🌱 Why a top Lakers prospect is headed for more minutes in El Segundo
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In today's newsletter:
- Why a top Lakers prospect is headed for more minutes in El Segundo
- How El Segundo refinery life inspired a striking new poem
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 53 degrees.
- Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 68, low: 55.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lakers Demote Promising Recent Draft Pick (idahostatesman.com) — A Lakers prospect is being reassigned to the South Bay Lakers, giving him a fresh chance to earn significant minutes right here in El Segundo. The move follows his struggle to crack JJ Redick’s main rotation and comes as roster maneuvering ramps up around league trade eligibility dates. 
• Making of a Poem: Millicent Borges Accardi on 'Good Tank Farms' by Millicent Borges Accardi (theparisreview.org) — A longtime refinery technical writer recalls supporting Chevron facilities from El Segundo to Mississippi and channels that blue-collar experience into her poem “Good Tank Farms.” She explains how real refinery locations, culture, and tank farms inspired the poem’s imagery and structure. Local readers get a rare, reflective look at industrial work life partly rooted in El Segundo.
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Winter Sing
Center Street Elementary El Segundo, CA 90245
8:30 am
Thursday December 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
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Teen Study Hall
Manhattan Beach Library , 1320 Highland Ave , Manhattan Beach
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Smarty Pants Storytime
Masao W. Satow Library , 14433 Crenshaw Blvd , Gardena
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Reading Buddies
Lawndale Library , 14615 Burin Ave , Lawndale
4:30 pm -
Winter Concert
Casimir Middle Torrance, CA 90504
5:00 pm -
Basketball, Girls JV @ Palos Verdes
North High , 600 Cloyden Road , Palos Verdes Estates
5:30 pm -
RBUSD Regular Board of Education Meeting (OPEN SESSION: 5:30 P.M.)
RBUSD Board Room , 1401 Inglewood Avenue , Redondo Beach
5:30 pm -
Giant Menorah Lighting at the Redondo Beach Civic Center
Redondo Beach , 415 Diamond St , Redondo Beach
5:30 pm -
Read With STAR Volunteer Suze
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
6:00 pm -
DIY Book Wreath for Adults
Wiseburn Library , 5335 W 135th St , Hawthorne
6:00 pm -
The Naughty Novel Society eBook Club
Lawndale Library , 14615 Burin Ave , Lawndale
6:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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🗞 Nearby News
Manhattan Beach
- Manhattan Beach To Consider Temporarily Allowing Short-Term Rentals Citywide (patch.com)
- Beach Cities Toy Drive Celebrates 33 Years of Giving (thembnews.com)
Inglewood
- Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour is the highest-grossing solo tour of the year, says Billboard (news3lv.com)
- Rams fan tumbles down several rows after trying to kick spectator in wild stadium scene (nypost.com)
- What to Stream: 'Emily in Paris,' iHeartRadio Jingle Ball, 'Him,' Peter Criss and Riz Ahmed (fredericksburg.com)
Redondo Beach
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