Brooke Clifford

On Friday, May 22, a brand new art mural was officially unveiled on Silver Strand Elementary School’s campus at their annual Luau fundraiser event. The mural is a project that began during the COVID-19 pandemic and consists of a number of tiles featuring drawings from Silver Strand students and families arranged around the message, “We are all in this together.”

As the Coronado High School (CHS) Class of 2026 prepared for their recent graduation, Leo Salata was named this year’s recipient of the Jike Wong Award at the CHS Senior Awards ceremony.

At the regular Coronado City Council meeting on June 2, Mayor John Duncan began with the reading of a proclamation celebrating the Coronado High School Girls Lacrosse team and their recent back-to-back CIF Open Division wins and national ranking.

On Monday, June 8th, Team Reaume Racing announced its signing of 2017 Coronado High School graduate Austin Varco to race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. His debut with Team Reaume, and racing on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in the No. 22 Ford 150, will take place on June 19th in Coronado as part of the San Diego Street Race weekend.

In November of 2024, under the recommendation of Coronado’s Fire Services department and Fire Chief Jayson Summers, the Coronado City Council approved funding for the acquisition of a new, electric fire engine. Earlier this month, the City hosted a commissioning ceremony celebrating the arrival of the new Rosenbauer RTX service vehicle and its official debut within the City’s fleet.

Speakers from SANDAG’s Environmental Planning team, the Coastal Frontiers Corporation, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Service’s Southern California Coastal Program, the Coastal Zone Program Administrator for Encinitas’ dune restoration project, and more discussed erosion and beach preservation at the Save Stan’s Beach Community Forum on June 17.

At the June 23 meeting of the Port Board Commissioners for the Port of San Diego, an Option to Lease Agreement was approved between the Port and Port Coronado Associates, LLC (PCA), who has previously held a long-term lease to operate the Ferry Landing commercial center. Above: A digital rendering of Port Coronado Associates’ proposed Ferry Landing Renovation Project that will update the shopping center, parking lots, and ferry pier.

Prior to the regular Coronado City Council meeting on June 2, a brief special meeting was held for the purposes of a standard review of the Brown Act. The Ralph M. Brown Act was established in California in 1953, authored by Assemblymember Ralph Brown, to guarantee the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings by local legislative bodies in the state. At the time, the law was created in response to public concerns around undisclosed meetings held by elected officials at the local level. In recent years, there has been legal discussion and updates to the Brown Act in the age of social media use and how it also applies to online communication.

Gold Star Family advocate and one of the 2026 Women of Impact honorees for California Assembly District 77, Kathy Prout, paid tribute with her family to her husband’s sacrifice during the Memorial Day Ceremony in Coronado. From left: Heather Patino, Rocco Patino, Cynnie Patino, Brendan Prout, Kathy Prout, Annika Prout.

Recent Coronado High School and Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) graduate Addison Nesbitt was one of two San Diego students to win the Broadway San Diego Awards and advance to the Jimmy Awards competition in New York City. Nesbitt recently won Best Actress at the Broadway San Diego Awards, moving on to be recognized as a Showstopper Awardee at the national Jimmy Awards for musical theater in New York City.