It's National Chocolate Milkshake Day!

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

1. Today (Sept. 12) is National Chocolate Milkshake Day, according to holidayinsights.com. Where's the best chocolate milkshake on the Palos Verdes Peninsula?
2. Palos Verdes Patch will be ramping up its elections coverage next week. To find all stories about the upcoming elections, check out our Palos Verdes Election Guide.
3. Have you signed up for breaking news alerts? Just visit our breaking news category and click "Get email updates." (If it says you're signed up, but you're not receiving the alerts, click "Unsubscribe." Then click "Get email updates" to resubscribe. That should fix the issue.)
4. In case you missed it, Wednesday's top headline was PV Boasts 25 National Merit Semifinalists.
5. I couldn't resist. Today's photo of the day is not from Palos Verdes, but it is of a chocolate milkshake that looks delicious. It was uploaded to Flickr's Creative Commons collection by Manuel. 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.