5TH ANNUAL TRICK OR TREAT ON MAGIC STREET!

TODAY, OCTOBER 31ST | 5PM-9PM

AT OTAY RANCH TOWN CENTER!

EVENT SCHEDULE:
5:00PM
TRICK OR TREAT ON MAGIC STREET BEGINS!

5:00PM – 6:30PM
JAGGER & KRISTI’S HALLOWEEN PET COSTUME CONTEST
(Main Stage in the food court)

6:45PM – 7:00PM
“THRILL THE WORLD” PERFORMANCE
(Main Stage in the food court)

7:30PM – 8:30PM
COSTUME CONTEST PARADE
(Main Street)

8:45PM
ANNOUNCE COSTUME CONTEST WINNERS
(Main Stage in the food court)

9:00PM
EVENT ENDS!


THIS IS SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S BIGGEST SAFE HALLOWEEN TRICK-OR-TREAT EVENT! WE'LL HAVE PUMPKINS AND POTIONS, SPIDERS AND SPIRITS, AND BEST OF ALL...FREE TREATS FOR EVERYONE!

CHILDREN IN COSTUME CAN TRICK OR TREAT, PARTICIPATE IN ARTS AND CRAFTS AND ENJOY THE HALLOWEEN ATMOSPHERE ALONG MAIN STREET IN THE MALL. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO TRICK OR TREAT AT SPECIALLY MARKED STORES AND RECEIVE FREE CANDY (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST). PLUS, THERE WILL BE A PET COSTUME CONTEST HOSTED BY MAGIC 92.5'S VERY OWN JAGGER & KRISTI AND A HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARADE FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES!

MAGIC 92.5'S TRICK OR TREAT ON MAGIC STREET, THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOUR FAMILY CAN CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN!

LOCATION: Otay Ranch Town Center

TIME: 5-9PM

Stay Spooktacularly Safe South County!!!!

One of the most exciting holidays is right around the corner. Children have been trick or treating since the 1930’s, when the term first came into use. Of course, you want to be assured that your child is traversing your neighborhood safely, and there are many ways to keep your children from being sick or injured It’s always a good idea for parents to look through their child’s candy, and throw away any candy that is opened or looks tampered with. Also, young children should be accompanied by an adult or a responsible teenager. Here are some safety tips for both parents and children:

Safety for kids:

• To wear a watch they can read in the dark
• Not to pet or go near any animals that they don’t know
• Try to avoid costumes that include paper on them; some walkways might be lined with candles
• Don’t run to the houses! It is much easier to trip and fall while running in a dimly lit area
• To try using make-up instead of a mask, as it can obstruct vision
• Always use the sidewalks; if there is no sidewalk, walk on the side of the road facing traffic
• To stay on well-lit streets, and never enter a house or approach a vehicle
• To choose a costume that is not too long; children may trip over long robes or dresses

Safety for Parents:

• If your child has a meal before going trick or treating, they are less likely to eat their candy
• Discuss and agree on a return time with your child
• Make sure all flashlights have fresh batteries
• When shopping for costumes, check to see if they are made of flame retardant materials
• Make sure that if your child is going to carry a prop or accessory (such as a knife or sword), it is made of a flexible or soft material
• Plan a trick or treating route with your child so you know where they are going

Halloween Candy X-Rays! Better Safe then Sorry!!!

Get in some more Halloween fun with a Haunted House while getting Halloween Candy x-ray'd

Don't you want to ensure that the candy your child collected on Halloween is safe? Western Diagnostic Imaging Center

(1653 3rd Ave Chula Vista, Ca 91911Phone (619) 409-6949)

Western Diagnostic is a federally and state approved imaging center providing the community with this great Halloween event! Come down to our medical center and get your child's candy x-rayed before they eat it, while being entertained by our on-site, safe "Haunted House".

22nd Annual Kids News Day!

ONE DOLLAR, ONE PAPER, ONE DAY!

It here... the 22nd Annual Union Tribune Kids' NewsDay
Last year's 21st Annual Union Tribune Kids' NewsDay helped raise over $100,000 for patients and families at Rady Children's Hospital!!!

Help Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego by buying this special $1 edition of the Union-Tribune that you can find all over the South County and greater San Diego!
In partnership with NBC 7 San Diego thousands of volunteers, including school children, firefighters, police officers and media celebrities, will sell the special $1 edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune on the streets throughout the county. As in years past, the front section of the paper, Union-Tribune Kids' NewsDay, is filled with stories about Rady Children's patients and the unique care they receive at the hospital. All proceeds from the paper benefit Rady Children's.

Keep it Local Tonight!

Don't go past the 54 tonight! Enjoy what Chula Vista has to offer whether you live near the 125 or the 5 family dining or the perfect date night is right here! If you are looking to enjoy a great happy hour and still be mindful of your budget, head on over to Southbay Fish and Grill take in the beautiful sunset and fill up on delicisous appetizers- and the live music is great fun too! If you want to take the kids don't forget about Labellas Pizzeria or Fuddruckers in the heart of Dowtown Chula Vista!

If you call The East Chula Vista communities home- And want a nice Date night take a drive over to Via Lago in Village Walk, Nico's Steakhouse at the Otay Ranch Centre or Villa Capri in the San Miguel shopping center! Then maybe a movie???

Have fun and be safe tonight Chula Vista!

Halloween at the Y!!!

More F R E E fun in Chula Vista!!! The YMCA in Rancho Del Rey will be having lots of family fun.. see the flyers for more information:

Get Your Halloween Scare at the Eastlake Design District!

hula Vista has its very own major haunted house this Halloween, The Dark, which runs through Oct. 31.

The Dark was an idea created by Diana Ocampo, 37, back in July and since then staff got the house completed in a short timeframe."This haunted house is different from any other because it's a mental thriller, everyone is afraid of the dark because you don't know what is around you," said Ocampo, a partner in the production of The Dark.

The house will be made up of more than eight rooms that include hillbillies, clowns, exorcists and the like.

"The Dark is a unifying theme that connects the rooms by a maze. We try and put things you see in different haunted houses with our own unique spin on it," said Jeff Rankin,43, creative designer of The Dark.

Although the location of The Dark encompasses more than 16,000 square feet, the main concern when creating the haunted house was space.

"We went through a couple of ideas as to where we could have it. Our partner Diana is involved with the paintball field in the Otay Shopping Center, but there is a business running there already, so we kept looking for a location we could use," Rankin said. "We picked the Eastlake Center and they worked with us to set up a space there. Then we worked with lighting and sound, all of the different elements that had to be explored. We connected themes that we wanted and set up a layout to create anticipation. We want the people to not know what's coming, we didn't want to give anything away from room to room."

More than 23 people were hired and designated to scare individuals.

"We worked with Southwestern College, some of the actors who are studying there are working with us, it's an opportunity to show their skills," said Rankin.

The Dark is now open and will run every day through Oct. 31 from 7 p.m. to midnight at 851 Showroom Place, Suite 100, in the Eastlake Design District next to Eastlake Tavern and Bowl and Brew House in Eastlake.

Celebrate Chula Vista TONIGHT!

Have you seen the signs all over the streets??? Tonight is going to be a night full of celebration, fun and tons of treats!
DO NOT MISS OUT...OHHH YEA...ITS F R E E!

This Sunday! Inaugural Chula Vista Challange!

The day after the big Centennial Bash, Sunday October 16th the Olympic Training Center will be Featuring bike ride through the hills of Eastlake, run on the trails overlooking Otay Lakes and then through the Olympic Training Center.
The inaugural Chula Vista Challenge Olympic Distance Triathlon presented by Pulse Endurance Sports. This race will be the most scenic and challenging Olympic distance triathlon course in all San Diego County! The race has been created by local triathletes who thought it was time to go east of the I-5 Freeway to race on the beautiful roads and trails of Chula Vista.

The course will be both challenging but lots of fun! You don't wanna miss it!

In Memory of Steve Jobs

Amazing man, inspiring legacy, and a lifetime of influence.
May you sore among the stars Steve Jobs!

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
Steve Jobs

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?
Steve Jobs

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Steve Jobs

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Steve Jobs

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.
Steve Jobs

I want to put a ding in the universe.
Steve Jobs

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
Steve Jobs

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.
Steve Jobs

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.
Steve Jobs

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Steve Jobs

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
Steve Jobs

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.
Steve Jobs

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
Steve Jobs

Extreme Home Makeover- "Christmas in October" Style

Last Saturday, October 1st, 10 Chula Vista homeowners, eight of them veterans or their loved ones, will receive an early Christmas gift: a remodeled home! Homeowners of this gift are residents that for many different reasons, have been unable to maintain their homes. Others are in danger of losing their home. For these 10 residents, that when "Christmas in October" comes in.

In the past 13 years, the program has worked to preserve and revitalize houses for low-income homeowners and ensure safe, independent and sanitary homes."I think we create small miracles in their lives," co-founder Emerald Randolph said."Christmas in October" started out providing help to low-income seniors and disabled persons but has since expanded its scope to include anyone who qualifies.

The program was started in 1997 by Randolph and former Chula Vista City Councilwoman Patty Davis."I wanted the Christmas in October program because I saw what National City was doing with their Christmas in April program," Randolph said."Many of the people onboard have been with us since we started," she said.*

This will be the fifth year of volunteering for Lowes employee Robin Jones.

"I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to get involved in something that gave back to the community," she said. "I come back each year because of the look on the people's faces and how appreciative they are."*

The Chula Vista Police Department wants to have some 15 officers help out this Saturday.

"It's good to have some kind of a focus as far as giving back," said officer Leo Banales. "This is a tangible way to give back in the sense that we've got family to help and a property picked out."*

Janet Wheeler is the store manager of the Home Depot off H Street in Plaza Court and has two employees who are house captains this year.

"Our biggest struggle is to get people (homeowners) to understand that this is truly free," Wheeler said. "They expect it to be too good to be true, but it's not, it's real."*

*( The Star News)

Downtown Chula Vista RE-HAB on Hold

Chula Vista City Council voted unanimously to reject a single bid for the Third Avenue Streetscape improvement project due to uncertainity of redevelopment funding....

"We're rejecting the bid because there's not enough funding," city principal civil engineer Kirk Ammerman said.

On Aug. 10, Public Works Director Rick Hopkins received a single bid from 3-D Enterprises in the amount of $4,997,000, which was to be used in addition to $2.5 million in redevelopment funds for the project.

However, staff was later told that the $2.5 million is now uncertain as a result of legal challenges at the state level currently pending in the State Supreme Court.

Executive director of Third Avenue Street Association Greg Mattson said he has supported the revitalization of Third Avenue throughout the process. "In one sense, we're disappointed because we want to move forward with the allocations," he said. "But we support the city's recommendation - they are critical in keeping this intact."

Staff directed council to apply for a Community Development Block Grant and capital improvement grants totaling $750,000, and appropriate $400,000 from the balance of the traffic signal fund. This money would allow for improvements from H to F streets, but with significant revisions to phase one of the project.

"We're scaling down the project as far as distance and scope of work," City Manager Jim Sandoval said. "We don't want to scale down the quality."

The phase one improvements would have been completed next month and included shorter crossings and improved pedestrian and multi-modal accessibility, more open sidewalks for outdoor dining, energy efficient pedestrian lighting, street trees and new seating.

"The village community is eager to have the construction start as soon as possible," Mattson said. "The more we wait, the more issues arise."

Councilman Steve Castaneda said he's adamantly opposed to diverting money from the traffic fund.

"If we're taking $750,000 out of the general fund, what is the guarantee that the government will rejuvenate that fund?" he asked city staff.

Assistant City Manager Gary Halbert said there's no guarantee.

Castaneda said there are many accidents that occur on Second Avenue and E Street.

"I hear from people all the time about problems with intersections in west Chula Vista," he said. "If we have money to improve flagrant safety problems, why aren't we doing it?"

Ammerman said that traffic signal funds come from developers and are intended for capacity improvements and to leverage federal safety funds.

Hopkins said it will be revised so contractors will only have to do 30 percent.

The bid will go back out mid-October and staff will come back to council sometime in December when they get ready to award a contract.

Staff expects to begin construction on the project in January, pending a ruling from the State Supreme Court Jan. 15. Once issued, the ruling could either result in funds of between $1.2 million and $2.5 million or nothing at all.