🌱 Guilty Ship? + Permanent Oil Drilling Ban? + Great Shake Out

Happy Monday, Huntington Beach! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today.

Have authorities located the ship attached to the anchor that dragged the pipeline? Also, city officials want to ban new offshore drilling. Finally, The Great Shake Out is upon us.

First, today's weather:

Spotty drizzle in the morning. High: 66 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories in Huntington Beach today:

1. Oil Spill Update: The Mediterranean Shipping Company is now one of the parties of interest. The Coast Guard believes that it has found a vessel, MSC DANIT, it “determined to be the source of an offshore pipeline leak.” The alleged anchor dragging could have taken place in January. (Fox)
2. Mayor Kim Carr and Council member Natalie Moser are calling for a permanent ban on new offshore oil drilling. Arguing that the oil platforms and related technology are aging, they want the City Council to go along. Pointing to the move toward renewable energy over the past three decades, Mayor Carr suggested, “now it’s time to move forward and move in a new direction.” (L.A. Times/pay wall)
3. The City Manager reminds residents to participate in the Great Shake Out earthquake drill on October 21. Considering that almost everyone around here is living on fault lines, it’s not a matter of if but when the next one hits. Learn to protect yourself during an earthquake and what to do afterward. (City Manager)
4. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is keeping a close eye on water quality around San Diego. Of particular interest is the water around the ocean water intake system off the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier. It supplies “seawater to NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center and a public seawater tap for private and commercial aquaria.” (UC San Diego)

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Today in Huntington Beach:

• PTO/A/SO/SA Roundtable - Ocean View School District (9:00 AM)
• Citizen's Oversight Committee - Ocean View School District (5:15 PM)

Huntington Beach Patch Notebook

• The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus announces Saint Bonaventure’s 34th Annual Craft Fair! It will take place on November 13 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. If you would like to participate as a craft maker, there is still time! Pick up an application in the parish center or call Barbara Gonzales at 714-842-3956. (Saint Bonaventure)

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