SOUTH-EAST HAPPENINGS

Upcoming meetings

City councils

Chula Vista, 5 p.m. Tuesday; Coronado, 4 p.m. Tuesday; National City, 6 p.m. Tuesday

School boards

Chula Vista Elementary School District, 6 p.m. Wednesday; La MesaSpring Valley School District, 6 p.m. Tuesday; Santee School District, 7 p.m. Tuesday; Sweetwater Union High School District, special meeting 4 p.m. Friday

New vaccine sites open in South Bay, East County

The county Health and Human Services Agency has opened COVID-19 vaccination sites in Otay Mesa and in Lemon Grove. The Otay Mesa site opened Tuesda.y It will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday at the Border View Family YMCA, 3601 Arey Drive.

The Lemon Grove site opens Sunday and will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sundays and Mondays at the Lemon Grove Community Center 3146 School Lane. Visit www.vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.

Chula Vista unveils playground structure

The play structure at Chula Vista’s Veterans Park, destroyed in late 2020 by a fire set by vandals, has been restored and rebuilt in a more inclusive form. The city built a new structure using GT Wave from GameTime, an inclusive net climber. It allows children who use wheelchairs to access the structure via a transfer platform and path leading to a slide. Chula Vista is the first city in the nation to install such a structure. Total cost of the equipment (structure, surfacing and swings) was $120,000, funded by the insurance claim and Measure P, the city’s half-cent sales tax for infrastructure needs. Veterans Park is at 785 E. Palomar St.

Sweetwater high school district holds forum

The Sweetwater Union High School District is seeking more input for its superintendent search process at a virtual Community Forum from 4-5:30 p.m. today, led by the county Office of Education. The meeting will be in English, but translation will be available in Spanish. The Zoom link is at https:// bit.ly/3pKUYHp. Webinar ID: 898 7264 1225; passcode: 625143.

Re “Tijuana sewage pounded South Bay beaches last year. EPA says help is on the way” (Feb. 13): Thank you for the lengthy report on the Environmental Protection Agency help coming to San Diego.

Now that we no longer are spending taxpayer money for Donald Trump’s wall, maybe the EPA can help us with a real problem of cross-border sewage.

Lyle Predmore

Linda Vista