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Morning Coronado! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How would Alexia Palacios-Peters spend new Basic Aid dollars?
  • USS Abraham Lincoln sailors finally reunite with families in Coronado.
  • How Coronado families welcomed USS Lincoln sailors home after 10 months

Also on today's calendar: Heartland Coin Show and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 77 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Rachel, temps: high: 73, low: 65.
  • Monday: A couple of showers, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Alexia Palacios-Peters champions collaboration, facilities improvement, and tech review in bid for school board reelection (coronadotimes.com) — Coronado residents get a detailed look at school board president Alexia Palacios-Peters' priorities as she seeks reelection, from managing the district's shift to Basic Aid funding to tackling aging facilities and classroom technology. She highlights plans for HVAC and solar upgrades, tighter tech guidelines, and strong support for military families, drawing on her legal background and daily experience as a CUSD parent.
   

• ICE's secret database, Hurricane Isaias and more news to know Friday (usatoday.com) — Coronado families welcomed the USS Abraham Lincoln home this week after a grueling 321-day deployment, reuniting roughly 5,000 sailors with loved ones, including more than 120 fathers meeting their children for the first time. The broader national newsletter also covers an investigation into ICE's protester tracking and Hurricane Isaias' approach to the Gulf Coast, but Coronado's homecoming moment stands out locally.
   

• After months of hardship at sea, USS Lincoln sailors get rock-star welcome (charlotteobserver.com) — Sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln finally returned to Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado after a grueling 10‑month deployment, including a record 265 days at sea. Coronado-area families described food shortages and low morale aboard ship, but those worries gave way to emotional reunions, live music, and community support as more than a hundred sailors met their children for the first time.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Fox Restaurants Concepts, LLC posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Coronado. Apply here.
  • Hilton posted a job opening for Food and Beverage Supervisor (Seasonal), Babcock & Story - Hotel del Coronado, A Curio Collection by Hilton in Coronado. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coronado here.

🗞 Nearby News

National City

  • County supervisors advance proposed film initiative program (thecoastnews.com)
  • National City mother prepares special welcome home for son aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (10news.com)
  • Skin in the game: Padres fan wears his art on his sleeve … and leg and thigh and stomach (modbee.com)

Imperial Beach

  • Three-Way Mayoral Race Threatens Democrats' Bid for Control in Imperial Beach – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)
  • U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard deter dangerous maritime border crossing (cbp.gov)

Chula Vista

  • Motorcycle rider suffers life-threatening injuries in Chula Vista crash (fox5sandiego.com)

Ok Coronado! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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