🌱A Once In A Lifetime Event + Water Contamination + SD Welcome Week🦋

Good morning, neighbors. Bettyann Pernice here with what's going on around San Diego:

• It was a once in a lifetime event. What was it? 🦈
• Water🌊Contamination — Check out the state of the waters around SD.
• SD Welcome Week🦋— It's the day we set aside to welcome refugees and immigrants.

First, today's weather:

Areas of low🌤️clouds, and high💦humidity. High: 79, Low: 72.

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

1. “Insane.” “Look at this thing!” “Are you kidding me?” These phrases were uttered by passengers on the Privateer, who saw a 25-foot long massive whale🦈shark off the coast of San Diego. The shark may have been amused by the onlookers watching it as it swam around the boat. The passengers certainly loved it. The moment was captured by Captain Bryan McGrory, who steers the ship for San Diego Whale Watch. “[This is] extremely rare,” said McGrory. “I’m thinking it’s a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.” To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (NBC San Diego)
2. Before you venture out to the🌊beach this week, you should be aware that San Diego County has warned beachgoers to avoid the water due to contamination from storm runoff. “It can be trash that moves into the beaches, we see that in normal time, and those can carry various types of bacteria,” said Simone Fraid, who is part of Surfriders Foundation San Diego. The foundation advises that animal💩waste, fertilizers, pesticides, and bacteria foul the beaches in a concentrated mass before dispersing into the ocean. San Diego County department of environmental health advises that the beaches should be avoided for 72 hours after the rainfall. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (CBS News 8)
3. It’s ‘Welcome Week’ in the City of San Diego. It's a time to welcome new refugees and migrants to our area. According to Mayor Todd Gloria: ‘San Diego is a welcoming city.’ If you wish to participate in the welcoming, you can pick up butterfly🦋templates at your local library. Color the butterfly and write your welcoming note for a newcomer. The butterflies will be distributed through community organizations throughout the City of San Diego. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (NBC San Diego)

Today in San Diego:

• The Feminist Challenge to Freud (Online) — CECRB. (10 a.m.)
• 🤟Signs at Play! — San Diego Public Library/Central Library. (11:45 a.m.)
• Social Security — San Diego Oasis. (1 p.m.)
• Beginning📜Genealogy — Mira Mesa Branch Library. (1:30 p.m.)
• Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology: a Birds and the Bees Event — San Diego Public Library/Central Library. (2 p.m.)
• DO YOUR🏫HOMEWORK @ THE LIBRARY — San Diego Public Library/Central Library. (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• San Diego👮Police Department: "After the heat we had last week, it was great to spend time in the park with our community at Peace in the Park in Encanto! It was a fun family event that gave us time to reconnect with everyone. We had inflatables, live music, a car show, and more!" (San Diego Police Department via Facebook)
• San Diego🐕Humane Society: "Did you know that 1 out of every 3 pets will get lost at some point in their lifetime? To help keep pets safe, all San Diego Humane Society licenses come equipped with DocuPet's HomeSafe™ 24/7 lost pet service, which has successfully reunited thousands of lost pets with their owners! Lost pets wearing valid license tags get home faster, which opens up valuable shelter space for animals in our community." (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• San Diego Central📖Library: "The fifth floor Virtual Travel Center's puzzle table is a hit. 🧩 Just last week this beautiful 1000 piece puzzle was completed with the help of library user Bear. Huge shout-out to his patience, especially in that forest section! 😉 Interested? A new one just came out, so come upstairs and have a try!" (San Diego Central Library via Facebook)
• San Diego County Library: "Learning a new language is possible with🥭Mango! Check out this and other resources at sdcl.org/elibrary #mango #elibrary #SDCL #libraries" (San Diego County Library via Facebook)
• Downtown San Diego Partnership: "Did you know graffiti removal is one of our specialties? This East Village mural is looking good as new thanks to our Clean & Safe👍team. If you see any places in your neighborhood that need this kind of attention, contact info@improvedtsd.org." (Downtown San Diego Partnership via Facebook)
• Library Foundation SD: "Shout Your Abortion is happening NOW! And there’s still time to attend this important conversation about reproductive health 🩺 at San Diego Central Library. See below for in-person event times and LIVE💻streaming options. Begins at noon." (Library Foundation SD via Facebook)

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Now, you're in the➰loop and ready to start this Monday off right. I'll see you soon!

— Bettyann Pernice

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