🌱 Hit-And-Run + O.C. Wildfire Helitankers + Festival of Arts

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Areas of low clouds today, then sun. High: 77 Low: 64.

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Here are the top stories in Orange County today:

1. Two of the world’s largest helitankers are ready to help fight wildfires in Southern California. In a recent demonstration at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helitanker dropped 3,000 gallons of water from the air. The two large helitankers are part of Southern California's regional wildfire Quick Reaction Force. The wildfire risk in Orange County is high due to record temperatures and extremely dry conditions. (O.C. Register)
2. The Festival of Arts & Pageant of Masters 2022 is at Laguna Beach this summer and runs through early September. The 85-year-old Festival of Arts is "one of the nation’s oldest." This juried art show features paintings, glasswork, ceramics, photography, and more in a "beautiful open gallery." The Festival of Arts also has The Pageant of Masters, a 90-minute performance of different "tableaux vivants" (living pictures). The Pageant is "a re­creation of classical and contemporary works of art, with real people posing to look exactly like their counterparts in the original pieces," organizers said on the website. Find out more about the art festival and Pageant here: (Orange County Patch)
3. A woman walking her dogs was in a hit-and-run accident in Orange County after being struck by an SUV that appeared to go through a stop sign. Police are asking for the public's help to identify the vehicle caught on surveillance video that struck the woman as she crossed the street walking her three dogs in Westminster. The incident happened near the intersection of Klamath Drive and Iroguois Road early Wednesday morning. Police responding to calls found the seriously injured woman on the road just after 6 a.m. If you have any information that can help them identify the vehicle or driver, contact the Westminster Police Department. You can read more about this story here: (CBS News)

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Notes:

• Marriott Vacations Worldwide is hiring and they announced a $1,000 sign on bonus! Marriott announced its "hiring locally for up to 100 well-paying hourly housekeeping positions in Newport Coast." There is an in-person hiring event on Wednesday, July 6, at Marriott’s Newport Coast Villas, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and another hiring event on Wednesday, July 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Santa Ana Workforce Center, they said in a recent news release. You can find out more here: (Indeed)

Today in Orange County:

• Family Plein Air Art Exploration — Crystal Cove Conservancy. (9 a.m.)
• Art-A-Fair Ribbon Cutting — Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce. (Noon)
• Classic Car Show — Placentia Chamber of Commerce. (4 p.m.)
• Read with the Dogs at Central Library. (5:30 p.m.)
• Free: Live Music at The Cliff — Arts and Culture Events in Orange County. (6 p.m.)

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