🌱 Kim Carr Runs For Senate + Wynton Marsalis At Segerstrom

Happy Wednesday, Huntington Beach, and happy National Popcorn Day! Here's everything going on around Huntington Beach today.

After finishing her turn as mayor, City Council Member Kim Carr is running for State Senate. Jazz aficionados have an opportunity to hear Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Finally, there was a burglary spree in Newport Beach.

First, today's weather:

Areas of morning fog. High: 63 Low: 49.

Here are the top five stories in Huntington Beach today:

1. Huntington Beach City Council Member Kim Carr, who recently finished her time as mayor, announced Tuesday that she’s running for State Senate. She would be a candidate for the 36th district. “As your State Senator, I will work to protect local control, keep our communities safe, tackle our climate crisis, safeguard our housing and ensure we create a California we can all call home,” she said. Her sizable list of endorsements include HB Mayor Barbara Delgleize, OC Supervisor Katrina Foley, and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia. (The Liberal OC)
2. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis is coming to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on Friday. Marsalis is an international influencer for music education. “In 2001 he was appointed Messenger of Peace by Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and he has also been designated cultural ambassador to the United States of America by the U.S. State Department through their CultureConnect program.” (OC Breeze)
3. We learned Tuesday that Newport Beach had a residential burglary spree over the weekend. Friday’s burglaries took place in the Crystal Cove and Pelican Crest neighborhoods. A burglary was attempted Saturday in Bayview Heights. “The suspects were wearing dark hoodies, face masks, carried dark backpacks, latex gloves, and carried flashlights.” (Patch)
4. Have you heard the story of the alleged OC drug dealer humming while in court? On Tuesday, we learned why. The defendant’s public defender told “his client to hum in open court in an attempt to avoid hearing the controlled substance advisement being given by a prosecutor.” The advisement is a warning that if someone dies because of the defendant’s drug-related activities, he could be charged with murder. Even though the defendant had entered a guilty plea, the judge let him withdraw it and continue to trial, where the defendant will have another opportunity to be given the advisement. (New Santa Ana)
5. An arbitrator decided that the District Attorney’s Office has to reinstate a fired investigator who “accused District Attorney Todd Spitzer of ‘pay-to-play’ schemes.” We learned Monday that the arbitrator declared the termination as being “not for reasonable cause.” Therefore, the investigator “will be paid more than a year in back pay. Transparent California, a public pay database, lists his salary and benefits in 2020 at $329,489.” (The OCR/paywall)

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Today in Huntington Beach:

• Superstarz Huntington Beach Business Referral Networking at Kathy May's Lakeview Café (9 AM to 11 AM)
• Fair Housing Workshop for Tenants, Landlords, Managers, Property Owners, Attorneys, Realtors® and Management Companies at Orange City Hall – Weimer Room (2:30 PM)
• Karate For Kids at the Westminster East/West Room at Community Services Building (4:30 PM to 2-9-22 @ 5 PM)
• Paint Your Pet at Killarney's Irish Pub (6 PM)
• Live Music at the Biergarten @ Old World HB (7 PM)

From my notebook:

• Our Glen Mar - North neighbor is looking for a bathroom contractor to upgrade a bathroom. (Nextdoor)
• A Seabridge neighbor wants to know if anybody in Seabridge has a good painter? (Nextdoor)
• A Seacliff neighbor has a job open for a truckload dispatcher who can speak both English and Mandarin Chinese. The position will handle daily activity for 20 trucks and drivers. Dispatch experience necessary to handle the position. (Nextdoor)
• A Newland neighbor is looking for an Electric Scooter for their great-grandmother. (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— 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.