Monday Essentials: The Nutcracker, Real Estate Reports

Happy Monday! Here are five things Palos Verdes residents should know this week:

1. The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Hesse Park Community Room.
   
2. The Nutcracker will be playing at the Norris Theater starting Friday. For more information, check out the Palos Verdes Patch events calendar.
3. Interested in buying or selling a house? Maureen Megowan has the latest on the real estate market.
4. Missed any news last week? Check out our weekly recap of the top news in the South Bay.
5. Today's photo of the day was uploaded by Chris Martino to Flickr's Creative Commons collection. Want to submit your own? Email it to palosverdes@patch.com; tweet it to @PVPatch; post it on the Palos Verdes Patch Facebook page; or tag it #pvpatch on Instagram. Patch reserves the right to publish any submitted photos at its discretion.