Ahoy, Matey! It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Happy Thursday! Here are five things Palos Verdes residents should know today:

1. It's the 18th annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day, so get out your eye patch and prepare to walk the plank! The official website has dozens of ways to celebrate—how will you?
2. Tonight is Back-to-School Night for Miraleste, Palos Verdes and Ridgecrest intermediate schools.
3. Want to show off your photos to Palos Verdes Patch readers? Just visit our Palos Verdes Snapshot blog. Here's more information.
4. In case you missed it, Wednesday's top headline was Police: Report of Gun Triggered School Lockdowns.
5. Today's photo of the day in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day was uploaded to Flickr's Creative Commons by Olivier Bruchez. Want to submit your own? Email it to palosverdes@patch.com; tweet it to @PVPatch; post it on the Palos Verdes Patch Facebook page; or tag it #pvpatch on Instagram. Patch reserves the right to publish any submitted photos at its discretion.