🌱 Shoutout to Adam 'Bushman' Orozco & Sons + Re-Elect M. Gates?

Happy Monday, Huntington Beach, and happy Save the Eagles Day! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Huntington Beach today.

Adam “Bushman” Orozco and his sons are making Huntington Beach a better place to live. Also, Michael Gates is running for re-election. Finally, a 27-year-old murder suspect was arrested in Santa Ana.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 73 Low: 53.

Here are the top five stories today in Huntington Beach:

1. Shoutout to Adam “Bushman” Orozco, an airbrush muralist by trade, who gets up early and paints out graffiti. Another shoutout to his sons, Thunder and Koa, for joining him. “Not even a recent major shoulder surgery can slow him down.” Just last Friday, he painted over graffiti behind the Arco station at Beach Boulevard and Adams Avenue. The team is prepared to match “brick, stone, slate, marble” and more. “If everybody did this, followed my lead, we wouldn’t have graffiti here,” Orozco says. (L.A. Times/paywall)
2. Speaking of Adam “Bushman” Orozco, he was also on hand on New Year’s Eve when it came time to honor those who passed in 2021. The ceremony was held at Pier Plaza and honored “local friends, family, and those less fortunate.” Thirty people, including Mayor Barbara Delglieze, were in attendance. (HBN)
3. Michael Gates is running for re-election as City Attorney and needs your donations. He announced Thursday that he started campaign fundraising. You can pay in a variety of ways, including credit cards and checks. Gates reminds residents that their checks cannot be greater than $620 per person. (Michael E. Gates)
4. A 27-year-old man was arrested Friday after allegedly stabbing two people. The incident took place at a Centennial Skatepark near Edinger Avenue and Fairview Street earlier that week. One of the victims died. (Newsbreak)
5. There’s a raw ground beef recall for anyone who bought the meat at an Albertsons, Kroger, Walmart or WinCo. The meat was produced on December 20 and came from Interstate Meat Dist. Inc. Samples tested positive for possible E. coli contamination. (USDA, 2)

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Today in Huntington Beach:

• Newport Landing Whale Watching Cruise (8:30 AM)
• Advanced Features Of Your Embroidery Machine at Moore’s Sewing & Vacuum (10 AM)
• The Paséa Hotel & Spa presents Active Collective Tradeshow (3 PM to 7 PM)
• Huntington Beach Chapter Holistic Chamber of Commerce, January Meeting at PranaMedics (6:15 PM)
• The Basics Of Calories And How To Adapt Them To Gain Optimal Mental And Physical Health (online) (7 PM)

From my notebook:

• A kind La Cuesta Racquet Club neighbor needs food for 100s of hungry and homeless cats and kittens. You can ship to or drop it off at 1322 Arch Lane 92648 (Nextdoor)
• A Century Shores neighbor lost a black adult cat that was recently adopted and just ran away. (Nextdoor)
• Our NE Huntington Beach neighbor is wondering if anyone knows what the alarm going off near Warner and Magnolia is all about. (Nextdoor)
• A Stacey/Clegg neighbor lost a set of white ear buds in a white case around the Stacey/Clegg School/Tract. Did you find them? (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.