Today Is Johnny Appleseed's Birthday

Happy Thursday! Here are five things Redondo Beach residents should know today: 

1. Today is Johnny Appleseed Day—the September edition, that is! Johnny Appleseed was born Sept. 26, 1774, according to holidayinsights.com. People also celebrate the holiday on the supposed day of his death on March 11, 1845. How do you plan to celebrate the birth of Johnny Appleseed?
2. Eileen Fisher will send two representatives to Jonathan Fashion in Riviera Village today through Saturday to help shoppers find the right style. Purchases benefit the nonprofit Association of Women's Business Centers.
3. It's L.A. Beer Week, and local craft breweries and beer bars are getting in on the action. John Schreiber has the scoop in his latest South Bay Brews News column.
4. In case you missed it, Wednesday's top headline was Redondo Beach Man Charged With Indecent Exposure.
5. Today's photo of the day was uploaded to Flickr's Creative Commons by Isabelle Acatauassú Alves Almeida. Want to submit your own photo? Email it to redondobeach@patch.com; tweet it to @RedondoBchPatch; post it on the Redondo Beach Patch Facebook page; or tag it #rbpatch on Instagram. Patch reserves the right to publish any submitted photos at its discretion.