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🌱 Patch AM: Drug Take Back Day: Where To Drop Off Prescription Medications In Imperial Beach

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In today's newsletter:

  • Safely clear out old prescriptions at Imperial Beach’s take-back event
  • How new midday power discounts could cut Imperial Beach electric bills

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 69, low: 54.
  • Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Drug Take Back Day: Where To Drop Off Prescription Medications In Imperial Beach (patch.com) — Imperial Beach residents can safely dispose of unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25, with a convenient drop-off at the Imperial Beach Sheriff’s Substation. The free, anonymous event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and aims to prevent medication misuse, with year-round drop-off options also available at sheriff’s stations.    

• Daytime super off-peak rates coming to SDG&E and community choice customers (sandiegouniontribune.com) — If you live in Imperial Beach and get power through SDG&E or a community choice program, you’ll soon pay the lowest rates from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays. Starting May 1, expanded “super off-peak” hours reward shifting appliance use and EV charging to midday, when cleaner solar energy is most available.    


📸 Around Imperial Beach

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Imperial Beach

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    Thursday April 23
  • Spring into STEAM: It’s Not Magic, It’s Science
    Otay Mesa Branch Library , 3003 Coronado Ave. , San Diego
    10:00 am
  • Baby Sign Storytime w/Miss Monta!
    San Ysidro Branch Library , 4235 Beyer Blvd , San Diego
    11:30 am
  • Get Crafty with Miss Gaby!
    San Ysidro Branch Library , 4235 Beyer Blvd , San Diego
    4:00 pm
  • Varsity Softball @ Crawford
    Will C. Crawford Senior High School , 4191 Colts Way , San Diego
    4:00 pm
  • Friday April 24
  • SEWING BASICS: Make an Crab Zipper Pouch
    San Ysidro Branch Library , 4235 Beyer Blvd , San Diego
    2:00 pm
  • Gymnastics vs Westview/Torrey Pines
    Torrey Pines High School , 3710 Del Mar Heights Rd , San Diego
    4:00 pm
  • JV Boys Volleyball @ Santana
    Santana High School , 9915 N Magnolia Ave , Santee
    5:00 pm
  • Varsity Boys Volleyball @ Santana
    Santana High School , 9915 N Magnolia Ave , Santee
    6:30 pm

📣 Imperial Beach Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday April 22
  • PH Friends of the Library Meeting
    Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego
    12:00 pm
  • Coronado Job Fair
    Coronado Public Library , 640 Orange Ave , Coronado
    12:00 pm
  • Teen IDEA Lab /Laboratorio de Ideas para Adolescentes
    Logan Heights Branch Library , 567 South 28th Street , San Diego
    2:30 pm
  • DO YOUR HOMEWORK @ THE LIBRARY
    Logan Heights Branch Library , 567 S. 28th St. , San Diego
    3:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.


 

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • A large male bobcat chased the female into a tree at the dairy mart pond trail today at 2 pm.
    This is by the west pond. She stayed up there for over 2 hours. The crows were agitated and that was something to see!!! Amazing wild animals! (Nextdoor Central IB)
  • Absolutely HORRIBLE.
    I was woken up at 3AM to the absolutely horrendous smell of sewage. Completely unacceptable and disgusting. I couldn't breathe. I consistently have a… (Nextdoor Bayside)
  • Big 5 Sporting Goods posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Part Time in Imperial Beach. Apply here.
  • Kimco Facility Services, LLC posted a job opening for Janitorial Crew Member in National City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Imperial Beach here.

🗞 Nearby News

National City

  • Neighbors Move to Reclaim Land Under Freeway in National City (obrag.org)
  • San Diego County's first and only cannabis lounge nears one-year anniversary (cbs8.com)
  • Stiiizy Steadily Expanding Retail Footprint (shankennewsdaily.com)

Coronado

San Diego

  • Sheriff's Office To Host Prescription Drug Take Back Day (patch.com)

Ok Imperial Beach! 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: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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