CITYSCAPE ROUNDUP:Expect night road closures

Nighttime traffic at Warner Avenue and Magnolia Street will run into some snags this week, as utility workers block lanes on both streets.

Repairs will close lanes and left-turn pockets from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting tonight; only one lane will be open in each direction, on each street, through those hours.

Repairs are expected to last through Tuesday morning. During the days, all lanes will be open as the digging will be covered over with metal plates.

Clear local beaches of debris at Coastal Cleanup Day

Residents who want to leave local beaches a little cleaner than they found them are invited to join thousands of volunteers Saturday for California Coastal Cleanup Day.

The 23rd annual statewide event is the yearly culmination of the California Coastal Commission’s Adopt-a-Beach program, and volunteers clear their local beaches of pollution and marine debris.

Cleanup sites include Bolsa Chica State Beach, Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington City Beach and Huntington State Beach Reserve.

For information about the Bolsa Chica State Beach event, call (714) 536-1454; for information about the wetlands event, call (714) 846-1114 or (714) 840-1575; for information about the Huntington City Beach cleanup, call Tim Dugan at (714) 536-5614; and to ask about the Huntington State Beach Reserve cleanup, call (714) 536-1454.

For information about the cleanup in general, call (800) COAST4U.

All events last from 9 a.m. to noon, and pre-registration is available but not required.

For the city beach, meet on the north side of the municipal pier. All ages are welcome, and bags and gloves will be available for free.

Make sure to wear sunscreen and comfortable clothes to work in.

Education program aims to reduce child abductions

A local martial arts studio is holding a Child Safety Open House later this month, its stated goal to reduce child abductions.

The Sept. 29 program starts at 11 a.m. that day, but registration is required by Sept. 20.

Brent Ellison Taekwondo USA will present a program called “Kidz in Power,” which teaches self defense, role-playing encounters with strangers, ways to deal with bullies and ID cards for kids.

The event is part of the American Taekwondo Assn.’s Child Safety Month, and features the association’s collaboration with an AMBER Alert notification website.

To register or for more information, contact Brent Ellison at (714) 840-6407, or e-mail [email protected].

Parking lots filled quickly over Labor Day weekend

More than 300,000 people flocked to Huntington City Beach over Labor Day Weekend, according to city reports. Parking lots filled quickly, with 12,573 cars parking in beach lots and another 8,203 at the Main Street city lot; some visitors were forced to park up to a mile inland.

Some spots were filled by those trying to save parking spaces or RV owners extending pop-outs into open spaces; such actions are illegal, and city workers informed those who tried to do so.