🌱 Patch AM: Why were 16th Street’s terrifying ‘slab’ waves nearly empty last weekend?

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In today's newsletter:

• Why were 16th Street’s terrifying ‘slab’ waves nearly empty last weekend?

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 66 and low of 57 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy with a brief shower, temps: high: 69, low: 58.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 62 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Silva and friends charge 16th Street Hermosa Beach ‘slab' waves (easyreadernews.com) — Heavy ‘slab’ waves at Hermosa Beach’s 16th Street drew local-raised charger Dayton Silva back from Encinitas for a risky, three-hour barrel-hunting session. Joined by other South Bay standouts and an off-duty lifeguard who aided a hypothermic swimmer, Silva is already eyeing the next big New Year’s swell to light up this challenging sandbar again.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• "First Fridays" with PTA
  Fern Elementary Torrance, CA 90503
  8:30 am

Saturday January 3

• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
  1:00 pm
• Swim Lessons: Parent-Child 6-36 months - Torrance, CA 2026
  Torrance-South Bay YMCA , 2900 Sepulveda Blvd , Torrance
  3:25 pm

Monday January 5

• 80th Day of School: Dress like the 80's
  William Green Elementary Lawndale, CA 90260
  8:30 am
• Zumba Mon-Thu (1/5-1/8) - Hawthorne, CA 2026
  Betty Ainsworth Sports Center , 3851 W El Segundo Blvd , Hawthorne
  7:30 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  12:30 pm
• Girls Basketball Game
  Betty Ainsworth Sports Center , 3851 W El Segundo Blvd , Hawthorne
  4:30 pm
• Soccer, Girls JV vs Peninsula
  North High , 3620 W. 182nd St. , Torrance
  5:00 pm
• Basketball, Boys FS vs South Torrance
  North High , 3620 W. 182nd St. , Torrance
  5:00 pm
• Water Polo, Girls VR @ South Torrance
  North High , 2320 Crenshaw Blvd , Torrance
  5:30 pm
• Basketball, Girls VR @ Mira Costa
  North High , 1401 Artesia Blvd. , Manhattan Beach
  5:30 pm
• Boys Basketball Game
  Betty Ainsworth Sports Center , 3851 W El Segundo Blvd , Hawthorne
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Redondo Beach will be changing their centuries old sign, the guide to King Harbor.
  I like and look forward to the design of the new sign, so I thought I would take a few pics of the old one before it is changed. (Nextdoor Hermosa Beach Sand)

• Redondo Beach Unified School District posted a job opening for Child Development Teacher - Part Time Position CDC #40 REPOST in Redondo Beach. Apply here.
• City of Redondo Beach California posted a job opening for Police Cadet (Part Time) in Redondo Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hermosa Beach here.

🗞 Nearby News

Redondo Beach

• Redondo Beach Planning Commission rejects mixed-use project at 401 Pacific Coast Highway (urbanize.city)

Manhattan Beach

• Why This 40% More Efficient Home Is The Future Of Coastal Life (imboldn.com)

El Segundo

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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