Carolynn Towbin is a woman of many ventures in life. She’s a meditation teacher, life coach, motorcar dealer and honorary chair of the Coronado Island Film Festival, which runs Nov. 8-12. Towbin over a Zoom interview sits in her chair in her Las Vegas office where she’s run Towbin Automotive for the last 35 years […]
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 Hotel del Coronado celebrates another phase of renovations
The slight smell of sunscreen wafts through the air, coming in and out of the breeze as it brings with it the smell of crispy hot dogs and warm chili. With 77 degrees and not a cloud in sight, it was a perfect day for the Hotel del Coronado’s very first carnival on Sunday. And […]
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Local resident writes, stars in short for Coronado Island Film Festival
Wanting to be beautiful and to stay youthful is not a new phenomenon. It’s stayed prevalent through decades with the elusive Fountain of Youth to Oscar Wilde’s “Dorian Gray” to Disney’s “Tangled,” the modern version of Rapunzel. And now, it’s reached the Coronado Island Film Festival through Rachel Hroncich’s rendering of this idea with her […]
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Coronado lays out locations for 912 new housing units
Housing in Coronado has been an ongoing issue for the past year when state–mandated affordable housing allocations for the city jumped from 50 to 912 units, with an additional 15% buffer added to bring the total to 1,049 homes. Jesse Brown, the city’s principal planner for Community Development, and Hitta Mosesman of Harris & Associates, […]
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Here’s how the lawsuit over the Lawn Bowling Green happened
Community members have sued the City Council to stop the removal of four Canary Island pine trees adjacent to the Lawn Bowling Green by the Coronado Public Library along D Avenue.
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Council approves Green Energy Incentive Program, sewage update
In a short Coronado City Council meeting on Oct. 3, the city heard from the council on interagency committee meetings involving the Tijuana sewage crisis, and from city staff on potentially adopting a resolution to authorize a Green Energy Incentive Program. The program would waive permit fees for rooftop solar, electric vehicle charging stations and […]
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Coronado pays $10,000 to settle suit with tennis pro
The City of Coronado has settled a lawsuit with longtime tennis pro Mario DiLonardo who alleged the city had fraudulently engaged in a tennis concessions contract with Impact Activities.
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Exclusive: Mayor Richard Bailey says he’s out of politics after 2024
Mayor Richard Bailey has officially pulled the plug to run for San Diego County supervisor. And in terms of being involved in elected office, Bailey says “never say never,” but politics in Coronado is not on his radar past 2024, when his term ends. Instead the one-time rising star in the Republican Party told The […]
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Coronado Public Library faces culture war over books, Pride event
What started out as a seemingly innocent reading for kids on June 9 at the Coronado Public Library has snowballed into a community-wide culture war with both sides maintaining they are pushing for “progress.” A key critic of that event and her supporters want the library to adopt two major policy changes regarding children’s books, […]
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Bailey, Downey update Coronado City Council on sewage crisis
A short Coronado City Council meeting on Sept. 19 covered updates from Mayor Richard Bailey and Councilwoman Carrie Anne Downey on the Tijuana sewage issue and there was a brief update about electrical charging vehicle spots in Coronado. Bailey during the 40-minute meeting updated city officials on efforts to obtain additional funding for the Tijuana […]
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Mayors to Newsom: Declare emergency for Tijuana sewage crisis
The mayors of every single city in San Diego County have sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom calling for him to declare a state of emergency regarding the Tijuana sewage crisis.
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Meet the man behind the Coronado Sports Report
Meet Jason Fledderjohn, whose desire to allow his mom to watch her grandkids from Hawaiʻi has grown into a budding community service for those who also want to follow the Islander sports teams.
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Key official: At least $300M more needed to fix Tijuana sewage crisis
The Tijuana sewage system is outdated, non-functioning and leaking human waste and pathogens into the Pacific Ocean, riding sea currents from the Tijuana River into Imperial Beach and Coronado, and a key federal official said at least $300 million more is needed to stem the crisis. An urgency to fix the nearly 100-year environmental problem […]
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Coronado High girls golf works for fifth straight title in 2023
The bend of the blue Coronado bridge sitting in the background, the golf green gracefully wrapping around Glorietta Bay, immense trees with roots digging deep, swimming in the wind. The idyllic scene is home to the Coronado High School girls golf team as it gathers on the putting green, ready to play their third tournament […]
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Coronado approves $600,000 electric mini shuttle pilot program
The Coronado City Council on Sept. 5 approved a $600,000 electric mini shuttle pilot program, and the Tijuana sewage crisis that recently attracted hundreds of protesters on the community’s central beach was a major topic of discussion. The electric shuttle pilot program originally was brought to the attention of council on February 21 by Councilmember […]
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The Bower, Coronado’s newest luxury hotel, to open in fall 2024
San Diego-based J Street Space has announced Coronado’s newest luxury lifestyle hotel, The Bower, which will have its grand opening in fall 2024. Formerly known as the longstanding motel, Villa Capri by the Sea, J Street Space and Delawie Architecture have worked together to create a space that honors its roots of Villa Capri’s storied […]