Chula Vista news & stories
How long is forever? As it turns out, forever is about two years, or so people in Chula Vista were recently surprised to discover. In March 1996, the County of San Diego and the City …
Forget this trashed piece of land and stop making myself sick over it. Besides, if they develop the strip, the property value of our house will go up. But where can we move to?
From July of 2000 to April 2001, a new kind of crime wave hit San Diego County. Boiled down to penal-code labeling -- 211 for armed robbery, 459 for burglary -- the crimes weren't anything …
Stella's On Third Avenue 365 3rd Avenue, Chula Vista 619-427-6476 Stella's is a cheery, woody, English tea house-looking place. Green Formica tables, green carpet, cream walls, a giant blue glass vase with craggy sticks in …
Chula Vista Nature Center 1000 Gunpowder Point Drive, Chula Vista 619-409-5900 www.chulavistanaturecenter.org The Chula Vista Nature Interpretive Center exhibits birds in their natural habitats, jellyfish in a big tank, tarantulas, and mice. They're doing their …
ARCO Olympic Training Center 1750 Wueste Road, Chula Vista 619-656-1500 Once you find your way there (which will become easier when Olympic Parkway is completed), you'll be impressed with the design of the place -- …
Nature's Storehouse 307 3rd Avenue, Chula Vista 619-425-7480 "We bought the store seven years ago, but the store has been here for over 30 years," explains owner Munther George. "We are a health-food store, and …
South Coast Harley-Davidson 345 E Street, Chula Vista 619-420-7000 They do sell motorcycles here. That's how the business started, with the Harley-Davidsons arrayed in a nondescript showroom with concrete floors. A couple of racks of …
Joe Rathburn Regular gigs: The Tin Fish, The Galley at the Marina (Chula Vista), Cozy Mel's www.joerathburn.com Last October, local singer-songwriter Joe Rathburn found out that Mikey's Coffeehouse in Poway had less than two months …
RCP Block and Brick 8240 Broadway, Lemon Grove Other locations in Santee, Chula Vista, and Escondido 619-460-9101 Fred, of the 50-year-old RCP (It stands for "Revolutionized Concrete Products"), says dropping a 2-1/2-inch deep layer of …
Libreria Latino Americana 539 H Street, Chula Vista 619-427-7867 Don Jose Figueroa's place has everything you need, from fine editions of Don Quixote to Spanish for Dummies. And for fun learning, books you already know …
Cloud Nine Recovery 260 1/2 Third Avenue, Chula Vista 619-422-1865 Owner Richard Johnson, 67, ran a used-car business in Imperial Beach for ten years before he retired in 1995. When inactivity palled, he says he …
Western Salt Company 1470 Bay Boulevard, Chula Vista 858-566-6600 It looks like a sparkling white pyramid, but it's salt from the last naturally sun-cured salt pans in the West. Western Salt evaporates salt water the …
Kid's Outlet Retail & Wholesale 5971 University Avenue, northeast San Diego 619-582-1676 Other locations in National City, Chula Vista, and San Ysidro The rate at which children outgrow or ruin clothes is startling. At Kid's …
Jade House Restaurant 569 H Street, Chula Vista 619-426-5951 You're shopping at Macy's, Chula Vista. Your feet are killing you. You're starving. Stop! Resist the shopping-mall eateries. Just a walk away. Cross H Street. Head …
Spy on the secret, subterranean life of a worm; ogle a heron or an egret; pet a bay ray or a leopard shark; get personal with pickleweed and cordgrass; sniff the sage-tinged salt breeze as …
Most Precious Blood Church Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament 1245 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista (619) 422-2100 Down in adoration falling, This great sacrament we hail. Over ancient forms of worship Newer rites of grace prevail. …
Coors Amphitheatre 2050 Entertainment Circle, Chula Vista (619) 671-3600 www.coorsamp.com Spontaneous moshing used to be ignored at Soma, Velvet, and elsewhere. Rowdy fans could, while being deafened by decibels, vent or exercise or get whatever …
San Diego Leather Jacket Factory 1121 Bay Boulevard, Chula Vista (800) 232-6626 Ladies' leather chaps ($145), goatskin bomber jackets ($99.95), black cowhide pants ($145), and toddlers' motorcycle jackets ($49.95) are just some of the clothes …
China China 386 East H Street, Chula Vista (619) 585-1111 Only in San Diego County would a Chinese restaurant's signature dish be served Mexican-style. China China, in the Terra Nova Plaza, looks like just another …
Flamingo Cafe 396 Broadway (at G), Chula Vista (619) 691-1076 Back in 1925, when Chula Vista was miles and miles of vegetable fields, one building stood out like a mole on your hand: the new …
The Family House of Pancakes 562 Broadway, Chula Vista (619) 425-5133 Thirty-six years ago, Mrs. Spizzano arrived from Italy with her husband and family and started this modest restaurant with one aim. "I'm not here …
South Bay Regional Center Cafeteria Inside South Bay County Regional Center, 500 Third Avenue, Chula Vista (619) 691-4599 "Gracious Guests: We are pleased that you chose our cafeteria to serve you." It's not what you …
Chula Vista Marina Ocean breezes in your hair, a grassy park on one side, a sandy beach on the other, restaurants and picnic tables handy, and a breathtaking view of the San Diego skyline. And …
Fun-4-All 950 Industrial Boulevard, Chula Vista (619) 427-1840 Fun-4-All has ten individual batting cages, and most can be rented on a walk-in basis, though weekends are sometimes busy enough to require a phone reservation. A …
Its 39 acres of parks, 900 boat slips, excursion dock, and restaurants have made Chula Vista’s new J Street marina a bayfront paradise. But Mike Irey and Luigi Sanfilippo say the multimillion-dollar tidelands project has …
Herschel and Silverado, La Jolla: The buildings on this corner in La Jolla don't reek of money: a print shop, a Travelodge, It could be a corner in another part of San Diego. But the …