Editor’s note: Ricky Hoyt filed for candidacy on July 23. The Coronado News will consider publishing one letter to the editor from each candidate running in the November elections. Submit letters, no longer than 700 words, to sofie@thecoronadonews.com by Oct. 1 for consideration. When the Navy brought me to Coronado in 2015 to serve at […]
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Editor’s note: We want to hear about your current experience with the sewage crisis
The Coronado News is working on a story analyzing how the Tijuana sewage crisis is personally affecting the every day lives of Coronado residents and visitors. Local beaches continue to be closed down due to untreated sewage entering the Pacific Ocean, limiting beach activity. We’re curious how our readers are most affected by the crisis: […]
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Review: Craft meets creativity at Bay Books Coffee
At the entrance of Bay Books, craft coffee and trendy experimental recipes collide. From classic cappuccinos to Froot Loops matcha, this unassuming bookstore coffee shop is keeping pace with the modern evolution of coffee culture — and keeping up with fleeting trends. My coffee journey runs long and deep. As a little girl, I’d sip […]
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Review: A gas station taco shop brings the heat
Habaneros Mexican Food, tucked on the corner of the Shell gas station off Orange Avenue, is evidently on fire, but perhaps also boiling under pressure. On a Wednesday night at 6 p.m., 19-year-old Landon Sako bounced from the kitchen to the counter, taking orders in person and over the phone, checking in with the staff […]
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Why we celebrate the Fourth of July
Around the United States, people are gathering this Fourth of July to celebrate the 250th birthday of our country. Homes are decorated in red, white and blue, fireworks will light the skies in the evening hours, and in Coronado, an annual parade will run down the city’s main street. The distinctly patriotic spectacle is a […]
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Letter to the editor: Rethinking transportation on Coronado island
To the editor, Julieta Soto’s recent article on Coronado’s parking challenges titled, “Can’t find parking in Coronado? This misery is expressed by many,” prompted me to think about the issue from a somewhat different perspective. Much of the discussion surrounding parking focuses on where vehicles can be placed. Perhaps we should also be asking how […]
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Letter to the editor: The high costs of free parking
I recently read “The High Cost of Free Parking” by Donald Shoup, a UCLA urban planning professor, who argues that “free” parking comes with significant hidden costs. By requiring abundant free parking, cities end up encouraging urban sprawl, increasing traffic congestion, and contributing to environmental damage. Free parking is not truly free — it is […]
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Review: Grandiose setting, familiar comforts
There’s something about the feeling one gets standing beneath an archway. It’s that sense of awe gazing up at a monument like the Arc de Triomphe or the Arch of Constantine. The semi-circular architecture makes something trivial, such as a “polished casual” Italian chain, seem grandiose, lofty and spacious enough to bestow gravitas. When I […]
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It’s true. It’s sewage
On the first weekend in June, Coronado beachgoers were greeted with a murky surprise – a brown and yellow foam-like substance washing up in the tide. As it does best, the rumor mill ran rampant. Comment after comment on a local Facebook page claimed the discoloration was a direct result of the Tijuana sewage pollution […]
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Op-Ed: Excerpts of graduation speeches from 2026 co-valedictorians and salutatorian
Editor’s note: The following excerpts are portions of the graduation speeches written and delivered by co-valedictorians Daniel Vinegrad and Dhara Jost, and salutatorian Morgan Maske. These speeches, which each student delivered at Coronado High School’s June 4 graduation ceremony, were provided to The Coronado News by the graduates. Daniel Vinegrad Tonight I would like to […]
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Op-Ed: Remembering Navy SEAL Charlie Keating
It is the fall of 2004, and I am standing in Gladstein Fieldhouse at Indiana University with the Hoosier cross country team. I am one of eight freshmen on the team; another is a young man from Arizona named Charles Keating. We call him “Charlie” for short. Our coach, Robert Chapman, brings us together and […]
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Review: Lobster West brings the East Coast to Coronado
Lobster West is a fast-casual lobster restaurant on B Avenue. But don’t be mistaken: This isn’t any West Coast lobster. This lobster comes from the biting, rugged Atlantic waters off the East Coast. And instead of ending up in some posh Upper East Side seafood restaurant, it’s served to people with tan lines and flip-flops. […]
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Letter to the editor: This does not represent the values of Coronado
Dear editor, As a resident of this island who has lived both in the Village and the Cays, I felt deeply disappointed reading your recent article regarding a fellow Coronado resident and his family. I have known the family personally for years. I always viewed your paper as a source of constructive community journalism — […]
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Review: Not just yacht views, Bluewater Boathouse can cook
There’s something about eating seafood on the water: the sleek or sometimes crashing ocean, the chef chucking oysters in the back — thick, calcified shells cut open by bright, slick knives. Plops, cracks, sizzles and snaps. Bluewater Boathouse Seafood Grill runs as a cross between a fine-dining charthouse and a casual dockside grill — where […]
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Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ does everything right!
It takes a lot of work and practice to make everything go wrong just right. And that’s exactly what’s happening at Lamb’s Player’s Theatre with the production of “The Play That Goes Wrong” by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer. This meta-comedy follows a fictional theater group attempting to perform a crime mystery– “The […]
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Review: Small but mighty at Boney’s Bayside Market
Boney’s Bayside Market in Coronado is the archetypical San Diego grocery store. It was created for those who enjoy an epicurean lifestyle — people with refined taste buds and not-so-refined wallets. Admittedly, despite not having the budget, I often stroll the beautifully decorated aisles of fancy grocery stores to feel a sense of calm. This […]