San Diego tourism lags other California coast metros
Don Bauder 8:42 p.m., May 23
Chula Vista
Sweetwater teachers await funding news
Career-opportunity training in peril
On Friday, May 17, teachers from Sweetwater’s Regional Occupation/Career Technical Education program attended a hearing in district offices in hopes of averting their fate — they are scheduled to lose their jobs in June. Last ...
Sweetwater school district board approves Alliant partnership
Trustee Jim Cartmill: "Tonight we are beginning the dance."
The Monday, May 13, meeting of the Sweetwater Union High School District was raucous…again. The potential agreement with Alliant University was one source of contention. Trustee Bertha Lopez said while she supported choices for students, ...
Chula Vista exhibit documents WWII Japanese internment
Prewar, they established “Celery Capital of the World”
A cot, a hand-hewn chest of drawers, and tight quarters for six men — this is the display that dominates the visual and conceptual space of the current exhibit in the Chula Vista Heritage Museum. ...
Sweetwater school district to team with Alliant University?
According to YouTube, they already have
Sweetwater Union High School District superintendent Ed Brand will be bringing another university plan to the board of trustees on May 13. In January of this year, the district made a controversial agreement with the ...
Sweetwater cheer coaches seek pay from district
Broken promises and runaround, they say
Revanna Gonzalez and Vanessa Gamez love what they do: on top of work, family, and attending college, they coach cheerleaders for the Sweetwater Union High School District…or, they used to. Revanna and Vanessa were former ...
Volkswagen Bugs, buses, and Corvairs welcome
San Diego Air Cooled motors to Chula Vista
The Volkswagen enthusiasts of San Diego Air Cooled have lined up at least 200 cars — Bugs, Karmann Ghias, and vans — for the First Annual Air Cooled Fiesta at Southwestern College on Sunday, May ...
Montgomery Adult School’s last Viva Vida conference?
Budget cuts will likely end career-oriented workshops
For the 11th year in a row, Montgomery Adult School, part of the Sweetwater Union High School District, held their annual Viva Vida conference on April 25. The conference is designed to give students exposure ...
Former San Ysidro schools chief Manuel Paul won’t speak
Pleads Fifth, avoids self-incrimination
In an April 17, 2013, deposition, former San Ysidro School District superintendent Manuel Paul pleaded the Fifth 43 times in less than an hour in a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed against the district by EcoBusiness Alliance/Manzana ...
New BMX track opens in Chula Vista
Most difficult in the U.S.?
This week a redesigned BMX track opened at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. Tyler Brown, manager of the track since October 2012, developed the new look. A pro racer for the past ten ...
