Southwestern College

Southwestern College announced on Monday it will use two grants totaling $135,000 to help students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic complete their semesters online and secure much-needed housing, food and other necessities.

While all classes have switched to online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, students at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility were worried they would be left behind and their semester forgotten. Thanks to the dedicated educators of the Southwestern College, however, they made sure that wouldn’t happen. With no access to tools that help with online education like...

Southwestern College (SWC) distributed 200 computers on Saturday hoping to give their students peace of mind as classes have now shifted to distance learning. “The college is making that technology (laptops) available to students who can’t get it on their own so that they can continue their higher education and hopefully have a minimal interruption because of this pandemic and…

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke to some students who only had smartphones to learn before the distribution.

A global pandemic could create more people with food insecurities

NBC 7’s Joe Little reports on San Diegans who are helping those in need.

Health officials in San Diego said people may have been exposed to tuberculosis after someone at Southwestern College tested positive for the disease, according to the County of San Diego Communications Office.

The Marriott Residence Inn Chula Vista, built by Baldwin & Sons in Otay Ranch, opened to the public Oct. 13 with a formal grand opening slated for Oct. 19.

The Southwestern Sun, the Southwestern College newspaper, is suing the community college district for refusing to release the internal investigation into a 2013 shooting on campus involving the district’s former police chief.  The lawsuit is yet another example of local media outlets filing suit against law enforcement agencies that fail to abide by Senate Bill 1421, a recently passed state…

The city of Chula Vista launched a pilot ride-share program to bring Lime Scooters to the city for a one year test.

Investigators at Southwestern College discovered a professor with naked pictures of students and sex tapes he made with students in his office.

Investigators at Southwestern Community College discovered a professor with naked pictures of students and sex tapes he made with students in his office. NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas has more.

Tauya Nenguke said it was fate that he was working the drive-through line at an Eastlake Chick-Fil-A when a man collapsed in the parking lot last week.

All evacuation, road closure and community assistance information related to the Caliente Fire.

A brush fire burned east of San Ysidro High School. NBC 7’s Llarisa Abreu has more.

Sounds coming from a construction site may have caused a scare of reports of gunfire at Southwestern College in Chula Vista Tuesday, police confirmed.

Stephani Norton never set out to be a farmer, but a bug bite changed everything.

A woman never intended to be a gardener, until a tick bite changed her life. NBC 7’s Greg Bledsoe visits Stepheni Norton’s corner.

The Higher Education Center at the Southwestern College’s National City campus is on lockdown while police search for a potentially dangerous suspect.

The college was notified by HHSA that a student enrolled in the fall semester has been verified to have tuberculosis. The exposure was limited to the students and faculty in the three classes on the Chula Vista campus in which the student was enrolled.