​🌱 Street 'Takeovers' + SD Beach Water Quality +​ Urban Corps Grant

Good morning, everybody. It's Friday in San Diego and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening in the community today. Let's have at it.

First, today's weather:

Areas of fog, then sun. High: 75, Low: 66.

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

1. Racing stunt drivers have taken over intersections around the county. Publicized through social media, these takeovers have resulted in traffic jams and death. Criminal charges have been brought against both drivers and spectators. "Being a spectator [at such an event] is a misdemeanor under the municipal code," said San Diego police Lt. Adam Sharki. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (NBC San Diego)
2. Summer is here and you want to go for a swim in the ocean, right? Do you know if the water at your local beach is clean, or polluted? Maybe it is time for you to find out. Before you choose a beach, check out the list of good and bad beaches at ‘Heal The Bay.” To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Times of San Diego)
3. Urban Corps has received $1.5 million in funding. Some of the funds from the Cal Fire Urban and Community Forestry Program will go to Tree Corps, to train members in the Urban Corps in urban forestry careers. Some of the funds will go to planting 1,538 trees in locations throughout San Diego. “New to Urban Corps’ tree planting efforts is the inclusion of the urban forestry career pathway program Tree Corps,” said Kyle Kennedy, the local Urban Corps CEO. “Thanks to our partnership with Cal Fire, this new program will give our Corps members an incredible opportunity to learn important job skills first-hand and get trained and certified to be placed in urban forestry jobs.” To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Times of San Diego)

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Today in San Diego:

• Music Performance: Hullabaloo — Mission Hills Branch Library. (10 a.m.)
• Live Interactive Video Preschool/Kindergarten Storytime with Mr. Luan — Linda Vista Branch Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• SDPL @ City of SD Career & Job Fair — San Diego Public Library Outreach. (11 a.m.)
• NGLCC LGBT Sip & Pitch Fridays — Pride Edition. (Noon)
• Science Club — Weingart City Heights Library. (4 p.m.)
• SD Nights Online: Paint Night — City of San Diego Parks & Recreation. (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• San Diego Humane Society: "Five gorgeous puppies were abandoned in a box. They were hungry so we gave them feedings around the clock. We've bathed them, gave them medical care, and lots of love." Now we need your help to give them names. (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• San Diego Police Department: "Meet Officer Akilah Coston, a member of LGBTQ community. Coston is with our Neighborhood Policing/Homeless Outreach Division and LGBTQ liaison. We asked Officer Coston about the importance of PRIDE to her, and she said, 'PRIDE is important to me because I remember a time in my life when I couldn't be PROUD.' Celebrate PRIDE month." (San Diego Police Department via Facebook)
• City of San Diego: Want to improve your home gardening? Learn how worms provide nutrient-rich castings for your gardens. (City of San Diego via Facebook)
• San Diego Central Library: Gender is not a simple binary. It is a wide spectrum of experiences. Library staffer, Craig Wimberly, discusses the work of gender-nonconforming writer and artist, ALOK. Hear the podcast. (San Diego Central Library via Facebook)

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Events:

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• Start of Lionheart Academy's Summer Camp Season. (June 27)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Friday! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— Bettyann Pernice

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