during a class break wherein a male student stabbed a female student twice with a pocketknife inside the […]
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Coronado Unified School District improves science scores in state assessments
Based on standardized test scores, Coronado Unified students continue to excel across English, math and science. The district administered the annual California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) assessments in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics last spring for 1,374 students in grades three through eight and grade 11. Students in grades five, eight […]
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Pharmacist works to bring Crown Coast Pharmacy to Coronado
Arash Kohan is a pharmacist who hopes to bring a new pharmacy to Coronado after Rite Aid closed earlier this year. “When you sign up to become a pharmacist, your ultimate goal is to help people,” said Kohan. “There’s a great deal of satisfaction when you do and you see the gratitude in return. On […]
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Aviation afficionado shares his love and knowledge for the craft
R.G. Head, 87, a Vietnam War veteran living in Coronado is grateful to be alive following more than 3,000 flying hours, of which 700 were in combat, during his years of service in the U.S. Air Force. Born in Iowa in 1938, Head learned to fly at the age of 15, got his pilot’s license […]
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Family of former CUSD student files suit over suicide
The family of Gabriel Palacios, a 13-year-old who took his own life earlier this year, has filed a lawsuit against Coronado Unified School District (CUSD) one month after the district rejected a legal claim that says bullying and harassment at Coronado Middle School were substantial factors leading to his suicide. Orsolya and Felipe Palacios, Gabriel’s […]
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Cancer Cartel hosts Oct. 23 fundraiser in Coronado
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and one local organization, Cancer Cartel, is hosting a fundraising event in Coronado. As cancer survivors, Shelly Tinney-Miller, Kerry Solmonsen and Katy Tinney-Olson co-founded Cancer Cartel in 2019 to provide financial support for individuals going through cancer treatments. Cancer Cartel continues to help people through direct financial grants, and […]
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IBWC continues pilot project to clean the Tijuana River
The U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission plans to release in the next few weeks results of a new cleanup campaign that uses “ozone nanobubble technology” to remove contaminants from the Tijuana River. The commission launched the 60-day pilot project on Sept. 9. It involves water treatment using Nano Bubble Ozone Technology (NBOT), or ultrafine […]
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Imperial Beach City Council appoints new District 3 council member
The Imperial Beach City Council has appointed Mariko Renee Nakawatase, an Imperial Beach resident who attended Mar Vista High School and currently works with the County of San Diego, as the new District 3 council member. Following a second round of interviews on Oct. 1, the council voted to appoint Nakawatase to the empty council […]
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San Diego supervisors approve state funding request for Tijuana River Valley study
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has given its support to calls for a two-year study assessing the soil, water and sediment in the Tijuana River Valley with the goal of using the data to once more request a Superfund designation from the Environmental Protection Agency. In late September the board unanimously agreed to […]
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CUSD governing board approves committee designations
The Coronado Unified School District board tasked each trustee with committee assignments to four committees. Trustee Fitzhugh Lee took over for Trustee Scot Youngblood and joined Trustee Renee Cavanaugh in the facilities master plan ad hoc committee. Meanwhile, Youngblood will remain in the joint school board and Coronado City Council committee known as the “2X2” […]
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Family of deceased 13-year-old files claim against Coronado Unified School District
Months after the passing of 13-year-old Gabriel Palacios, his family is holding the Coronado Unified School District (CUSD) responsible in a legal claim that says bullying and harassment at Coronado Middle School were substantial factors leading to his suicide. Expressing condolences to the family, the district rejected the complaint. “While attending Coronado Middle School the […]