🌱 John Wayne Airport Cancellations + Chihuahua Diego Is Home!

Happy Monday, Huntington Beach! Let's start today off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

Call ahead if you’re traveling by air; flights are being canceled. Also, the missing Chihuahua is back! Finally, the oil sheen’s origin is narrowed down to pipeline 0919.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and breezy; p.m. rain. High: 56 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories in Huntington Beach today:

1. If you’re planning to take a flight out of SoCal, be aware that the airlines are dealing with COVID-related staffing problems. As a result, there are also quite a few flights that had to be canceled. As of Sunday morning, there were 87 cancellations at LAX. John Wayne Airport saw 18. (KFI)
2. Diego is back! This is the Chihuahua that was stolen while waiting for its owners in their truck. We learned Saturday that the dog came back “dirty, three pounds lighter” and apparently dehydrated on Christmas Eve. After “some food, water, a warm bath, shampoo, and lots of hugs,” the doggie is fine again. The person who brought Diego home received a $1,000 reward. (OC Register/paywall)
3. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Spill Prevention & Response confirmed Saturday that for the latest oil sheen observed off the coast, the “responsible party has been identified as DCOR LLC.” The pipeline is known by its number designation, 0919. It originates from Platform Eva. The plan is for divers to inspect 0919 on Tuesday. (Patch)
4. The number of COVID-related hospitalizations in the OC is increasing. As of Sunday, the number went up by 27. Of these, six were admitted to intensive care units. (Spectrum News 1)
5. If you’re wondering what to do with the Christmas tree, Republic Services has the answer. It will pick it up between December 27 and January 7 on the same day as your regularly scheduled trash collection; just put it next to your trash can. It’ll also take flattened cardboard boxes. By the way, trees taller than six feet need to be cut into sections. Since flocked trees cannot be recycled, it’s up to you to have them picked up as a bulky item call. (FB)

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Today in Huntington Beach:

• Festival of Arts “Selections from the Collection” Exhibit at Laguna Beach City Hall (7:30 AM to 5:30 PM)
• Santa Ana Winter Village at Civic Center Plaza (10 AM to 10 PM)
• Moms Need Moms Group at Calvary Chapel of the Harbour (10 AM)
• How To Improve Your Memory (online) (11 AM)

From my notebook:

• If you live in Huntington Beach and are experiencing a non-emergency mental health crisis, call Be Well OC in Huntington Beach at (714) 960-8825. Depending on the situation, we may send out 2 crisis counselors to help. (Instagram)
• A Yorktown neighbor accidentally sold two necklaces during a garage sale last Saturday. Did anyone buy the container they were in? (Nextdoor)
• Do you have some input for our Old Town neighbor who just got a kayak and is itching to take it out? They're looking for suggestions of where in the area is a calm, easy for beginners spot to get out on the water. (Nextdoor)
• A Pier Pointe neighbor lost their cell phone at the Pier Pointe Condos December 24th. Did you find it? (Nextdoor)
• Our Huntington Harbour neighbor is wondering if anyone found a little, black, cheap-ish drone in the park near Harbor View Elementary/Heil Ave. (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.