Editor’s note: The Coronado News has invited all City Council and mayoral candidates to submit a first-person article about their background, civic involvement and reason for running for office. We intend to run articles in the order they are received. For 37 years, Coronado has been my home. I first arrived as a Navy junior, […]
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Editor’s Note: The Coronado News invites you to share military service stories
In anticipation of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, Coronado News invites readers to share their military service stories and photos. If you or someone you care about has a story to share, contact sofie@thecoronadonews.com. We would love to hear from you!
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Op-Ed: Goodbye Costa Azul: A Coronado love story
Contributed by Kelly Sarber for Brant and Carol Sarber. Kelly Sarber is Brant Sarber’s sister and the Sarber family has been in Coronado for more than 60 years. Costa Azul has been Coronado’s proverbial living room and local watering hole for more than 24 years. Created by my brother Brant, owning two restaurants in our […]
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Letter to the Editor: A statement from CUSD Trustee Whitney Antrim
As a leader in our school district and our community, I publicly denounce antisemitism, its proponents, and I am disgusted by the recent act of hate through flyers placed on cars in Coronado by a Neo-Nazi hate group. Today, and every day, I stand against the pernicious and violent attacks against Jews in this country. […]
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Letter to the Editor: A statement from Alexia Palacios-Peters
As a leader in our community, I publicly denounce antisemitism, its proponents, and are disgusted by the recent act of hate through flyers placed on cars in Coronado by a Neo-Nazi hate group. Today, and every day, I stand against the pernicious and violent attacks against Jews in this country. I am horrified by the vitriolic […]
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Op-ed: Protecting our slice of paradise by Mark Fleming
Editor’s note: The Coronado News has invited all city council and mayoral candidates to submit a first-person article about their background, civic involvement and reason for running for office. We intend to run articles in the order they are received. We are all fortunate enough to live in a little slice of paradise and we […]
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Letter to the Editor: Why is the TJ sewage issue taking so long to solve?
Last week, Councilmember John Duncan and I, representing the city-appointed Cross-Border Sewage Subcommittee, traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for and to help secure additional funding to address the sewage flowing from Mexico. This year marks the eighth year the City of Coronado has engaged on this issue and one of the most common questions […]
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Op-Ed: The U.S. Navy harnesses emerging technology to defeat deadly sea mines
For centuries, sea mines have presented an affordable and effective option in naval warfare. That threat remains today. However, what is equally concerning is the recent use of sea mines by terrorist groups and other non-state actors as cheap and plentiful weapons to hazard commercial vessels and disrupt commerce on the oceans. The U.S. Navy […]
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Op-ed: Ocean sewage primer by Leon Benham
This article is written with the intent to educate and inform the public about what is presently known about cross-border pollution from Mexico. Citizens for Coastal Conservancy (C4CC) of Imperial Beach is a non-profit whose main mission is to educate the public about sources of coastal sewage pollution and provide insights of the latest technology which […]
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Op-ed: Mark Warner on his experience leading to candidacy for City Council
Editor’s note: The Coronado News has invited all City Council and mayoral candidates to submit a first-person article about their background, civic involvement and reason for running for office. We intend to run articles in the order they are received. I have had the good fortune to live in Coronado for 25-plus years. I now […]
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Op-ed: A candidate journey by Andrew Gade
Editor’s note: The Coronado News has invited all city council and mayoral candidates to submit a first-person article about their background, civic involvement and reason for running for office. We intend to run articles in the order they are received. For the past decade, I’ve observed how local government decisions have shaped the communities around […]
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Op-Ed: Your family’s safety from gun violence is on the ballot
There’s a critically important local race on the ballot this November — the most important in the region in terms of gun safety. For the past four years, the County Board of Supervisors has had a 3-2 majority for common-sense gun regulation. The board majority has stood strong against the powerful gun lobby and listened […]
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Letter to the Editor: An open letter to county supervisors about sewage
With respect, San Diego County Supervisors: You intend to quantify the contamination in the Tijuana River Valley? Instead, please stop the sewage in the valley from happening again, clean it up and stop sewage dumping in the ocean. The pollution you plan to measure in the river valley would be long gone if the county […]
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Op-Ed: A military mission as old as warfare itself: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
For centuries, commanders have struggled to collect enough information about the adversary in order to give them the edge in combat. As the Duke of Wellington famously said, “All the business of war is to endeavour to find out what you don’t know by what you do; that’s what I call guessing what’s on the […]
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Letter to the editor: Witch Hunting
Attorney Mike Giorgino, brave defender of democracy, claims the documentary “God and Country” is a propaganda film intended to serve as “red meat for blue voters.” This is an incredibly shallow and misleading view of what this film represents and what threat Christian nationalism presents for our democracy. Christian nationalism is not a religion; it is a radical political movement cloaked in religious terminology […]
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Op-Ed: Expectations, disappointments misplaced emotions: The ride to the other side
Do you remember your first home? Many homes need remodeling and landscaping, which comes with unexpected disappointments. Imagine your dream home is located in a remote valley where buildings don’t go above two stories, there are acres of avocado trees, children safely walk from neighborhoods to schools and even the local market on the main boulevard. […]