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About Town - Hermosa Beach
Loreto bound
The Hermosa Beach sister city program holds its annual auction 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at 1800 the Strand.
The auction's $5 admission fee will include a spot in a drawing for a free trip for two to Loreto, with air travel donated by Aero California.
Mo Green
The Community Center Foundation holds its annual fund-raiser, working with the Hermosa Beach Playhouse to present a VIP preview of "Dracula," Sunday, Oct. 15.
The evening, dubbed "Marvelous Macabre Gala," begins 5 p.m. and includes a preview party with no-host bar and a live auction with Civic Light Opera impresario James Blackman as auctioneer. Proceeds will go toward a new sound system for the playhouse.
For information call 318-3452.
Triathlon and festival
The 9th annual Hermosa Beach Triathlon and festival will be held on Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Hermosa Pier. The race begins at 7:15 a.m. The event is sold out, but come and watch the participants swim three-quarters of a mile, bike nine miles and complete the contest with a three-mile run. 818-707-8866, ext. 14.
For dogs and cats
A low-cost vaccination clinic for dogs and cats will be offered from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Hermosa Beach Community Services Office on the southwest corner of Pier Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway.
Fee for the rabies vaccine is $5. All dogs must be on a leash and cats must be in secure pet carriers. For information call (562) 948-2211. ER