🌱 Drive-Thru Prayer Is Back! + HB Chooses 100% Renewable Tier

Rise and shine, Huntington Beach, and happy World Hippo Day! Let's get you all caught up to start this Tuesday, February 15 off on an informed note.

The friendly folks who would love to pray with you are back. Also, businesses may deal with OCPA as soon as April. Finally, officials might revisit the classroom mask mandate on February 28.

First, today's weather:

Decreasing clouds. High: 62 Low: 45.

Here are the top five stories today in Huntington Beach:

1. The Huntington Beach Church's Drive-thru prayer program is back and active! If you drove down near 8121 Ellis Avenue Saturday morning, you probably saw the volunteers holding up signs advertising the service. “The group holds these drive-in prayers twice each month on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.” (HB News)
2. The Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) announced Monday that, once launched, it “expects to be the greenest Community Choice Energy program in the State of California.” HB, along with Buena Park and Irvine, has signed on for the 100% renewable energy tier. Fullerton opted for the 70% tier. Commercial services will launch in April, while residential clients come onboard in the fall. (OC Breeze)
3. What’s going on with masks in the classroom? At this time, school districts are waiting to hear when a mask mandate might turn into a mask recommendation. “On February 28, we will reassess the data,” said the Secretary of the state Health and Human Services department. It is important to note that, at this time, officials “aren’t tying their reevaluation of the mask mandate to how many kids get vaccinated.” (Voice of OC)
4. The Attorney General told Juggernaut Tactical on Friday to stop “selling assault weapons to consumers and distributing them to firearms dealers in the state.” At issue is the “Featureless Series” of products. The AG asserts that “Juggernaut is currently selling on its website a series of rifles that the company designed with the intention of skirting California’s definition of an assault weapon.” (OAG)
5. On Friday, there was a fatal shooting in a home “around the 1300 block of E. Wilshire Avenue” near Fullerton College. A 26-year-old male was fatally shot, whereas a 45-year-old female was wounded. The investigation is ongoing. (Hornet)

Today in Huntington Beach:

• Valentine's with Minnie at Pacific City (10 AM)
• Time Management: How To Avoid Wasting Time (online) (11 AM)
• Rebecca Campbell: Painting Feminine Power at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion (11 AM to 4 PM)
• Waldorf 101: Explore the Waldorf Curriculum from EC through HS (11 AM)
• Comedy Night at Gallagher's Pub (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Did you see our Huntington Harbour's blue parakeet? If found, please call 714-943-4009. (Nextdoor)
• An Adams neighbor is looking for a working professional to rent 1 bedroom out of a newly remodeled townhome. The townhome is located walking distance from several major shopping centers and grocery stores. (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.