Today Is Johnny Appleseed's Birthday

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

1. Today is Johnny Appleseed Day—the September edition, that is! Johnny Appleseed was born Sept. 26, 1774, according to holidayinsights.com. People also celebrate the holiday on the supposed day of his death on March 11, 1845. How do you plan to celebrate the birth of Johnny Appleseed?
2. Got a great shot of Palos Verdes? Add it to our Palos Verdes Snapshot open blog! Last week, John uploaded a lovely panoramic photo of the sunset taken from where else but Via Panorama. Here's how to add your pictures.
3. To sign up for breaking news alerts, 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 Speed Limit to Increase on PVDW.
5. Today's photo of the day is a historic postcard that was uploaded to Flickr's Creative Commons by the Boston Public Library. 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.