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Third Avenue in Downtown Chula Vista

Life

Chula Vista receives $1m in housing grants from city, state

by City News Service Jan. 5, 2026, 1:40 p.m.Jan. 5, 2026, 1:40 p.m.

The state grant will be matched with a $500,000 contribution from the city, which established a local housing trust fund in 2024.

An owl flaps its wings in front of a Living Coast Discovery Center sign

Life

Search underway for Living Coast’s next executive director

by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego Jan. 5, 2026, 12:22 p.m.Jan. 5, 2026, 12:23 p.m.

A sculptural art installation in the desert with neon lights

Arts

Our 5 most popular arts stories in 2025 – a painter, perseverance and Petco

by Drew Sitton • Times of San Diego Dec. 28, 2025, 9:50 a.m.

Federal courthouse guilty not guilty

Crime

Teens from LA gang plead guilty to shootings linked to cartel, Mexican Mafia

by Jennifer Vigil • Times of San Diego Dec. 18, 2025, 6:30 p.m.Dec. 18, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Bird e-bike

Six cities in the county have banned e-bikes for children — and San Diego may soon join them

by Tainá Fonseca • Times of San Diego Dec. 15, 2025, 4:16 p.m.Dec. 16, 2025, 2:48 p.m.

gambling machines

Crime

Police raid two illegal gambling operations, seize over 60 machines

by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego Dec. 12, 2025, 11:32 a.m.Dec. 12, 2025, 11:39 a.m.

Detective from Chula Vista Police Department (Photo courtesy of CVPD)

Crime

Two killed in Chula Vista apartment complex shooting

by City News Service Dec. 9, 2025, 11:34 a.m.Dec. 9, 2025, 11:35 a.m.

Federal courthouse

Crime

Sacramento pimp sentenced for conspiring to sex traffic teen in San Diego

by City News Service Dec. 1, 2025, 7:36 p.m.Dec. 1, 2025, 7:36 p.m.

A portrait of a woman in a pink dress, Alexis Berenice Guadarrama Orozco who is missing and presumed dead.

Crime

After ex is convicted of missing woman’s murder, investigators seek help finding her body

by City News Service Nov. 7, 2025, 7:19 p.m.Nov. 7, 2025, 7:19 p.m.

Chula Vista Police Cruiser

Crime

Midwest man suspected of attack on 2 Eastlake residents found dead

by City News Service Nov. 7, 2025, 1:43 p.m.Nov. 7, 2025, 1:43 p.m.

A man and woman embrace and laugh on a beach with the sun shining over the water and a pier visible behind them. It's a still from the film "Rosemead," featured in the San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Arts

San Diego Asian Film Festival features 150 films from around the world

by Luis Monteagudo Jr. • Times of San Diego Nov. 7, 2025, 12:47 p.m.Nov. 7, 2025, 12:47 p.m.

Portraits of two teen boys, both with curly dark hair, one holding a tabby cat. They were shot and killed at a Halloween party.

Crime

David Garcia, accused shooter in Halloween deaths of 2 teens, pleads not guilty

by City News Service Nov. 5, 2025, 4:12 p.m.Nov. 5, 2025, 4:12 p.m.

Chula Vista police vehicle patrol

Crime

Arrest made in killing of two boys at Halloween party

by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego Nov. 4, 2025, 9:00 a.m.Nov. 4, 2025, 9:00 a.m.

Police scene

Crime

Shooting at Halloween party in Chula Vista leaves 2 teens dead

by Jennifer Vigil • Times of San Diego Nov. 1, 2025, 1:26 p.m.Nov. 1, 2025, 1:27 p.m.