Five Things to Know Today: Friday, July 1

1) The Fourth of July weekend is starting up. If you haven’t made plans yet, check out the weekend planner coming up later today.

2) The beach recycling program is going to be implemented soon. See where the will be put up.

3) Do you know any great hidden areas on the beach? Let us know about it so we can write about it on .

4) Know of an animal that needs help or a home? Let know so she can write about them as our 

5) Here's your Friday Forecast. It’ll be mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected and highs will be in the upper 80s and the chance of rain is 60 percent.