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An earthquake felt at least a hundred miles away from its epicenter in Julian hit San Diego on April 14. Those few seconds of shaking and tremors – felt throughout Coronado – served as a reminder of the city’s emergency preparedness protocol.  The city’s emergency manager, Brian Standing, said Coronado is absolutely ready for a […]

The Tijuana River, or ‘Rio Tijuana’ in Spanish, was bumped up to the No. 2 most endangered river from No. 9 on the list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers compiled by American Rivers, an environmental advocacy organization. American Rivers, a national nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., reviews nominations from individuals and organizations across the country. […]

Mexico’s dilapidated wastewater treatment plant at Punta Bandera has finally been restored and is up and running, according to Coronado Mayor John Duncan, yet Mexico is still diverting untreated wastewater into the Tijuana River due to a faulty junction box at the International Collector.   Following a trip to Washington, D.C., on April 7 and 8, […]

Coronado will be required to pay part of an $11.4 million fine for a sewage spill that happened in 2023 if terms of a tentative settlement are finalized with the San Diego Water Board.  The spill, unrelated to the Tijuana River Valley sewage crisis, discharged roughly 9.9 million gallons of untreated wastewater into San Diego […]

The Navy’s oldest active carrier, the USS Nimitz, has stopped in Naval Air Station North Island to get ready for its final deployment – a mission in the Indo-Pacific region.  The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is set to patrol this region, but with recent developments from new Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, those plans could […]

The San Diego Writers Festival returns on April 5, bringing together established authors, emerging voices and literary enthusiasts for a day of storytelling, discussion and connection.  Held at and co-organized by the Coronado Public Library and also held at the Coronado Performing Arts Center, the free, day-long festival offers 46 events, including panels, workshops and […]

Coronado Unified, a public school district in San Diego County serving 2,747 students, is the first educational institution to initiate litigation for the ongoing sewage pollution affecting Coronado, Imperial Beach and surrounding South Bay communities. The district became the plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging Veolia, the company that operates the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment […]

The Navy is trying to piece together what exactly caused one of their most advanced fighter jets to crash into San Diego Bay after its two pilots ejected during take-off from a runway at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI). The investigation will likely uncover why the EA-18G Growler aircraft reportedly continued flying over Point […]

Coronado resident Shelly Tinney-Miller recalls being overcome by weeks of shock, loneliness and fear when she got her breast cancer diagnosis in 2010. It took her husband’s constant motivation to encourage her to pick herself up, get to appointments and stay positive.  “But a lot of people don’t have that, they don’t have someone telling […]

The Coronado firefighters who were deployed to Los Angeles a few weeks ago to help fight one of the worst wildfires in California history, finally returned on the evening of Jan. 21.  The crew of four left for the Palisades fire zone around 3 a.m. on Jan. 8 and  worked continuously since arriving at base […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters with air support slowed the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but new blazes erupted in San Diego County, briefly triggering more evacuations. Southern California is under a red flag warning for critical […]