As is tradition, fireworks lit up the summer night beginning at 9 p.m. to conclude Fourth of July celebrations in Coronado.
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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The Coronado Fourth of July parade marks another year of connectedness
Americana decor displays cue the day’s celebration: Fourth of July. Like every year, the Coronado Fourth of July parade brought out thousands of residents and visitors to the island to partake in the annual celebration, commemorating the birth of the United States. “There’s so many people from out of state who even come here,” said […]
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Paloma Aguirre is the new San Diego County supervisor
Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre has defeated Chula Vista Mayor John McCann in a race for the District 1 empty seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. “I want to thank my opponent, John McCann, for a hard-fought campaign. I look forward to working with him and all South County leaders to move […]
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Aguirre leads early election results for San Diego’s District 1 supervisor
Following elections for the District 1 empty seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre defeated Chula Vista Mayor John McCann with 53.9% of votes, compared to McCann’s 46.1%. McCann conceded on Wednesday morning. While the election was technically nonpartisan, Nora Vargas’ abrupt departure left a split board in […]
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The complete list of food vendors at the 2025 Coronado Fourth of July celebration
Throughout day-long Independence Day celebrations, Spreckels Park will once more be a returning spot for appetizing dishes, refreshing beverages and other flavorful cuisine. The 2025 Coronado Fourth of July board has prepared a lineup of food vendors to be stationed in the park, on the side of 7th Street and between Orange and C Avenues, […]
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Starring Coronado’s paw-liticians in the Coronado Fourth of July parade
Valkyrie, the 2024-2026 Coronado canine mayor, will be walking through the annual parade on July 4 this year. Since 2010, PAWS of Coronado — an animal shelter that provides adoption and rehabilitation services — has hosted a canine mayoral race every two years to fundraise for the facility. During last year’s weeks-long fundraiser, 15 dog […]
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Coronado Unified plans to outline budget solutions
In the face of a $2 million budget shortfall, Coronado Unified School District trustees have vowed to make up the deficit with funding cuts and revenue increases. But they won’t say how all of that is going to happen until this fall. At the last regular school board meeting on June 18, Coronado Unified trustees […]
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NASA technology observes Tijuana sewage pollution entering the Pacific Ocean
A U.S. air and space agency says the Tijuana sewage crisis polluting Southern California beaches can be tracked by instruments in space. In a study published on June 15, scientists tracked a Tijuana River plume using NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument, built at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to map minerals […]
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Class of 2025 celebrates graduation – and looks to the future
Hearty cheers and hollers ignited at the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” at Niedermeyer Field the evening of June 12, celebrating the Coronado High School class of 2025 as they walked into their graduation ceremony. Logos of local and out-of-state universities, inspirational quotes and other personal designs decorated the caps of the more than 250 […]
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Valedictorian Jaya Jost aims to discover a cure for cancer
Jaya Jost was overwhelmed with joy and relief when she learned she had been admitted to her dream school. “I went into my room and I closed my doors and I didn’t tell anyone I was opening the portal and then I opened it,” said Jost, describing the moment she learned about her admission to […]
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Salutatorian Dylan Nasori hones future plans on treating cancer
Dylan Nasori learned he was the 2025 Coronado High School salutatorian over a phone call during a field trip to the San Diego Zoo with his Advanced Placement Environmental Science class. “It’s definitely very exciting,” he said about the recognition. Nasori, 17, will attend UC Berkeley for bio-engineering following a high school immersion in academics, […]
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CUSD will vote on a policy allowing 9th graders off campus
The Coronado Unified School District is considering allowing freshmen to leave campus during lunchtime beginning next year. On June 18, the governing board will vote on changes to its open-campus policy, which was last adopted and reviewed in 2018, and currently permits sophomores, juniors and seniors at Coronado High School to leave campus during lunch. […]
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San Diego cities call on feds to block water from Tijuana and restrict commercial border crossings
Local officials in San Diego and Imperial Beach are urging the U.S. government to threaten drastic action against the country’s neighbor and longtime ally unless Mexico finally cleans up the transborder sewage mess spewing from Tijuana. That action – purportedly under discussion in the Trump administration – could include cutting off Tijuana’s primary water supply […]
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Bruno Dominguez-Martinez from the Coronado School of the Arts wins best actor
The crowd inside Balboa Theatre filled the room with lively cheers and applause seconds after Broadway San Diego announced the region’s best youth actors. Bruno Dominguez-Martinez, from the Coronado School of the Arts, won best actor in the 2025 Broadway San Diego Awards for his performance in CoSA’s production of “Cabaret.” Following graduation in June, […]
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UCSD study unveils the threat Tijuana River pollution poses to air quality in San Diego
An odor, described as a “rotten egg” smell, often fills Imperial Beach resident Rosie Montaño’s home. “It’s to the point where, I mean, you’re breathing it,” she says. “… You’re just like ‘Oh my god!’” That stench is attributed to hydrogen sulfide – a product of decaying human wastes emanating from sewage in the nearby […]
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Hotel del Coronado welcomes new general manager, Marco Tabet
Hilton announced the appointment of Marco Tabet as general manager of the Hotel del Coronado on May 12 following his six-year tenure as general manager at Conrad Punta de Mita in Nayarit, Mexico. “My goal at The Del is to continue to cultivate a culture where guests want to return year after year and where […]