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A Q&A with the Fourth of July parade’s grand marshal
The Fourth of July parade’s grand marshal this year is Vice Adm. John F. G. Wade, the commander of United States Third Fleet that all three carriers home-ported at Naval Air Station North Island are assigned to. A career Surface Warfare officer, Wade has completed multiple deployments including Desert Storm, Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom. […]
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Coronado Unified plans to outline budget solutions
In the face of a $2 million budget shortfall, Coronado Unified School District trustees have vowed to make up the deficit with funding cuts and revenue increases. But they won’t say how all of that is going to happen until this fall. At the last regular school board meeting on June 18, Coronado Unified trustees […]
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Over $1 million distributed for Coronado’s community grant fund
Just over a million dollars was distributed in grant money to 23 organizations on the island after a 4½ hour deliberation by Coronado City Council on June 18. The top three recipients for 2025 were Safe Harbor Coronado at $125,000, a program that helps youth and families overcome drug use, suicide, mental illness and more […]
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IBWC on track for 100-day plan to increase treatment of flows by 10 mgd
The International Boundary and Water Commission is on track to finish its 100-day fast track plan to increase treatment of flows at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant from the current 25 million gallons of sewage per day (mgd) to 35 mgd, according to Mike Watson, senior vice president and director of design build […]
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Class of 2025 celebrates graduation – and looks to the future
Hearty cheers and hollers ignited at the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” at Niedermeyer Field the evening of June 12, celebrating the Coronado High School class of 2025 as they walked into their graduation ceremony. Logos of local and out-of-state universities, inspirational quotes and other personal designs decorated the caps of the more than 250 […]
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San Diego cities call on feds to block water from Tijuana and restrict commercial border crossings
Local officials in San Diego and Imperial Beach are urging the U.S. government to threaten drastic action against the country’s neighbor and longtime ally unless Mexico finally cleans up the transborder sewage mess spewing from Tijuana. That action – purportedly under discussion in the Trump administration – could include cutting off Tijuana’s primary water supply […]
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Coronado Rotary honors top Coronado High athletes
Aaron Brooks, Coronado High School’s athletic director, introduced the top student athletes for the class of 2025, chosen by the athletic department, at Coronado Rotary Club’s luncheon meeting at the Coronado Yacht Club on May 7. Every head coach voted for seniors who positively represented the school’s athletic program in their respective sports. Proud parents […]
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The Coronado Rotary Club’s Low Tide Ride and Stride returns June 28
Whether biking, running or walking at the annual Low Tide Ride and Stride, attendees are encouraged to traverse a 5K route on Coronado’s North Beach to support an important cause. The event happens, as the name entails, at low-tide when the beach sand is packed, creating the right conditions to bike, run or walk. The 28th […]
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Two veterans walking across America have finally reached their final destination, Coronado
Ron Zaleski, who served two years in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, and Omar Rose, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, finished their 2,900 mile hike across the United States on May 13. Zaleski and Rose started in Key West, Florida with the goal of walking all the way to Coronado. They started […]
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Ron Zaleski will end his walk across the country in Coronado
He has just walked 12 miles through El Centro. He had walked 12 miles a few days prior through Yuma, Arizona. And a couple weeks before that, he walked 12 miles through Tucson. He started in the Florida Keys eight months ago and by the middle of May, hopes to end up in Coronado. His […]
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‘We can do better’: Local nonprofit provides mental health care for military families
It was just after sunset when Crystal Bettenhausen-Bubulka found herself driving back to Coronado with her 19-year-old daughter, Tayah, asleep in the passenger seat and her husband on speakerphone. They’d spent the day in Los Angeles in April 2023 — part college info session, part prom dress shopping — and the gentle lull of the […]
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Fallen Navy SEAL Nathan Gage Ingram awarded posthumous medal of heroism
Nathan Gage Ingram, the Coronado-based Navy SEAL who was lost at sea last year while conducting a night-time seizure of a vessel illegally transporting advanced lethal aid from Iran to resupply Houthi forces in Yemen, was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroism. Ingram, 27, jumped into the water on Jan. 11, […]
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USS Carl Vinson joins Middle East fight against Houthi rebels
A Coronado-based aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson has arrived in the Middle East two weeks after President Trump gave orders to have the giant ship join the USS Harry S. Truman to help fight against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel attacks. The USS Carl Vinson normally operates in the Indo-Pacific region. The deployment of its […]
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Which South Bay mayor will be the next District I supervisor?
A July runoff election is anticipated between Chula Vista Mayor John McCann and Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre for the remaining District 1 county supervisor seat, after a close primary election on April 8, where neither candidate clinched the majority. The results of the election for the district, with more than 373,000 registered voters, will […]
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John McCann leads Board of Supervisors District I special election, Paloma Aguirre close behind
John McCann shows prospects of becoming the newest member on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, but current Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre is right on his heels. Their close unofficial polling results may indicate that a runoff election could take place between the two candidates in July. An April 8 special primary election […]