The estate, known as 3 The Point in the Coronado Cays, has been on the market for more than a year now, but the nearly 12,000-square-foot dwelling is now up for auction, and bidding opened on Sept. 8 at $19 million. Concierge Auctions, a New-York based luxury real estate auction marketplace, is hosting the September […]
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New Mexican restaurant to open in Coronado Historical Association cafe
The space situated neatly at the corner of Orange and Isabella avenues, with a petite triangular outdoor dining spot outside the Coronado Historical Association, will have a new Mexican restaurant, La Corriente, in its place by the end of August. Founded in Tijuana in 2010 by Karim Reza, a Mexican architect, the restaurant was inspired […]
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Mitch McKay looks to prioritize sewage crisis as new Imperial Beach mayor
Resolving the sewage crisis and restoring the economic landscape for small businesses are top-of-the-mind priorities for newly appointed Imperial Beach Mayor Mitch McKay. “To me, those are the two paramount, kind of hand-in-hand, issues right now that I think need the attention,” said McKay. “We’re going to continue pushing forward.” McKay, 67, will be sworn […]
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What steps is Imperial Beach taking to find a new mayor?
Imperial Beach is looking to fill a vacant mayoral seat and there’s more than one possibility its City Council can navigate in these circumstances. At the first regular meeting in August, Imperial Beach council members will determine if a new city leader will be decided through direct appointment or via an application followed by an […]
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NASA technology observes Tijuana sewage pollution entering the Pacific Ocean
A U.S. air and space agency says the Tijuana sewage crisis polluting Southern California beaches can be tracked by instruments in space. In a study published on June 15, scientists tracked a Tijuana River plume using NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument, built at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to map minerals […]
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Coronado rallies for veterans
Hundreds of Coronado residents and veterans gathered on the anniversary of D-Day in support of a protest happening more than 2,000 miles away in Washington, D.C. The rally in D.C. on June 6 came about due to proposals to decrease the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) workforce by 15%, or around 83,000 employees. VA Secretary […]
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Bruno Dominguez-Martinez from the Coronado School of the Arts wins best actor
The crowd inside Balboa Theatre filled the room with lively cheers and applause seconds after Broadway San Diego announced the region’s best youth actors. Bruno Dominguez-Martinez, from the Coronado School of the Arts, won best actor in the 2025 Broadway San Diego Awards for his performance in CoSA’s production of “Cabaret.” Following graduation in June, […]
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Hotel del Coronado welcomes new general manager, Marco Tabet
Hilton announced the appointment of Marco Tabet as general manager of the Hotel del Coronado on May 12 following his six-year tenure as general manager at Conrad Punta de Mita in Nayarit, Mexico. “My goal at The Del is to continue to cultivate a culture where guests want to return year after year and where […]
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U.S. expedites timeline of expansion project at South Bay plant
The dilapidated South Bay sewage treatment plant, crucial to treating wastewater flows coming across the U.S.-Mexico border, now has an expedited timeline – an expansion that was scheduled to finish in two years, is now on track for completion in 100 days. The United States International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), along with the U.S. […]
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Sharp Coronado practices air ambulance emergency drill
The emergency drill: San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge is shut down. The Silver Strand is closed. And the hospital, Sharp Coronado, needs to transport a patient in critical care to a trauma center in San Diego: Sharp Memorial or Rady Children’s Hospital in Linda Vista. This is what Sharp Coronado, in collaboration with the Coronado Fire […]
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Contractor hired for Coronado Bridge suicide deterrent project
If you are having thoughts of suicide, or are concerned that someone you know may be, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. A $140 million steel net will be installed along the edges of the Coronado Bridge beginning next year under a construction project recently approved by the California Department […]
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Navy shipbuilding program experiences delays and cost growth
A report released in late March by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service says critical Navy supply ships built by a San Diego Bay company have skyrocketed in pricing over the past few years – even amid production delays. The ships in question are John Lewis-class oilers produced by General Dynamics/National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD/NASSCO) […]
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The city plans to consolidate Design Review Commission into Planning Commission
The Design Review Commission (DRC), Coronado’s five-member board that oversees design elements in the community, will be consolidated into the Planning Commission in the near future, with up to seven seats for all the current commissioners if they choose to return to this newly merged group. The Coronado City Council decided on April 1 that […]
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Celebrating April Fools’ Day in Coronado
April Fools’ Day is just around the corner – and so might be a sneaky practical joke. Whether it’s a prank call, a stolen car hoax or a snake that got loose, the island has some ideas on how to make someone’s heart stop. There isn’t a definite answer to when April Fools’ started or […]
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Meet Samantha Anderson, a cookie artist based in Coronado
Sugar cookies decorated to look like softballs are lined across rows of a display stand. They are the size of an open hand, wrapped with a bright green ribbon, inside clear plastic bags, atop a pink table cover. Behind the table is local cookie artist Samantha Anderson, who has taken hours to bake and design […]