Western dancing, pumpkin decorating and other seasonal events will once more occupy Village Elementary School this fall with the return of Coronado’s community-wide “Harvest Hoedown” celebration. Every year, the nonprofit Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at Village Elementary School presents a family-affordable event for the entire city. According to Megan Settle West, the Village PTO yearbook […]
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CUSD on track to meet mandated reserves in upcoming years
Following the Coronado Unified School District board of trustees approving a lease-purchase financing agreement, Deputy Superintendent Donnie Salamanca told the board at the Sept. 11 district meeting CUSD is on schedule to become a locally funded “Basic Aid” district on or before the 2027-28 fiscal year. Salamanca said CUSD has reserve amounts through 2027 that […]
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Coronado’s guidelines on historic buildings are changing
Coronado City Council plans to vote at a future meeting on an ordinance that would revise the city’s standards and requirements for historical buildings. It’s no secret that Coronado is an island filled with old and charming homes with more character than a storybook. As of February of this year, there were over 200 homes […]
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Radiation oncologist and Navy veteran to lead new brachytherapy program at Palomar Health
For 10 years, Dr. Jon Bear flew F-18s for the U.S. Navy, including 19 combat missions in the opening days of the Iraq War. “We needed to be precise, we needed to get everything done on target and on time,” the Coronado resident said. “That precision really carried over.” Bear, who retired from the Navy […]
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How vermin make life – and business – miserable for Coronado restaurateurs
Editor’s Note: Findings in this report pull from data available on the County’s SD Food Info website up to Aug. 21, 2025. At one restaurant on Orange Avenue, San Diego County Health Services inspectors found four dead rodents in activated traps. At another Coronado business, they observed live German cockroaches. And, at a third, they […]
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Q&A: CHS girls volleyball coach shares outlook for 2025-26 season
Coronado High School’s girls volleyball team reached a peak last year; the momentum they set early in the season came up just short of CIF victory. The team won the first league title – it had been a decade since the team clinched that title. They also won 25 consecutive games in a two-month span, […]
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Scripps scientists are working on swimmer illness risk forecasts
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently launched a tool that can predict the health of water conditions five days in advance, and now a second phase will inform the public how much norovirus is in the water. A team of researchers is working to improve the newly unveiled Pathogen Forecast Model, […]
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100-day plan to treat more Tijuana sewage could breach pollution permit
A tentative cease-and-desist order is being considered by a California water protection agency to enforce effluent discharge regulations as the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission moves forward with a 100-day plan to rapidly increase the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant’s daily treatment capacity. The IBWC, as the boundary commission is known, this year […]
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The USS Carl Vinson has returned to Coronado
After nine months of deployment, the USS Carl Vinson returned to its homeport in Coronado on Aug. 14. The aircraft carrier spent its last deployment in the Middle East and Western Pacific conducting combat operations and multinational exercises with U.S. allies and partners, such as the French Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, according to […]
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Making a difference through education
Lisa Kinzel committed herself to education after visiting a classroom in college – and she still remembers the kindergarten teacher who launched her learning journey more than a half-century ago. “I still remember my kindergarten teacher,” said Kinzel. “I remember what she looks like. I remember the things that she taught me. I mean teachers make […]
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Coronado High football ramps up for new season
Offensive linemen Walter Hardy and Stanley Guymon preparing for snap. Photo courtesy of Kelly Moore.
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The U.S., Mexico sign a memorandum addressing the Tijuana sewage crisis
The United States and Mexico announced new deadlines for projects to address the decades-old Tijuana River sewage crisis identified in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that reiterates a pact adopted by both sides years ago. “This isn’t just an agreement for 2025,” said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. “It was a product of […]
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USS Carl Vinson heading to home port after three months in the Middle East
The U.S. Naval Institute (USNI News) reports that the Coronado-based aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, experienced one of the longest deployments for West Coast-based carriers since the Houthis began attacks in the Red Sea. The Vinson has been at sea for more than 240 days. Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping began in protest […]
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Coronado High grad makes first Wimbledon appearance
Ryan Seggerman has marveled at Wimbledon since the days he played tennis at Coronado High School. As he took the grass courts to play doubles in the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament, the 25-year-old said his experience was a combination of surreal and fulfilling. “I joke to people and say I’m a tennis fan first, […]
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CDC survey: South Bay residents, visitors feel threatened by sewage crisis
Over two-thirds of South Bay people who responded to a federal survey about their experience with the Tijuana River Valley and polluted beaches in San Diego said they do not believe those sites are safe to work in, live in or visit. On July 8, San Diego County announced results from an Assessment of Chemical […]
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Mary Hale: The porcelain painter refined by fire, sparks interest in the next generation
The porcelain pieces arrive at Mary Hale’s Coronado home fully constructed and glazed. They’re white as seafoam and are as smooth as the ocean’s swells, glistening with the filtered sunlight. Hale said some of the best porcelain is so translucent you can see your hand through it if you hold it up to the light. […]