Harborside Academy’s soon-to-be-graduates, faculty, staff and students’ family and friends pack the Ralph Houghton Auditorium for the 15th commencement ceremony.

Good news for residents: the city of Chula Vista welcomed community members of all ages back to a transformed Harborside Park Dec. 16.

The city of Chula Vista discussed the future of the restored Harborside Park Tuesday night after nearly 2 years of it being shut down. Part of that future now includes a compact soccer field.

Harborside Park on Chula Vista’s westside is set to reopen after being closed for nearly two years.

Chula Vista’s Harborside Park is on the path to reopening. The city closed the park in 2022 amid concerns over criminal activity and a large homeless population. The community rallied around ...

East Chula Vista has almost three and a half times the amount of park space that the city’s west side has. City leaders say they are exploring some possible ways to address the disparity.

When Harborside Park opened in 2006, many neighbors in Brentwood and across Southwest Chula Vista were thrilled. Ramirez remembers walking over to the new park every Saturday.

Chula Vista, CA - September 16: Michelle Rodriguez, right, and her family make posters before marching to Harborside Park on Oxford Street in Chula Vista on Saturday, September 16.

Some families in the South Bay are continuing to fight for Chula Vista’s Harborside Park to reopen for the community.

The first steps to start the process to reopen Harborside Park were announced at Tuesday’s Chula Vista City Council meeting.

The city kicked everyone out of Harborside Park in Chula Vista and put up a chain link fence on Aug. 31, 2022, and it hasn’t reopened since.

Community schools are in vogue now, but they’re not new. Jim Groth ran the community school program at Chula Vista’s Harborside Elementary all the way back in the 70’s.