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The Coronado News is a round-the-clock online news platform and a complimentary print newspaper delivered to every home and business in Coronado. Our coverage spans city governance, educational institutions, local businesses, entertainment options, and Navy-related news. At the helm of our newsroom is Craig Harris, who is entering his 32nd year in journalism. Before joining us, he served as a business investigative reporter at USA TODAY. Harris was the principal author for The Arizona Republic, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice, highlighting his significant achievements in the field of journalism.

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Following 2025 season, Coronado boys' lacrosse has strong showing in CIF honors

2 weeks ago | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

Even after an early season loss, Coronado High School lacrosse captain Leo Salata knew the Islanders had a strong team – and a chance for a championship. They were defeated by Torrey Pines High School – a team that’s won seven straight Open Division championships in a row. And the close call was pivotal in framing a goal for the entire season: To win an Open Division championship.
U.S. pressure tests expansion project at South Bay plant, expedites timeline

1 month ago | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

The dilapidated South Bay sewage treatment plant, crucial to treating wastewater flows coming across the U.S.-Mexico border, now has an expedited timeline – an expansion that was scheduled to finish in two years, is now on track for completion in 100 days.
Veolia: A look at the track record of a mega-corporation operating the border sewage plant

1 month ago | thecoronadonews.com | Dennis Wagner

Amid beach closure signs and a stench of human waste, there are at least two ways to perceive Veolia, the corporation that operates a border sewage treatment plant at the center of San Diego County’s coastal pollution crisis. From a critic’s viewpoint – as expressed in courtrooms and by industry watchdogs — the French conglomerate is an international behemoth that puts profits over the environment and public health.
Commissioner overseeing sewage crisis replaced by Trump administration

2 months ago | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

Maria-Elena Giner, the commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), is leaving her post as leader of the binational agency as President Donald Trump replaces her role with a new appointee. William “Chad” McIntosh has been appointed to take the position. McIntosh was previously serving as the acting deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Lee Zeldin.
Questions about CUSD’s decision to sue Veolia arise ahead of special meeting

2 months ago | thecoronadonews.com | Julieta Soto |Sofie Fransen

At a special Coronado Unified School District board meeting tomorrow morning, board members, in a closed session, are scheduled to discuss the district’s litigation against Veolia North America – a court action that has since sparked controversy about how and why public school leaders initiated the lawsuit. The district first announced its decision to sue Veolia North America, the operators of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, on March 6.
Ahead of election for Board of Supervisors, majority held in limbo

2 months ago | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

Polls will close on April 8 for the special election to fill an empty seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, left by the abrupt departure of former Chairwoman Nora Vargas. Weeks after winning her position to serve a second term as the supervisor for District 1 in the November elections, Vargas announced she was stepping down for personal safety and security reasons.
Coronado City Council considers new irrigation system for golf course, turf reduction

Mar 5, 2025 | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

Coronado’s municipal golf course needs a new irrigation system, according to city staff, but the expensive replacement is anticipated to save money on water bills and cut down on water usage. Tim Farmer, the director of recreation and golf services, told the City Council on March 4 that golf courses typically replace main irrigation lines every 40 years, yet the system at Coronado’s course was installed in 1957.
Coronado officially declares local emergency for sewage crisis

Mar 5, 2025 | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

The Coronado City Council officially declared a local emergency for the Tijuana River sewage crisis on Tuesday. The council had previously declined to pursue a declaration of emergency, arguing that it would only be a symbolic move, rather than affecting any actual change. However, at the City Council meeting a month prior, on Feb. 4, a motion was made directing city staff to draft a declaration – and that document was officially signed on Tuesday.
Students at Sacred Heart Parish School participate in science and engineering fair

Mar 4, 2025 | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

For the past six weeks, 84 middle schoolers at Sacred Heart Parish School have been investing their time, energy and creativity into projects that went on display at the science and engineering fair on Feb. 26. In a room filled with posters, replicas, models, artwork and experiments, each project tapped into life skills that went way beyond the artistic visuals of their project.
Navy SEAL trainees contract illness while training in sewage-polluted waters, report finds

Feb 15, 2025 | thecoronadonews.com | Sofie Fransen

During the seven months from February to September of last year, a total of 253 Navy SEAL candidate water training sessions took place in the waters surrounding Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. That’s 253 instances where trainees were pushed to their mental and physical limits in the same waters where millions of gallons of untreated sewage is polluting the ocean each day as a result of the Tijuana River sewage crisis. A Feb.