Chula Vista Officials Wonder: Would a Schools Merger Drag Us Down?
The idea of merging Chula Vista elementary and secondary schools into a single district has re-emerged thanks to a new push from Chula Vista Councilwoman Mary Salas. Salas believes parents aren’t being...
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VOSD Launches News Literacy Program in Chula Vista
Our journalists are always on TV, the radio and even in print in local community papers, but Voice of San Diego is mainly a product of the internet. Our best work lives online and in social media. But...
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‘We’re Treated as Dispensables': What We Learned from Our First News Literacy...
Our News Literacy workshop series kicked off last week with a group of 25 parents from the Castle Park and Hilltop neighborhoods of Chula Vista. VOSD’s Scott Lewis asked the crowd of mostly women to...
View ArticleSan Diego’s Homelessness Population Is Shrinking – Slowly
The number of homeless people in San Diego County is down 4 percent, according to this year’s point-in-time homeless count, and long-term data shows the city’s efforts to provide shelter and aid might...
View ArticleFor First-Gen College Students, the Goalposts Move from Getting in to Staying in
With a couple clicks of a mouse, 17-year-old Alma Lopez accepted an admissions offer to attend CSU Dominguez Hills this fall. She’ll be the first in her family to graduate high school and to go to...
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Don’t Call Us ‘Chulajuana': Chula Vistans’ 3 Big Frustrations
Despite being the second largest city in San Diego County, Chula Vista typically makes headlines for negative perceptions of the city. A few years ago, Forbes magazine named it one of the most boring...
View ArticleHe’s Not Just Along for the Ride
Chula Vista Councilman Rudy Ramirez doesn’t have a permanent decision-making role for the Metropolitan Transit System, the public agency that runs public transportation in much of San Diego County. He...
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Let’s Talk Chula Vista: What We’ve Learned From News Literacy
Apart from a school board scandal and being named one of the most boring cities in the country, Chula Vista isn’t typically a major focus of local news. That’s why we wanted to focus our efforts on a...
View ArticleThree Big Reforms That Came out of the Sweetwater Scandal
A new state bill banning school administrators from fundraising for the board members they serve is on its way to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. It’s the latest in a series of measures meant to address the...
View ArticleWhere Sweetwater School Board Candidates Stack Up
In a few short weeks, South Bay voters get a shot at a clean school board slate. After a years-long pay-to play scandal involving members of the Sweetwater Union High School District board,...
View Article‘I Do Want to Compete With San Diego a Little Bit’
Chula Vista was one of the first cities in the region to adopt a Climate Action Plan, but it’s now playing catch-up to San Diego when it comes to giving its plan some teeth. The Chula Vista City...
View ArticleNew Sweetwater Schools Trustees Haven’t Mastered That Whole Transparency...
Transparency and restoring public trust loomed large on the campaign trail for Sweetwater Union High School District’s new slate of board members. In fact, all five new trustees said both were top...
View ArticleChula Vista to Developers: We’ll Make Waterfront Building Easy – No, Really!
Chula Vista and Port of San Diego officials are hoping to entice developers with something rare in California: the promise of hassle-free waterfront development. The vision for the 535 acres – more...
View ArticleMorning Report: Easy Building on Chula Vista Waterfront
The Port of San Diego and Chula Vista want to make it real, real easy for developers to build on waterfront property in that city, so they paved the way for developers. All the environmental reviews,...
View ArticleChula Vista Hopes Luring Developers Will Help Close East-West Divide
Chula Vista is hoping to goose investment in its underdeveloped west side by lowering the costs of building west of the I-805 freeway. This fall, the City Council is expected to vote on a proposal to...
View ArticleMorning Report: Another Shoe Drops in School Board Scandal
San Diego school board president Marne Foster recently distanced herself from a $250,000 claim filed against the school district. Her son’s father made the claim, accusing the district of harming her...
View ArticleVOSD Podcast: We Will Make You Care About Education
“If you don’t care about education, we will make you …” That’s the warning — er, promise? — from VOSD’s Scott Lewis this week. He explores some entertaining and important facets of education with...
View ArticleFour Questions the Four Mayors Didn’t Really Answer
Peppered with questions on the drought, infrastructure woes, economic growth and housing affordability, the mayors of Chula Vista, Encinitas, Poway and San Diego instead made the case for their cities’...
View ArticleChula Vista Is a College Town in Search of a College
Chula Vista leaders and residents resolved decades ago to bring a university to town. It’s clear they aren’t giving up, though they’ve had plenty of reasons to over the years. They’ve been passed over...
View ArticleVOSD Podcast: Making Fun of Stadium Videos on the Scariest Podcast Ever
CityBeat’s Ryan Bradford joins the podcast this week to get us in the Halloween spirit by talking about his book “Horror Business,” a sweaty pagan pride festival and the reason people are attracted to...
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