Good morning, this is Virginia Beach Local Pulse for Saturday, October 11th, 2025. We're waking up to overcast skies and about sixty-six degrees, humidity at eighty percent, and a steady east wind at twelve miles per hour. As we start the weekend, the big weather story is a high surf advisory going into effect tonight at seven, along with a coastal flood watch starting tomorrow morning. City officials have responded by opening parking garages at Town Center early, urging us to park off the street if we live near Atlantic Avenue or Great Neck Road. Expect breezy conditions throughout the day, with rain chances climbing as we move into the afternoon and evening and wind gusts reaching up to thirty miles an hour by dinnertime. If you have outdoor plans, consider shifting them indoors. This system should linger through Sunday with heavy rain and stronger winds, so keep an eye on local alerts and be safe if you’re heading to the oceanfront.Turning to city hall, council met yesterday and fast-tracked emergency funding for flood prevention and cleanup crews, prioritizing neighborhoods in the Red Mill and Lynnhaven areas. This comes as several street segments—especially along Shore Drive—are at risk for water over the weekend. City planners also voted to start digital permit testing for municipal parking, hoping to ease congestion especially near the Boardwalk and college campuses. Now, the big buzz on Atlantic Park today is Pharrell Williams' pop-up shop, where the line wrapped around the block before sunrise. Fans have come from as far as New York hoping to score his new Adidas Jellyfish sneakers in green and gray, each going for three hundred dollars. The pop-up’s Sunsations beach shop theme is getting rave reviews, and you can grab gear from Pharrell’s VIRGINIA brand until five this evening. Just expect traffic and packed sidewalks near 16th and Atlantic Avenue.On the business front, the job market added nearly two hundred new postings this week, mainly in health care, hospitality, and digital services, with several local hotels and tech startups along Laskin Road now hiring. Real estate continues its climb—average home prices are up just over three percent from last month, with most new listings clustered near Princess Anne and the Town Center area.For entertainment, Jared Farrell performed on Coast Live yesterday, bringing soulful energy and drawing crowds from Pembroke to Sandbridge. The Neptune Festival wraps this Sunday, and despite stormy conditions, organizers say most events will move to indoor spaces like the Convention Center and museums along 19th Street. We’re also looking forward to the Virginia Beach Folk and Music Festival kicking off downtown on Monday.In sports, our local high school soccer teams delivered wins again this week: Ocean Lakes edged out First Colonial on a late Friday goal, while Cox High took the city volleyball title, capping another unbeaten season. Beach League baseball sent three standouts to USA Baseball’s regional identification series, putting Virginia Beach talent on the national stage.For today's crime report, police responded to a burglary last night on Birdneck Road—no injuries, but patrols have increased in that corridor, so residents are advised to stay alert and report anything suspicious. There are no major public safety alerts elsewhere, but enhanced patrols will continue along the Boardwalk over the stormy weekend.And for a feel-good story, a team of volunteers rallied on Rosemont Road this morning, delivering care packages to seniors ahead of the storm. Their dedication reminds us how much our community comes together during uncertain weather.Thank you for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a beat. This has been Virginia Beach Local Pulse. We’ll see you tomorrow with more local updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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