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🌱 Patch AM: How an Encinitas lawmaker is elevating lifeguards to first-responder status

Also, don't miss 2026 LeucadiART WALK on the Encinitas Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How an Encinitas lawmaker is elevating lifeguards to first-responder status

Also on today's calendar: 2026 LeucadiART WALK and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Humid, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 71.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ocean and open water lifeguards in California should be considered first responders, lawmakers say (mercurynews.com) — Encinitas State Sen. Catherine Blakespear is helping lead a new California resolution recognizing ocean and open-water lifeguards as first responders, a move advocates hope will influence federal law. The measure doesn't immediately change pay or benefits but aims to strengthen public understanding of lifeguards' lifesaving role and build momentum for better compensation, mental health protections, and priority access to vaccines during future emergencies.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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