🌱 Patch AM: How a deadly Sepulveda DUI crash shook Manhattan Beach

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In today's newsletter:

• How a deadly Sepulveda DUI crash shook Manhattan Beach

Also on today's calendar: PFLAG General Support Meeting: Hope. Family. Belonging. and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Cloudy with a shower in spots, with a high of 69 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, temps: high: 64, low: 59.
• Sunday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 63 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Woman charged with murder in fatal DUI crash that killed tennis star (shorenewsnetwork.com) — Manhattan Beach residents are grappling with news that a teen tennis standout who recently moved to the city was killed in an alleged DUI crash on Sepulveda Boulevard. Prosecutors have charged a 33-year-old driver with second-degree murder and related counts, while the victim’s family, displaced by earlier wildfires, has launched a memorial foundation and filed a major wrongful death lawsuit.
   

📸 Around Manhattan Beach

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Manhattan Beach

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Saturday January 3

• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
  1:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  12:30 pm
• PFLAG General Support Meeting: Hope. Family. Belonging.
  514 N Prospect Ave , Redondo Beach
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Walk-In Tutoring With Margie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Bo-Gay
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Cheri
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Pat
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Computer Classes
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  3:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Teen Game Day
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  3:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Tanya Class
  Jewish Community Center of the South Bay , 2108 Vail Ave , Redondo Beach
  8:00 pm

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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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi everyone, my cat got out tonight along Artesia Blvd just south of Mira Costa High School.
  He is a very friendly orange and white cat named Tang with a blue collar and bow tie. Please let me know if you find him, thank you. (Nextdoor Manhattan Beach)
• Is there anyone who will clean a small two bedroom one bath for $175 or less?
  It’s not that dirty just needs vacuuming and dusting, bathroom. (Nextdoor East Manhattan Beach)

• Coldwell Banker Real Estate, LLC posted a job opening for Independent Real Estate Agent in Manhattan Beach. Apply here.
• JOEY Restaurants posted a job opening for Service Assistant - JOEY Manhattan Beach in Manhattan Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Manhattan Beach here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hermosa Beach

• Year in review: Hermosa Beach Mayor Rob Saemann discusses the year ahead (dailybreeze.com)
• Pets of the Week: Suzy Q and Pepper are ready for adoption (dailybreeze.com)
• Silva and friends charge 16th Street Hermosa Beach ‘slab' waves (easyreadernews.com)

El Segundo

• The year ahead: Beach cities, neighbors build up infrastructure, see new leadership going into 2026 (dailybreeze.com)
• New California laws rewrite car-buying rules with return policy and pricing reforms (signalscv.com)

Los Angeles

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just lost interest.
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