Chula Vista and Eastlake Implement Budget Reduction Plan

While successful labor negotiations with non-public safety employees resulted in several million dollars of taxpayer savings for the City of Chula Vista, the funds are not enough to offset the entire budget deficit for 2011. Decreases in major revenue sources, coupled with the loss of monies from the defeat of Prop H, the Telecommunications User’s Tax (TUT), has compounded the City’s budget gap. As a result, the City is forced to make up the difference by laying off employees and the services they provide. This will result in a reduction in operating hours at many City facilities, and, in some cases, elimination of public services and programs.

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Chula Vista Holiday Service Hours

Most City of Chula Vista offices will be closed for the holidays beginning Dec. 24 and continuing through the week between Christmas and New Year’s. All offices will reopen on Jan.3. The City will observe the following service schedules between Dec. 24 and Jan. 3:

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Chefs Press, Inc. and Henry’s Eastlake is proud to present its newest cookbook, FROM TERRA’S TABLE:

New American Food, Fresh From Southern California’s Organic Farms (Jacketed hardcover, full color, 208 pages; $32.95; November 2010) by San Diego chef Jeff Rossman, owner of Terra Restaurant in Hillcrest.

FROM TERRA’S TABLE focuses on cooking seasonally with the incredible agricultural bounty — the many wonderful fruits, vegetables, herbs, and other produce —that thrives in Southern California. The book also profiles some of the area’s best organic farms, including Be Wise Ranch, Suzie’s, Sun Grown, Sage Mountain, Blue Heron, Tierra Miguel, Stehly, and Cunningham Organic Farm. Every recipe features both wine and beer pairings (created in collaboration with Karl Strauss Brewery) and some great regional wineries, including Fallbrook, Milagro, Hart, Orfila, and South Coast Winery.

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Building a pee wee football dynasty in Eastlake

A football dynasty has been built at a Chula Vista park, next to the playground and basketball court with its metal chain nets.

For four days a week, two and a half hours a day, the Eastlake Panthers Junior Pee Wee Black practiced here on MacKenzie Creek Road from late July to Labor Day. After then, practice was reduced to three days a week, two hours a day, no different from every other team in the American Youth Football and Cheer.

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Independent Audit of City’s Financial Situation to be released to Media & Public by Chula Vista Police Officers’ Association

The Chula Vista Police Officers’ Association (CVPOA) along with Peter Donohue, PhD in Economics and expert in government finances, will release the findings of an independent study of the City of Chula Vista’s overall financial condition to the media and to the public during a press conference, followed shortly by a public forum.

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Doctor Broudy of Children’s Physicians Medical Group

In this video, Eastlake’s Dr. Abraham Broudy discusses why he chose to practice pediatrics in Eastlake and what makes his practice in Eastlake special.

Children’s Physicians Medical Group, Dr. Broudy’s medical group is San Diego’s Largest Pediatric-Only Medical Group. There are over 10 locations throughout Chula Vista area.

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Senior Volunteer Patrol Honors Its Own With Brick Dedication

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Chula Vista Nature Center May Benefit From Budget Cuts

The Chula Vista Nature Center could be another victim of the city’s severe budget cuts next year, but officials said the cuts might be a positive thing.

The Nature Center, situated in the heart of the Sweetwater Marsh on Chula Vista’s western side, has been through this before. Last year, the city cut almost all of the funding for the center — a total of $800,000.

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U.S. Men’s National Team to Relocate to Chula Vista

The U.S. Men’s National Team will be relocating its base of operations under the direction of men’s head coach Tim McLaren to the U.S. Olympic Training Center – Chula Vista (California) effective March 14, 2011, USRowing announced on Wednesday.

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Chula Vista Council sets pay for first elected city attorney

Chula Vista’s first elected city attorney will be paid $203,688 annually, the City Council decided Tuesday.

City Attorney Glen Googins, who was elected in June, said his primary role would be to deliver quality legal advice allowing the city to act in an ethical and effective way.

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Chula Vista Goes Green With Federal Stimulus Funds

The City of Chula Vista is celebrating some recent “green” accomplishments through the use of its federal Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds. The City received $1,974,300 in EECBG funds as part of the federal stimulus package to help reduce energy use and carbon emissions from municipal facilities and throughout the community.

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Chula Vista Police Officer’s Association ask Parents, Teachers for Help

CVPOA sends letter to PTAs asking for Support for School Resource Officers Program, which faces Chopping Block along with 33 Officers, 44 Sworn Positions

The Chula Vista Police Officer’s Association (CVPOA) is taking their concerns to the parents and teachers in Chula Vista schools, specifically the PTAs, in the form of a letter and is asking for their support and assistance.

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Eastlake Little League Residency and Age Verification.

Residency & Age Verification this Saturday
Saturday, December 4th
7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Complete the Spring Registration process by having your player’s Residency and Age documents verified.  Join us this Saturday, December 4, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

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Chula Vsita Library Offers Free Computer Classes

Would you like to share your holiday memories with friends and family around the world?  Then let us teach you how to use Email on the internet. The Civic Center Branch of the Chula Vista Public Library is offering free computer classes for adults on three consecutive Mondays at 6 p.m.

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Santa Makes Stop At South Bay Fish And Grill

Santa Claus has announced that he and his wife, Mrs. Claus, will be visiting South Bay Fish & Grill on Sunday, Dec. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be hosting the Ultimate Holiday Brunch buffet, which features an omelet bar, made-to-order hash station, apple-stuffed French toast, assorted fruits and pastries, and waffles topped with whipped cream and strawberries.

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Southwestern Community College President Resigns

The embattled president of Southwestern Community College in Chula Vista unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday. Dr. Raj K. Chopra is stepping down almost two years before his contract officially ends.

Chopra was disliked by the college’s faculty union and some student groups. The makeup of the college board of trustees also changed this month after the November elections.  It is now a different board than the one that originially hired Chopra in 2007.

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Eastlake Store Owners Suing Over Tainted Water

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After drinking and cleaning with treated sewage water for two years, the owners of Candy Bouquet in Chula Vista said they are prepared to go to court.  Amy Wise and Angela Mason are suing the Otay Water District and the City of Chula Vista because their business and several others at the Fenton Business Center in Chula Vista was hooked up to the wrong water line. What was supposed to be clean, potable water was actually recycled water from the “purple pipe,” which is only supposed to be used for irrigation.  Tenants claimed to have several medical problems, including extreme weight loss and diarrhea.

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ONSTAGE PLAYHOUSE & PICKWICK PLAYERS PRESENT a special holiday encore performance… “A TAFFETA CHRISTMAS”

Due to popular demand, The Taffetas are going on tour this holiday season!

If you are looking for a nostalgic, classic hometown Christmas the way it used to be, then you must mark your calendars now.

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