🌱Gift Cards 4 Guns + Where Are Those Green Bins? + What's Biting Me?

Hey, San Diego! It's me, Bettyann Pernice, your host of the🗞️Daily. Let's get this Tuesday started off right, with a quick guide to what's happening:

• County residents received a $100 gift💵card for handguns, rifles, and shotguns, as well as $200 for assault weapons.
• Have you been wondering🤔whatever happened to those green bins we were promised?
• Tiny, underwater sea creatures are nibbling the feet of bathers in Mission Bay. No, it’s not the fish spa🐠treatment. It is a natural phenomenon, and it hurts!

First, today's weather:

Areas of low clouds,🌤️ then sun.❗Excessive heat.☀️Watch today through Sunday❗High: 90, Low: 70.

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Here are three of the top stories in San Diego today:

1. It was a great opportunity to dispose of unwanted firearms. On Sunday, more than 375 unwanted firearms were exchanged for gift💵cards at the Guns for Gift Cards event in the Vista Traffic Court parking lot. The event was hosted by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. County residents received a $100 gift card for handguns, rifles, and shotguns. For assault weapons, the gift cards were worth $200. After processing for theft or crime, the remaining weapons will be destroyed. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV)
2. Have you been wondering whatever happened to those green bins we were promised? According to the State of California mandate, all Californians were expected to compost their food waste to help California eliminate harmful greenhouse gases. However, there was no funding attached to the mandate. This left cities and towns scrambling to find ways to pay for additional personnel and equipment needed to fund the organics♻️recycling program under SB1383. Locally, cities raised waste collection rates up to 25 percent to cover some costs. Meanwhile, the California League of Cities asked the state to designate $180 million to help pay for the new program. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Voice of San Diego)
3. There are tiny, underwater sea creatures nibbling the feet of bathers in Mission Bay. No, it’s not the fish spa🐠treatment. It is a natural phenomenon, and it hurts. "It was painful! I was like uh! I jumped out of the water, and this was so shocking. I had blood all over my foot and in between my toes," said Tara Savage. According to professor of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Ryan Hechinger, "They are called excirolana chilto." Hechinger explained, "They're nothing bad. They are part of the natural ecosystem. What use are they? They eat dead fish, so it doesn’t stink like dead fish in the water." What should you do if these sea creatures bother you: Get out of the water! To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (CBS News 8)

Today in San Diego:

• Progressive Strength, Balance and Flexibility Training (à la carte) — San Diego Oasis. (9:30 a.m.)
• Watercolor Magic — Ed Brown Center for the Next Generation of Seniors. (10 a.m.)
• Signing Pajama Storytime — Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library. (1 p.m.)
• Farmers' Market — Pacific Beach. (3 p.m.)
• Storytime for All Ages — Carmel Valley Branch Library. (4 p.m.)
• Peering into the Profession of Pharmacy — SDPL Virtual Branch (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• San Diego Police Department: "Why are dog🐶barks so loud? They have built in sub-woofers. #DadJokes" (San Diego Police Department via Facebook)
• Visit San Diego: "Who's ready for some Coronado kayaking and bay bridge views? 🛶 📷 IG: kristinforbescreative" (Visit San Diego via Facebook)
• Feeding San Diego: "All are welcome to attend Feeding San Diego's mobile pantry food 🥫 distributions. Here are the September and October calendars to find a mobile🚚 pantry near you. For more information or to find other food distributions, use our Find Food Map: https://bit.ly/3v9oY5D" (Feeding San Diego via Facebook)
• San Diego Central Library: "Did you just finish reading a great book and are not sure what to read next? Then Matchbook is for you! Take a few minutes to fill out our personalized reading profile, and let the library help you. You will receive a personalized list 🗒️of authors and titles recommended just for you. The more information you give us, the more we can match your tastes with books📚 curated just for you." (San Diego Central Library via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Tuesday off right. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Bettyann Pernice

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