🌱 Accessibility Walk Meets At Bolsa Chica + A Tehachapi Preserve

Up and at 'em, Huntington Beach, and Happy New Year! Let's get this Saturday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around town today.

Everyone is welcome at the First Day Accessibility Walk. Also, a generous donation has resulted in the setup of a Tehachapi Preserve. Finally, two HB residents have graduated from Weber State University!

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cool. High: 60 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories today in Huntington Beach:

1. The First Day Accessibility Walk is on! Participate by meeting with the group at the Bolsa Chica State Beach Visitor Center on Saturday at 4 PM. You can park for FREE if you let the kiosk attendant know that you are a part of the Walk. Best of all, this walk is open to individuals “of all abilities.” Treat yourself to a great first sunset of the year! (FB)
2. A shoutout to Frank and Joan Randall! Thanks to their tremendously generous donation of $50 million to the Nature Conservancy, we now have a Tehachapi Preserve. We learned Friday that the space incorporates 72,000 acres, which makes it the “largest nature preserve in California.” (Newport Beach Independent)
3. Another shoutout goes to Caleb Jackson and Guadalupe Garcia! Both have graduated from Weber State University Monday. Jackson earned a Master of Science and Garcia finished a Bachelor of Science. Congratulations! (HBN)
4. The TIP volunteer training academy is starting on Thursday. If you believe that you have what it takes to become a Trauma Intervention Program of OC volunteer, apply to the program and attend the sessions. Upon completion, you will have the ability to provide the type of emotional first aid that survivors of traumatic events need. (TIP Orange County)
5. Friday’s COVID report warns that hospitalizations in the OC doubled in a week. A UC Irvine epidemiologist noted that they hadn’t “seen any infection spread as rapidly as the Omicron variant is spreading now.” Ambulance diversion is suspended. According to the County’s Health Care Agency, 87% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated. So far, Huntington Beach has a relatively low number of infections compared to other places in the OC. As of Thursday, there were 1.29 deaths and 78.96 cases per 1,000 people. (Voice of OC)

Today in Huntington Beach:

• Donut Derelicts Cars & Coffee at Adams Avenue Donuts (5 AM)
• Run In The New Year 5k/10K/Half Marathon at 17851 Pacific Coast Highway (8 AM)
• Surf City Splash at 405 PCH (12 PM)
• GETTOBLASTER (Defected - Dirty Bird - Basement Leak - Black Book Records) at The Circle (9 PM)
• Time Nightclub presents Alan Walker (9:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Can anyone help our Huntington By The Sea neighbor find a contractor to replace three carport supports? (Nextdoor)
• A Park Huntington neighbor is looking for a wheelchair-friendly room to rent. (Nextdoor)
• Can you recommend a reliable handyman to a Glenmar West neighbor to replace a wooden threshold and ground an electric outlet? (Nextdoor)
• Our Los Amigos neighbor lost a dog off 60 East and Pipeline. He is scared and not easy to catch. Please do not approach. He is a nervous, big 170lb dog, white and brown. If you see him, reach out to: 714-264-5830 or 909-762-5035. (Next door)
• A Seabridge neighbor needs to get rid of a couch. It’s a tan L space couch, pretty good size, sits 4 comfortably! (Nextdoor)

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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you soon!

— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.