🌱 How National City’s two-week furlough will affect your city services

Good day National City! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How National City’s two-week furlough will affect your city services
• Why are National City rents rising while much of San Diego cools?
• How new bay rules could affect waters off National City

Also on today's calendar: Lemon Grove Farmer's Market - Thrive Lemon Grove Presents Speaking My Truth and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 70 and low of 50 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 72, low: 52.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 66 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• National City offices to close for two-week work furlough (timesofsandiego.com) — National City residents should prepare for all city offices, libraries, and recreation centers to close next week for a two-week unpaid furlough, though police and fire services will continue. Drop box and online payments will still be accepted, and a city hotline will handle urgent issues like sewer problems, flooding, and fallen trees during the closure.
   

• San Diego rents have fallen for 6 months. Should you ask your landlord for a deal? (sandiegouniontribune.com) — National City renters are seeing something unusual this year: while average rents across San Diego County have dipped slightly, National City’s have actually risen about 0.6% to roughly $1,940 a month. The piece explains why vacancies are up, how landlords are responding with concessions, and what that means if you’re thinking about negotiating your lease or hunting for a new place nearby.
   

• Port of San Diego Expands With 100 Acres of Land and 8,000 Acres of Bay (obrag.org) — National City’s bayfront is part of a major expansion of the Port of San Diego’s authority over 8,000 acres of bay and 100 acres of land. A new Trust Lands Use Plan extends port control into the bay’s “doughnut hole,” shaping future conservation, aquaculture, and navigation rules that affect waters off National City and other member cities.
   

📸 Around National City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in National City

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Lemon Grove Farmer's Market - Thrive Lemon Grove Presents Speaking My Truth
  3200 Main St, Lemon Grove
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Sessions by the Bay Tasting PAD (12/18) — 710 Labs
  1401 National City Blvd , National City
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Set up Oceanside room retirement
  Veterans Association of North County , 1617 Mission Ave , Oceanside
  9:00 am
• Chair Yoga/Yoga en silla
  Logan Heights Branch Library , 567 S. 28th St. , San Diego
  10:00 am
• Donnie Fernandez AD Retirement
  Veterans Association of North County , 1617 Mission Ave , Oceanside
  1:00 pm
• Farmers Market National City
  National City Chamber of Commerce , 901 National City Blvd , National City
  3:00 pm
• NAACP NSDC Annual Meeting
  Civic Center Library Community Rooms , 330 N Coast Hwy , Oceanside
  5:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Lego and Rokenbok Club
  MountainView/Beckwourth Branch Library , 721 San Pasqual St. , San Diego
  10:30 am
• Buffalo Soldiers
  Veterans Association of North County , 1617 Mission Ave , Oceanside
  11:00 am

Wednesday December 31

• Peace Out 2025 - NYE at the Living Coast
  Living Coast Discovery Center , 1000 Gunpowder Point Dr , Chula Vista
  6:00 pm

📣 National City Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Mat Pilates
  Cays Yoga & Pilates , 503-B Grand Caribe Causeway , Coronado
  10:00 am
• CHRISTMAS AT CORONADO! PLAY GOLF ! THURSDAY DEC 18TH !
  Coronado Golf Course , 2000 Visalia Row , Coronado
  10:15 am
• Creative Thursdays: LEGO, Chalk, & Perler Beads
  Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego
  3:00 pm
• CLB-15 Christmas Party
  Veterans Association of North County , 1617 Mission Ave , Oceanside
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Maya was LOST on December 16, 2025 in Chula Vista, CA 91912 near Lincoln acres and paradise hills Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest… (Nextdoor South National City)
• PUPPY FOUND!
  Wandering w no collar on e plaza blvd and A st. Starving. (Nextdoor W Plaza Blvd/E 20th St)

• Sonic Drive-In posted a job opening for Crew Member in National City. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in National City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near National City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Coronado

• 'A Holiday In Oz' Brings Classic Tale To Life At Hotel Del Coronado (patch.com)
• What the former mayor of Coronado has been up to (thecoronadonews.com)
• Review: A waterfront classic past its prime? (thecoronadonews.com)

Bonita

• San Diego man's search to find father's lost artwork ends in unexpected family reunion (10news.com)

San Diego

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-- The Patch AM Team

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