By The Sea, a new coastal Mediterranean restaurant on Orange Avenue, feels like the next bait to lure outsiders to a vacation town like Coronado. With the Baby Grand opening right across the street just a few months ago, local restaurateurs Lara and Doug Hamm are adding to the downtown bustle. But, instead of loud […]
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Letter to the editor: Rebecca King announces candidacy for City Council
I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Coronado City Council. My Coronado story began in 2007, when the Navy stationed my husband, a Navy physician and former Surface Warfare Officer, here. Like so many military families, we fell in love with this community and made it our permanent home in 2018. Our eldest […]
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Letter to the editor: Response to sewage crisis articles
While your two articles on the sewage crisis, (“How the sewage crisis has affected locals” and “Op-Ed: North American trade helped create Tijuana’s growth, industry should help pay for the infrastructure”) were certainly worthy, neither called out a glaring misunderstanding. One article offered an intelligent option with funding incentives and the other basically surrendered to […]
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Letter to the editor: Candidacy for school board
To my neighbors and friends, I am pleased to announce my candidacy for the Coronado School Board, a decision rooted in a lifelong commitment to education and a deep love for our community. I was raised in a family that believed strongly in the value of education. My father was the first in his family […]
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Review: The high price of feeling good
Just a couple of months ago, a silver Airstream glowing with a large pink lotus appeared near the boardwalk in front of the Hotel del Coronado. The new SunLife Organics smoothie bar peddles colorful, supplement-packed smoothies and smoothie bowls topped with nut butters and organic granola. SunLife Organics has built its brand around transformation and […]
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Op-Ed: North American trade helped create Tijuana’s growth, industry should help pay for the infrastructure
For decades, untreated sewage flowing from Tijuana into the U.S. has closed beaches, threatened public health, damaged the environment, and disrupted military training. Both the U.S. and Mexico have spent heavily trying to contain the crisis, yet Tijuana’s wastewater system has not kept pace with rapid industrial and population growth. The problem is not simply […]
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Editorial: Where is Gov. Newsom on the sewage crisis?
Coronado beaches have frequently been closed due to dangerous levels of bacteria – a very real reminder (and repercussion) of the Tijuana sewage crisis that has, for decades, been silently dumping billions of gallons of waste into the Pacific Ocean. Years ago, local officials started pressing California Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of […]
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Letter to the editor: The silly season has begun
Editor’s note: A previous version of this letter incorrectly spelled Mali Hinesley. The letter has been corrected. Ok, so this is just what I hate about party politics: The silly season has begun. By that I mean the election/politics cycle in Coronado. I read with dismay the article in The Coronado News about the ethics […]
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Review: Summertime sweetness at MooTime Creamery
An ice cream sundae is the pinnacle of gluttony and delight. And MooTime Creamery has the most decadent sundae to start this blistering summer — or the middle of summer, or even the end of summer. I ordered the Monkey Love sundae, a favorite of mine back when MooTime was still at the Hotel del […]
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Letter to the editor: Coronado City Council candidate introduction — Ricky Hoyt
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 […]