SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Tuesday morning to resupply the International Space Station; the mission will be visible from South Carolina if weather permits. Forecasters predict a powerful El Ni\u00f1o system will bring rainy and wet weather to the state this winter, potentially providing relief to drought-stricken areas. A new conveyor belt sushi restaurant has opened in Mount Pleasant and is drawing long lines with its Japanese kaiten-style dining experience.<\/p>\n
We’re going to catch you up on these and other top stories from The Post and Courier for Monday, Oct. 12.<\/p>\n
SpaceX launch Tuesday morning will be visible in SC. Here’s when you can wake up to see it.<\/p>\n
SpaceX<\/a> is launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:33 a.m. on Oct. 13 to send supplies to the International Space Station. The rocket will be visible from South Carolina after launch; the International Space Station will also be visible for seven minutes starting at 6:33 a.m. Visibility depends on weather and launch direction, with views along the coast and over waterways offering the best vantage points.<\/p>\n Forecasters call for a rainy and wet winter in SC. It might bring some much-needed relief.<\/p>\n A powerful El Ni\u00f1o system is expected to funnel rainy and wet weather over South Carolina this winter<\/a> into early spring, according to AccuWeather forecasts. The wetter weather could bring needed relief to the drought-stricken region, as much of the state is under moderate or severe drought following the state’s driest fall-spring period in 131 years. Strong coastal storms during late winter could also increase the risk of coastal flooding and erosion.<\/p>\n Conveyor belt sushi restaurant opens in Mount Pleasant. Here’s what to expect.<\/p>\n Revolving Sushi Kingdom<\/a>, which made its debut in September at Mount Pleasant Towne Center, features a conveyor belt carrying nigiri, sushi rolls, dumplings and other items through its dining room in a 15-minute loop. Patrons can grab plates priced at $4.95 or order from iPads at their tables. Owner Anna Chen and chef Hang Li source high-quality fish from Japan, including whole bluefin tunas broken down in-house to maintain freshness.<\/p>\n See more photos of the new restaurant.<\/a><\/p>\n Charleston board OKs request to remove 25 trees in West Ashley for affordable housing<\/p>\n Charleston’s board of zoning appeals unanimously approved a request to remove 25 grand trees<\/a> for an affordable housing project near Ashley River Road and Dogwood Road. The development by Palmetto Homes will include approximately 100 for-sale housing units, with 75 percent designated as affordable housing. The board approved the request with conditions including installing protective fencing, implementing a protection plan and planting replacement trees.<\/p>\n Former Herd Provisions chef lands a new Charleston cooking gig. It\u2019s not at a traditional restaurant.<\/p>\n Jeanne Oleksiak, the longtime executive chef at Herd Provisions before its November 2025 closure, is now serving as executive chef at Marsh & Meadow<\/a>, a restaurant inside Tidewater, a members-only club. She has been able to continue her seasonal, local-first approach at the new venue and hosts multi-course supper clubs for members. Those without membership can access her cooking through Marsh & Meadow at Home, a meal delivery and pick-up service available through shop.tidewaterchs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n This news briefing was created with the assistance of AI to summarize stories. The briefing was edited by a Post and Courier journalist before it was published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Tuesday morning to resupply the International Space Station;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[7177,58629,369858,121088,369857,79,5614,193,1513,2986,96828],"class_list":["post-880198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-affordable-housing","tag-el-nino","tag-herd-provisions","tag-mount-pleasant","tag-revolving-sushi-kingdom","tag-science","tag-south-carolina","tag-space","tag-spacex","tag-weather","tag-west-ashley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}