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The American flag stands against the backdrop of a smoggy Los Angeles in 1972. The California Smog Check Program is an attempt to reduce smog in California. The California Smog Check Program requires vehicles that were manufactured in 1976 or later to participate in the biennial (every two years) smog check program in participating counties. [1]
The Star-News was founded after a merger with the Chula Vista Star, founded in 1918, and National City News, founded in 1882. The paper publishes Neighbors, a free circular for the master-planned Otay Ranch and Eastlake communities of Chula Vista. [2] The Star-News used to serve the city of Imperial Beach but stopped in 1995. Imperial Beach ...
Chula Vista can be roughly translated from Spanish as "beautiful view"; [18] the name was suggested by Sweetwater Dam designer James D. Schulyer. [27] The 1888 completion of the dam allowed for irrigation of Chula Vista farming lands. Chula Vista eventually became the largest lemon-growing center in the world for a period of time. [18]
The city's police department was threatened with layoffs to help stabilize the department's budget. Although budget cuts saved Chula Vista $18 million, about 100 employees (including 15 police officers) were eliminated. [3] In October 2018, the department became the first in the country to use drone technology to respond to 911 calls. [4]
The South Bay Salt Works is a salt factory in southern San Diego near Chula Vista, in the South Bay region of San Diego County, California.. Initially operating under the name La Punta Salt Works operations dating back to at least 1871, for a period of time it was the sole supplier of salt for Southern California.
Pages in category "Companies based in Chula Vista, California" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
California (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr n j ə /) is a state in the Western Region of the United States that lies on the Pacific Coast.It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.
With schools being closed routinely in urban areas for "smog days" when the ozone levels became too unhealthy and the hills surrounding urban areas seldom visible even within a mile, Californians were ready for changes. Over the next three decades, California enacted some of the strictest anti-smog regulations in the United States and has been ...