🌱 Vans Skatepark Opens + Warner's Sweet Elle’s Reopened, Too!

Hello, neighbors, and happy National Groundhog Day! Sylvia here with today's issue of the Huntington Beach Daily.

Time to get out your skateboard or BMX gear! Also, one of two Sweet Elle’s is open again. Finally, there are very few houses for sale.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 65 Low: 44.

Here are the top five stories today in Huntington Beach:

1. Vans Skatepark reopened Tuesday. Situated at 7471 Center Avenue, it is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting. By the way, Wednesday is BMX day! (surfcityusa, VANS)
2. Sweet Elle’s at 5141 Warner Avenue celebrated its grand reopening and 14th anniversary last Saturday. Plenty of folks were on hand for the ribbon-cutting. They included Mayor Barbara Delgleize and the original Meadowlark Airport owners. (Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce, Sweet Elle)
3. Insiders consider Orange County’s housing inventory “catastrophically low.” We learned Monday that the OC had “roughly 1,100 active homes” on the market. Median home prices are around $935,000. While the market is red-hot, an increase in interest rates “may help cool down home buying activity.” (Spectrum News 1)
4. Will Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) drivers go on strike? Insiders said Tuesday that “labor negotiations have stalled between the region’s public transit agency and the union representing roughly 600 bus drivers.” Areas of disagreement include rest periods and breaks. (Voice of OC)
5. You have an opportunity to volunteer Saturday at the Monarch Nature Trail. Going from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., you can help with restoring the habitat that is the “old Navy railroad right-of-way in North Huntington Beach.” If you miss Saturday, you’ll have another opportunity to help out on March 5 and April 2. (HBN)

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Today in Huntington Beach:

• Afternoon Bounce House Event at Seabreeze Church (1:30 PM to 3:30 PM)
• Open Studio at Pinot's Palette (3 PM to 5 PM)
• Happy Hour at Off The Wall Social (4 PM to 7 PM10 PM to Close)
• Huntington Beach Adult School presents Fight Less, Connect More (online) (5 PM)
• Free Trivia! Wednesdays at Cruisers Pizza Bar Grill (8 PM)

From my notebook:

• A Yorktown neighbor is looking for a bakery. “Great Dane” off Warner is closed! (Nextdoor)
• Our Beach North neighbor is looking for an amazing one time housekeeper for a deep cleaning and also a handyman painter to paint a couple bathrooms and small bedroom. (Nextdoor)
• A Seabridge neighbor is looking for a hairdresser who comes to the house. (Nextdoor)
• An Estates at Seacliff neighbor is looking for a new veterinarian. They'd love some recommendations. (Nextdoor)
• A Suburbia Park neighbor is missing an older black/gray female lab around the Brookhurst/Atlanta/Rivertrail area. Please call 714 222-0661 if found TIA (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday. See you all tomorrow 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.