Monday Essentials: Veterans Day

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

1. Today is Veterans Day. Government offices will be closed, and the local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution is co-sponsoring a wreath-laying ceremony at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes.
2. The Rolling Hills Estates City Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m., as will the Palos Verdes Estates City Council. All council meetings will be at the cities' respective city halls.
3. Check out this great video of a sea lion being released back into the wild off the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
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.