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School boards: National School District (National City), 6 p.m. Wednesday,
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The Chula Vista City Council will consider its 2021-22 budget at its next meeting, 5 p.m. Tuesday. The public hearing will give people an additional opportunity to participate and offer comments. The council may propose budget modifications after considering testimony at the public hearing. To see the proposed budget or to provide comments, visit www.chulavistaca.gov/budget. To see how to virtually attend the meeting, visit www.chulavistaca.gov/councilmeetings.
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When the COVID vaccine became available to young people ages 16 and older, Evelyn Arce heard students say they wouldn’t get vaccinated because they don’t trust the vaccine.
They had Evelyn convinced for a day or two. But the 17-year-old senior at Hoover High in City Heights soon changed her mind based on data, not peer pressure.
Recent data show COVID case rates have plummeted as more people have been vaccinated, Evelyn said, and society is opening back up again.
“I was like, ‘Why am I listening to my peers when there’s people that know more?’,” she said Wednesday. “I don’t believe the conspiracy theories going around, because I see the statistics.”
Vibrant colors and artistic designs breathed new life into a National City vacant building that was for years plagued by graffiti and trash.
Hundreds of people, including volunteers, artists and politicians, came to the blighted H&M Goodies Family Auction House on Eighth Street last weekend to paint murals on the vacant building.
A volunteer helps a woman up a step to paint the south side mural.
The event was a coordinated by local nonprofit A Reason To Survive, which helps empower youth through creative expression.
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Last year, when the city’s tourism and marketing district was under management of the chamber of commerce, its CEO Jacqueline Reynoso said it was identifying tourism development opportunities and the proposal came forward for public art.
We are honored and privileged to continue our collaboration with the city of National City, said Maribel Gavin, Sweetwater High School s principal. Sweetwater High School is happy to work with our mayor, Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, and assist with the distribution of much needed PPE to our community members. Together we can continue to put safety and health measures in place and do our part to reduce COVID cases. This is one step closer to bringing students back to our campus.
Volunteers on site Wednesday at Sweetwater will also conduct health screenings, officials said.
According to Last Mile San Diego s website, the volunteer group was founded by a San Diego emergency physician and her friend, who shared experiences and heard from other San Diego ER physicians and nurses that they were unable to access adequate PPE.