$28M Winning Lotto Ticket | Dolphin Megapod: Saturday Smiles

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Happy Memorial Day weekend! Here are some positive stories to brighten your days off —

$28 Million Winning Lotto Ticket Sold In San Diego County

• The SuperLotto Plus numbers were drawn Saturday evening.

WATCH: 3 Fat, Happy Sea Lions Head Out To Sea In Laguna Beach

• Watch Tinky, Eden, & Bucky, rescued and rehabilitated by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, frolic back into the Pacific Ocean on Friday.

SEE: Dolphin Megapod Dine On 'Bait Ball' Of Fish Off Dana Point

• See this dolphin megapod, caught on an underwater camera, dining on bait-fish. Over 1,000 dolphins are at play in Orange County waters.

PHOTOS: Beaumont USD Students Take A Stand For Grad Ceremonies

• The students don't want to see 2020 graduation ceremonies postponed.

San Diego Padres Congratulate Graduating Seniors In Video Message

• "We are thankful our hometown team came through for our students as they move on to the next stage of their lives."

Mission Viejo Grads Replace Yard Signs, Buoyed By Support

• A neighborhood woke Wednesday to find their graduation announcements missing from their front yards. The next day, a community united.

Food and Restaurant News

San Diego County Gets Approval For In-Person Dining, Shopping

• California approved the county's request to allow dining at restaurants and in-store shopping, both with social distancing restrictions.

Laguna Beach's Forest Avenue Goes Pedestrian, Outdoor Dining

• What will it take to save Laguna Beach's restaurants? Open-air dining is one possibility being explored by the city council.

Pasta Sisters Donates Comfort Food To Those In Need

• The family-owned restaurant & pasta shop provided 160 scaloppine dinners to Grace Lutheran Church's "Grace Diner" program in Culver City.

Fresh Brothers Expands To San Gabriel Valley With Pasadena Shop

• Need a new pizza option? This SoCal chain is serving up pizza pies, salads, sliders, wings and more on a to-go and delivery basis.

Make Funnel Cakes At Home: A Patch Recipe Share

• Whip up this treat in your kitchen, and feel like you've been transported to a summer fair or a day at the beach in Santa Monica.

Frontline & Medical

Legoland California Honors NYC Coronavirus Frontline Heroes

• A master model builder at the closed Carlsbad-based theme park designed a special scene in a miniature LEGO version of the Big Apple.

SDSU Offers Free Online Courses For First Responders

• The SDSU Gives Back program is designed to help San Diego's police officers, firefighters and health care workers continue their education.

OC Firefighters Survive Coronavirus Donate Plasma To Save Others

• These first responders are fully recovered and have signed up for convalescent plasma programs.

$75M In Coronavirus Funding Arrives For North County Hospitals

• Funding is available for the UC San Diego Medical Center, Tri-City Hospital, Scripps Green Hospital and Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.

Biotechnology Students Making A Difference At Coastline College

• During the coronavirus pandemic, these biotech students are applying what they have learned on 3d printers with real-world applications.

Small Business Network, Supervisor Fletcher Team Up For Reopening

• Nathan Fletcher and the development center are partnering to assist small business owners with reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

San Diego City, County Direct $10M To Essential Worker Childcare

• Funding will be distributed through vouchers, which will remain available until the funds are fully exhausted.

Securitas Job Fair Announced For San Diego County

• A drive-thru career fair for jobs in and around San Diego is slated next week.

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