🌱 Dwyer Middle School Music Accolades + Trash Collection Resumes

Good day, neighbors! It's me again, Sylvia, your host of the Huntington Beach Daily.

The Dwyer Middle School's music department won a grant. Also, leave out your bins; trash is being picked up again. Finally, the mask mandate will continue until January 15.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine. High: 65 Low: 41.

Here are the top stories in Huntington Beach today:

1. Dwyer Middle School's music department received a National Federation of State High School Associations grant. We learned last Friday that this money covers the department’s activation for the Tri-M Music Honor Society. Neil Reyes is the Dwyer Director of Bands and Choir. (HBCSD)
2. Trash collection resumed Friday. Republic Services and the union representing its employees reached an agreement. To catch up on the number of missed collections, the company will have more staff on the road and even collect trash over the weekend. Next week, trash collection should be back to normal. Residents and businesses should place and keep their bins out until the trash is picked up. (Surf City Break)
3. The mask mandate for indoor public spaces is back. All HB residents – vaccinated or not – had to start wearing masks on Wednesday. This mandate will continue until January 15. (Patch)
4. OC reporter Michele Gile posted Thursday that officials are “examining a pin hole leak in an offshore oil pipeline operated by an unknown company.” This may be connected to the oil sheens we discussed yesterday. So far, berms and booms are keeping any oil off the beach. (@michelegiletv)
5. City Attorney Michael Gates released an open letter on Thursday to the mayor, mayor pro tem, and council member Dan Kalmick. The issue was the “proposed violation of law as reflected in your ‘H item’ initiative” that is part of Tuesday’s city council meeting. Gates alleges the recipients are attempting to circumvent the City’s charter. He points out that the voters choose the legal counsel, not the City Council. Moreover, he warns that their “attempt to retain outside counsel to report directly to you is illegal.” (FB)

Today in Huntington Beach:

• CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive at the Supercars by the Sea Event (7 AM)
• Bolsa Chica Walk and Lunch at the Brightwater Trailhead (9:45 AM)
• Holiday Storytime - The Grinch at Bella Terra (11 AM)
• The Christmas Within at Pinot’s Palette (1:30 PM)
• First Annual Chiefsmas Party at My Place Sports Bar & Grill (2 PM)

From my notebook:

• Our Golden West Estate neighbor is reminding parents of the Edison High School Mini Cheer camp 1/17/2022. (Nextdoor)
• A group of homeschooling Seacliff parents is looking for a Spanish teacher to do a weekly 45-minute lesson in a park or backyard in north HB for a group of 5-7 year olds. (Nextdoor)
• Our Downtown Huntington Beach neighbor is getting an early start on spring-cleaning and has free books and designer clothes at great prices, as well as purses, cat stuff, and a massive trunk of vintage costume jewelry. (Nextdoor)
• A NE Huntington Beach neighbor needs to replace a wood fence with a concrete block wall. If you have done a similar project recently, please offer your recommendations. (Nextdoor)
• Did you lose a crocheted baby blanket? Your Huntington Crest neighbor found it. (Nextdoor)
• Our Yorktown neighbor urges you to support the Cat Cause Foundation at 1322 Arch Lane. It needs cat food, and the neighbor is willing to pick up any donations. (Nextdoor)

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— 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.