🌱 Wider Trails At Bartlett Park + Taggers Caught At Beach, Utica

Hello, neighbors, and happy National JoyGerm Day! It's me again, Sylvia, your host of the Huntington Beach Daily.

Bartlett Park is now more visitor-friendly. Also, the HBPD caught some vandals red-handed. Finally, the Saybrook Sewer Lift Station project is nearing completion.

First, today's weather:

Cool with clouds breaking. High: 62 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Huntington Beach today:

1. Bartlett Park has undergone several improvements. The Public Works Department reported Friday that workers widened trails, graded pathways, and put up lodge pole fencing for public safety. Trails now also connect south to Adams Avenue. (@CityofHBPIO, cityofhb)
2. On Tuesday, the HBPD caught some taggers in flagrante. Two suspects were spray-painting a wall near Beach and Utica. Officers “recovered a spray paint can, drugs & a loaded firearm from their vehicle.” (@HBPoliceDept)
3. Back in 2020, the City invited bids for the Saybrook Sewer Lift Station project at the Saybrook Lane and Heil Avenue intersection to provide “demolition of an existing sewer lift station, and the installation of a new 750 gallon per minute submersible sewer lift station and force main.” The projected estimate was $3,700,000. The project is nearing completion and is expected to be done by late February. (Construction Bid Source, City Manager)
4. In November, the City anticipated finishing the new Central Park Playground by the end of the month. After a few hiccups, the official opening and ribbon-cutting date will be Thursday. You find the new playground “next to Kathy Mays and Lake Huntington” in the park. (FB, City Manager)
5. On Thursday, the Public Works Department announced that it “converted the last of the 10,000 streetlights that the City acquired from SCE in 2015.” Instead of illuminating streets with high-pressure sodium lights, they are now lighted with LEDs. This conversion saves energy, provides brighter lighting, and reduces the need for maintenance. (cityofhb)

Today in Huntington Beach:

• Donut Derelicts Cars & Coffee at Adams Avenue Donuts (5 AM to 8 AM)
• The Center At Founders Village presents Lei Hulu Workshop (9 AM)
• Biker Breakfast at Huntington Beach Harley-Davidson (10 AM to 12 PM)
• Pinot’s Palette Paint Event at 7811 Edinger Avenue (7 PM)
• Stand-up Comedy Night at Pacific City (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• A Westmont neighbor is looking for dog groomer recommendations. (Nextdoor)
• Our Beachwalk neighbor is warning that the next outage is on Jan 12. If you would like to see if you are impacted, visit www.sce.com/outage and reference Outage # 000800086059. (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.