• Music Company helps chart course for musical progression,Debbie Sklar

    Music Company helps chart course for musical progression

    For the members of Andromeda — Miguel, Danny, and Angel — what began as casual jam sessions in South Bay, San Diego, quickly became something more intentional. “We did an open mic downtown, kind of like two months after we had been jamming out for fun, and there were 15 to 20 people,” band member Mi

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  • Goodwill Industries of San Diego County to divert plastics from stores to landfills,Debbie Sklar

    Goodwill Industries of San Diego County to divert plastics from stores to landfills

    Goodwill Industries of San Diego County is expanding its environmental efforts with a new initiative aimed at one of the region’s most persistent waste challenges: soft plastics. The nonprofit, which has operated in the region since 1930, is now accepting clean, dry soft plastics at select donation

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  • Unfair treatment should be obvious,Carlos Davalos

    Unfair treatment should be obvious

    When the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in August 1965, not a mention of it was made locally. The dominant headline in the Aug. 8, 1965 edition of the Chula Vista Star News shouted: RABIES ALARM SPREADS AS INFECTED DOG SHOT. Below that was a story detailing a reque

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