Pequeno, a resident of Chula Vista was wanted in connection with two separate incidents involving an assault with a deadly weapon.  Both incidents occurred in the City of Chula Vista in the month of August and the victims received serious, but non-life threatening stab wounds.

Pequeno was booked into the San Diego County Jail on various charges.

One of the stabbings happened at the Chula Vista Sports Bar at 1073 Third Ave. It was reported at 11:44 p.m. Sunday, August 22, 2010.

The victim, an off-duty employee of the bar, was stabbed in the abdomen.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. – USA Volleyball is hosting a NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event on the sand courts at the Olympic Training Center on Aug. 27-29 in Chula Vista, Calif.

NORCECA is USAV’s regional confederation and includes countries in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Competition will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday (Aug. 27) with pool play. The final pool play matches of the day are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

Pool play will continue on Saturday (Aug. 28) with the matches starting at 9 a.m. Playoff matches will begin at 1 p.m. with the final matches scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

Semifinals and finals are scheduled for Sunday (Aug. 29). The semifinals will be played at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The men’s bronze medal match will begin at 11:30 a.m. The women’s bronze medal match will be at 12:30 p.m.  The women’s gold medal match will begin at 1:30 p.m. and the men’s gold medal match will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Media wishing to cover the event must contact the event press manager, B.J. Evans, at bj.evans@usav.org or 719-649-2389 (cell) so they will be allowed on campus.

Women’s Teams

Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.)/Michelle Moriarty (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)

Summer Ross (Carlsbad, Calif.)/Tara Roenicke (Alta Loma, Calif.)

Kelly Bruning (Mesa, Ariz.)/Lynne Galli (San Diego, Calif.)

Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.)/Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.)

Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio)/Heather Lowe (Cypress, Calif.)

Costa Rica: Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro

Puerto Rico: Yarleen Santiago and Dariam Acevedo

Guatemala: Maria Jose Orellana Aragon and Anna Lourdes Ramirez Sarti

Men’s Teams

Avery Drost (Redlands, Calif.)/Mike Maghy (Fountain Valley, Calif.)

Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.)/Evan Barry (San Diego, Calif.)

Kevin Beukema (Redondo Beach, Calif.)/Kevin Gregan (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)

Andrew McGuire (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)/Seth Burnham (Santa Cruz, Calif.)

Costa Rica: Jonathan Guevara and Esteban Escobar

Costa Rica: Luis Raul Sandoval and Julio Cesar Alvarez

El Salvador: Ovidio Alonso Quintanilla Osorio and Rafael Francisco Vargas Coreas

Guatemala: Rodrigo Gonzalez Flores and Erick Rolando Garrido Ruiz

Mexico: Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen

Puerto Rico: Roberto Rodriguez and Orlando Irizarry

Directions to the Olympic Training Center

Travel 805 South, Exit Olympic Parkway

Travel approximately 15 minutes (past Wal-Mart and Otay Ranch Town Center)

The Visitor Center is at 2800 Olympic Parkway

Pass the Visitor Center and turn right on Wueste Road, travel 1 mile.

Enter through the Athletes Entrance. The sand courts will be on your right as you drive toward the Athletes Center.

Media should enter through the Athlete Check in.

Visitors should enter via the Visitors Center.

B.J. Hoeptner Evans
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: bj.evans@usav.org

CVPD seeks help in locating suspects in stabbing at the Chula Vista Sports Bar located at 1073 Third Avenue.

Chula Vista Police Officers were called to the Chula Vista Sports Bar, located at 1073 Third Avenue, just before midnight on Sunday, August 22, 2010.

The 27-year old off-duty bar manager became involved in an argument with 4 customers described by witnesses as 3 Hispanic male adults and a Hispanic female adult.

The argument continued into the parking lot at the rear of the bar. One of the three Hispanic male adults stabbed the bar manager at least 3 times, once in the stomach and twice in the back. The suspects then vandalized the victim’s car, parked in the lot. All 4 suspects fled in an older white Nissan Maxima.

Emergency responders transported the stabbing victim to the hospital for treatment of serious wounds. CVPD Detectives were called to the scene and are investigating. The suspects remain at large.

Anyone who has information related to the stabbing incident is encouraged to call the Chula Vista Police Department at (619) 691-5151.

A rare World War II plane that has been sitting at the bottom of Lower Otay Reservoir for more than 65 years was raised today.

For over 60 years, the Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver sat about 90 feet below the surface of the lake just East of the Arco Olympic Training Center near Eastlake, (Chula Vista) California.

In February 2009 Duane Johnson was out on his boat  looking for bass when he noticed a strange object on his fish finder.

“We saw what looked like a two by four or something… something wasn’t right,” Johnson said. “As I’m looking at the picture more I see a tail on it.”

After a year and a half of investigations, former Navy Capt. Bob Rasmussen is overseeing the recovery project that he only dreamed of.  He’s the director of the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, Fla.

“There are only three or four SB2C Helldivers in existence anywhere and this is one of them,” said Rasmussen.

E.D. Frazar was forced to ditch the Helldiver in Lower Otay Lake on May 28, 1945 when the engine failed. He and Army gunner Joseph Metz swam safely to shore.

“When they were coming in over the lake, they were on a target run and the engine blew up, so they had to ditch because they weren’t high enough to bail out,” according to Joseph Metz’ son Jim.

Dick Frazar, the pilot’s son,  flew his own single-engine plane from Texas to witness the event. “It’s not about my dad, it’s about the heritage and the legacy of our country. The fact that the aircraft is being recovered is really cool.”

The plane’s ultimate destination will be at the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, Florida.

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Friday, September 10, 2010 at 5:00pm

Eastlake Tavern and Bowl

EastLake Tavern + Bowl, Chula Vista, CA

Amazing Hawaiian Luau buffet for only $5! Hawaiian drink specials, contests and more!!!

$5 PER PERSON

5-8 PM

Hawaiian Luau
Lumpia
Whole Roasted Pig Plate
Mango Ice Cream

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There will be a public meeting this Friday about the 300MW natural gas fired power plant proposed on public parkland in the Otay Valley Regional Park.

Date: 8/20/2010
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Montgomery-Waller Recreation Center, 3020 Coronado Ave., San Diego

Some feel this project is being overshadowed by the controversial Sunrise Powerlink and the shutting down of the South Bay Power Plant, and is thus slipping under the community’s radar.

The need for additional power is not in contention, but some are concerned about this plant’s impact on a protected habitat.

Pio Pico Energy Center, LLC, (PPEC) submitted an Application for Certification (AFC) to the California Energy Commission (CAEC) on June 30. With a maximum capacity of 4,000 hours per year, the application states that this plant directly satisfies San Diego’s area demand for peaking and load-shaping generation.

The generating facility would utilize three General Electric (GE) LMS100 natural gas-fired, combustion turbine generators (CTGs). A new substation to be built on the project site would interconnect to two 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines located within 1,500 feet of the PPEC.

There are many questions about what the impacts will be to habitat, wildlife, the Otay Lakes County Park, future trail connections and mitigation.

Here is a list of unanswered questions about this project:
-How much smog would this power plant produce?
-How will air quality impacts be mitigated?
-How much mercury would this power plant produce?
-How tall will the smoke stacks be? What will the visual impacts be to the park?
-“This project contains a property purchase of equal or greater habitat value adding 16.5 acres adjacent to the park. Requirements include a set of open space parcels of at least 14 acres near the park to be preserved.”  San Diego News Room, 8/18/10
-Where will mitigation be done and at what ratio?
-In the above mentioned article, it was said that PPEC has potential to replace some of the nearly $3 million in average annual revenue from the South Bay Plant, and will be reinvested in providing local public services.
-What would these “local public services” be?
-What is the total amount of revenue expected from this power plant? How much of that will be going back into the park?
-What will the impacts be on future trail connections and the Otay Lakes County Park?

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CVESD to hold ‘Yard Sale’ on Thurs., 8/19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at District office, 84 East J Street.

The Chula Vista Elementary School District will hold a ‘Yard Sale’ on Thursday, August 19, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the District’s Education Service and Support Center, which is located at 84 East J Street.

Items for sale include miscellaneous office furniture, 36″ and 27″ TV’s, pianos and more. Items for sale are subject to change. All items are sold as-is and all sales will be final. Items must be removed at time of purchase.

All transactions will be cash only.

Families Welcome to Free Play and Fun to Celebrate

What:   Grand Opening Celebration for Kid Ventures – Let your kid’s imagination flourish at the safest, cleanest, most creative indoor edutainment and play facility.  From pirates to princesses to karaoke, kids can create their own adventure.

Who:    Kid Ventures – Indoor Play Village & Parent Cafe

When:   Saturday, August 14, 2010, 9a.m. – Noon

Where:  851 Showroom Place, Chula Vista, CA 91914

Cost:   Free admission with a child.

For general information, hours and pricing, please contact Kid Ventures at 619-651-8622 or visit sdkidventures.com

Reprinted with permission by Jacci Linn

When someone’s motto is “the only easy day is yesterday its probably a good indicator of how they look at life.

That motto happens to belong to the  Navy SEALs.  The U.S National Field Hockey Team had the opportunity to live that motto with the SEALs, military experts with the toughest training in the world.   Their endurance and willpower was put to  the test with some of our military’s finest.

“It was our first time out there, and it was tough…to say the least,” said striker Katie Evans, “They taught us a lot about teamwork.  It was hard, but a lot of what they do applies to our team too.  I think we came away with a lot of good lessons and advice from them.”

There will be no boating allowed on August 18, 21 or 22.

Normally, Lower Otay Reservoir is open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

The U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver crashed into the reservoir during a training flight in 1945. The two-person crew survived. The plane remained mostly forgotten until February 2009, when a local fisherman spotted the outline of the plane on his electronic fish finder.

Through private donations, the National Naval Aviation Museum of Pensacola, Fla., is financing the salvage operation. The museum hopes to restore the plane and display it.