🌱 How is your Assemblymember’s 2025 agenda affecting Lawndale households?
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In today's newsletter:
- How is your Assemblymember’s 2025 agenda affecting Lawndale households?
Also on today's calendar: H.E.A.P Holiday Showcase & Fundraiser! and 7 more events.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 52 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 70, low: 54.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 68 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 2025 in Review: Seven Questions for Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, Champion of Reparations, Housing and Workers' Rights (eurweb.com) — Lawndale residents are part of Assemblymember Tina McKinnor’s 61st District, where she’s pushing renter protections, reentry support, and reparations-focused policies that could shape local lives. In a year-end Q&A, she highlights wins like requiring basic appliances in rentals, funding programs for people leaving incarceration, and renewed efforts to relieve Inglewood Unified’s state loan burden and advance reparations bills in 2026. 
📸 Around Lawndale
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Upcoming Events in
Lawndale
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★ Featured events ★
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H.E.A.P Holiday Showcase & Fundraiser!
855 W Victoria St, Unit F, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220,
4:00 pm
Sunday December 21
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Other local events
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Basketball, Boys VR vs Bellflower
North High , 3620 W. 182nd St. , Torrance
7:00 pm -
Bonsai Workshop at Common Space Brewery
Common Space Brewery , 3411 W El Segundo Blvd , Hawthorne
7:00 pm -
Toddler Finger Paint
Lawndale Library , 14615 Burin Ave , Lawndale
10:00 am -
Painting for Littles
Wiseburn Library , 5335 W 135th St , Hawthorne
10:15 am -
Smarty Pants Storytime
Hawthorne Library , 12700 Grevillea Ave , Hawthorne
11:00 am -
Amazing Art for Tiny Tots
Masao W. Satow Library , 14433 Crenshaw Blvd , Gardena
3:00 pm -
Soccer, Girls JV @ Hawthorne
North High , 4859 W. El Segundo Blvd , Hawthorne
5:00 pm -
Water Polo, Girls VR vs Cabrillo/Long Beach
North High , 2320 Crenshaw Blvd , Torrance
5:30 pm -
Christmas Eve Service--You Are Invited!
375 Palos Verdes Blvd , Redondo Beach
5:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Wednesday December 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Moovin' & Groovin'
Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library
11:00 am -
Zany Zoe Magical Discoveries
Manhattan Beach Library , 1320 Highland Ave , Manhattan Beach
3:00 pm -
Computer Classes
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
3:00 pm -
Building Blocks Bonanza
Angeles Mesa Branch Library
3:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Smart & Final posted a job opening for Service Clerk - 529 Lawndale in Lawndale. Apply here.
- A-Line Staffing Solutions posted a job opening for Import & Export Operation in Hawthorne. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lawndale here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hawthorne
- De Los Picks: 10 best albums by Latino artists in 2025 (latimes.com)
- 2 CT Lottery players win $50K on Powerball as jackpot grows to $1.25 billion (nhregister.com)
- Data Centers in Space: The Next Big Thing? (insidetowers.com)
Manhattan Beach
- Manhattan Beach To Consider Temporarily Allowing Short-Term Rentals Citywide (patch.com)
- Sentinel Manager Mission Assurance 2 (verticalmag.com)
Hermosa Beach
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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