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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
The Lawn Bowling Green outside of John D. Spreckels Center is finally undergoing a turf replacement project following delays caused by a lawsuit and storm damage. The fungal issues, combined with the Jan. 22 deluge flooding the entire turf, resulted in the Lawn Bowling Green needing to be replaced. The fungus, known as puffball mushroom fungus, grows on live tree roots, forming mounds and disrupting the surface of the lawn.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors decided unanimously on Jan. 14 to hold a special election to fill the District 1 vacancy left when Nora Vargas abruptly stepped down weeks after winning the Nov. 5 election. Dozens of residents of District 1, which includes the cities of Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and National City and several south San Diego neighborhoods including Barrio Logan, Otay Mesa and San Ysidro, came forward during public comment and said they preferred a special election.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
The Coronado City Council has one vacant seat and local residents are lining up to apply for a position that will be filled through an appointment rather than a special election. It is anticipated that the City Council will vote on a vacancy appointment at the next regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 21. So far, 10 applicants have been recorded on the city website, three of whom were contestants in the Nov. 5 election: Laura Wilkinson Sinton, Mark Warner and Andrew Gade.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
Just a couple hours away, the county of Los Angeles has turned into one of the worst wildfire disasters in the last few decades, and Coronado has made moves to help out. At 2 a.m. on Jan. 7, Coronado Fire Chief Jayson Summers sent out a unit of four firefighters as part of a San Diego County strike team of firefighters from San Diego, Poway, National City, Chula Vista and Coronado. The battalion chief of Poway has also deployed with the firefighters.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
On Jan. 4, it was announced that former Coronado SEAL Team 1 leader Robert Kerrey would have the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer named after him. It will be the USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146). “This will be the first Navy vessel named in his honor,” said Carlos Del Toro, secretary of the Navy.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen |Madeline Yang |Julieta Soto |Katie Morris
It’s the start of 2025 and that means resolutions, reflections and photo recaps are in full swing. I’ve never been a huge resolutions gal, but I am big on reflecting. And man, has 2024 been a crazy year – in a good way – both for me and our paper. You see, this January not only marks a key date in The Coronado News’ young life so far (a two-year birthday), but it also marks a year since I started a new position as editor-in-chief.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
It’s a bedroom straight out of the 1990s: a CD case is thrown on the floor; a Nintendo Gameboy sits next to it ready to be played. The lava lamp perched on the bookshelf bubbles and glows, slowly traveling up and down the encasing. A clear blowup chair in the corner of the bedroom is ever so unnoticeably deflating each time someone sits on it. This is a diorama that the Coronado Public Library won a statewide award for in October, and it’s not the first award received.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
The Coronado City Council has a vacancy thanks to John Duncan’s mayoral victory, with an empty seat to be filled either through a special election or by appointment from the new council and mayor. To fill open seats in the past, the city has held special elections since at least 1973, according to the Coronado Election Compendium dating back to 1966. City Council member Robin Goodenough resigned at the beginning of 1973, resulting in a special election being called to fill his vacant seat.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
After 26 years in the U.S. Navy, retired Capt. Brian Drechsler will celebrate his first Veterans Day as a veteran. And, with the benefit of hindsight, he offers one major takeaway: If the American public could see what Navy SEALs do, they would all sleep better knowing that those kinds of warriors are out there every day, protecting the country. Freedom isn’t free, noted Drechsler, who retired in June as a SEAL officer.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
thecoronadonews.com | Madeline Yang
Coronado’s experiment with a free shuttle service has attracted about 322 passengers a day since it was launched as a pilot program in June, but city leaders have yet to determine whether the program will be sustainable. The city paid Circuit a total of around $347,000 to operate the Electric Mini Shuttle Service, also named the Island Express, during its first four months of service, or approximately $87,000 per month on average.
