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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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Coronado City Council approves legislative policy guidelines
The Coronado City Council has decided that resolving the Tijuana sewage crisis, securing money for municipal infrastructure and assessing regional housing needs are the community’s top legislative priorities. The unanimous council vote on Feb. 18 followed a presentation by City Manager Tina Friend on proposed “guidelines” to pursue with Congress and the California Legislature. Friend […]
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City Council passes single-use plastic ordinance
A polystyrene and single-use plastics ordinance is now in place throughout Coronado after a unanimous vote from the City Council at the Feb. 18 meeting. It will go into effect in 30 days and will be enforced 180 days after it takes effect. The final ordinance includes more than a dozen directives for the city, […]
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Recovery operations have begun for Navy jet that crashed into San Diego Bay
Navy divers and members of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit are continuing salvage and recovery operations for the EA-18G Growler that crashed into the San Diego Bay on Feb. 12. Two pilots ejected safely from the aircraft before it hit the water. The recovery operation, which began Feb. 16, may take up to two […]
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Navy conducting investigation into San Diego Bay plane crash
The Navy is trying to piece together what exactly caused one of their most advanced fighter jets to crash into San Diego Bay after its two pilots ejected during take-off from a runway at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI). The investigation will likely uncover why the EA-18G Growler aircraft reportedly continued flying over Point […]
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Executive orders rollback DEI as country celebrates Black History Month
In 1976, President Gerald Ford recognized February as Black History Month. In 1986, Congress officially passed a law designating the month as National Black History Month. In 2025, the Pentagon and a number of federal agencies said they would scale back the celebrations of special observances, including Black History Month. This came due to President […]
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Coronado will sign an ordinance prohibiting polystyrene and single-use plastics
The Coronado City Council has given tentative approval to a new ordinance that would crack down on single-use plastic distribution by local restaurants and merchants. The ordinance, which was introduced at the City Council meeting on Feb. 4, includes amendments to the Municipal Code governing foam foodware and foam cooler distribution. It will be rewritten […]
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Coronado plans to declare a local emergency for sewage crisis
The Coronado City Council declared a local emergency over the cross-border sewage pollution crisis and instructed municipal staff to draft a resolution for official signing – potentially as soon as the next regular meeting. The council had previously declined to pursue a declaration of emergency, arguing that it would only be a symbolic move, rather […]
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The Laundry Pub is set to close on Feb. 10
The Laundry Pub, a casual bar and lounge created by the Hotel del Coronado, is shutting down less than a year after it opened for business. However, it is not the end of that space, which was built as a laundry room more than a century ago. But with one spot closing, two more restaurants […]
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The Parker Pump Station is set to be finished in just a few months
When a major rainstorm flooded Coronado’s streets on Jan. 22 of last year, the Parker Pump Station, responsible for collecting storm water in the Country Club area of the city, was turned off. In certain areas of the city, flooding occurred up to 5 feet. The city had said the station was turned off at […]
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Meet the newest City Council member: Kelly Purvis
Kelly Purvis, a resident of Coronado for the past 38 years, city contractor for five years and city employee for six years, will retire from her job as the city’s senior management analyst in the next week to fill the position as the fifth City Council member. Purvis, 64, said it’s taken her almost four […]
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Coronado firefighters return from Los Angeles
The Coronado firefighters who were deployed to Los Angeles a few weeks ago to help fight one of the worst wildfires in California history, finally returned on the evening of Jan. 21. The crew of four left for the Palisades fire zone around 3 a.m. on Jan. 8 and worked continuously since arriving at base […]
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City employee Kelly Purvis is appointed to the last City Council seat
Kelly Purvis, the city’s senior management analyst for the past seven years, has been appointed to fill the last City Council position. She was voted in through a unanimous decision of the council during the last round of voting. Of the 10 candidates seeking office, one withdrew his application, leaving nine to interview for the […]
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Coronado reflects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr.’s time on earth was short, but his legacy is not. His name and narrative will always be in history books and honored on his day of remembrance, which is on Jan. 20 this year. In Coronado, Dr. Fern Nelson, a retired dermatologist and longtime resident of the island, said the day […]
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The lawn bowling green is undergoing a replacement
The Lawn Bowling Green outside of John D. Spreckels Center is finally undergoing a turf replacement project following delays caused by a lawsuit and storm damage. The fungal issues, combined with the Jan. 22 deluge flooding the entire turf, resulted in the Lawn Bowling Green needing to be replaced. The fungus, known as puffball mushroom […]