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Pacific Theaters in El Segundo celebrated its fifth anniversary with a cake and hotdogs from their new Pink’s Hot Dogs stand. Attending the celebration were Pacific Theater’s Nora Dashwood, El Segundo councilwoman Nancy Wernick, El Segundo Mayor Mike Gordon and Gloria Pink and Beverly Wolfe of Pink’s Hot Dogs. Photo by Victoria Gustafson |
About Town: El Segundo
Treelighting
The El Segundo Chamber of Commerce will officially usher in the holiday season this afternoon with its annual tree lighting ceremony and holiday mixer. Festivities will kick off at 3:30 p.m. when the City Hall Plaza will transform into Santa’s Village. Attendees can enjoy music and refreshments and chat with Santa himself. The tree lighting ceremony will follow at 4:30 p.m. and will feature hot cider, a bake sale and holiday music performed by community groups. 350 Main Street.
Chamber mixer
As always, First Coastal Bank will host the Chamber’s holiday mixer, with the event starting at 5:30 p.m. at 275 Main Street.
The program will include food, a no-host bar, live auction and holiday music. Admission will be $3.
Spirit of giving
C.A.S.E. will have collection baskets at all three events. Attendees are encouraged to bring donations of non-perishables, such as food items, paper and hygiene products. Monetary donations are also welcome. Call 767-0670 for a list of items needed. For additional information, call the chamber at 322-1220.
Santa’s post office
Ho! Ho! Ho! This is Santa Claus.andI need a little help from the children. Please write down your wishes and let me know how good you have been. Then, put your name and address on the letter and mail or bring the letter to my mailbox. It is at the El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., downstairs in the Young Peoples’ Division. I need the letters in my mailbox by 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, so the El Segundo Junior Woman’s Club can deliver them to me up here at the North Pole! Ho! Ho! Ho!
P.S. Don’t be naughty! Be nice! I’m watching you! HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas!!!
Santa Claus
Police Beat
Credit Union Robbery Foiled
Three males entered the Federal Express Credit Union last week and removed a security guard’s weapon from a desk drawer. The tellers bolted into a closet and locked the door before the suspects could stop them. The suspects panicked and fled down the corridor. Unbeknownst to the trio, the security guard had a second gun and began to pursue the perpetrators. Each side fired two rounds at the other, but no one was hit. Finally, the suspects exited the building, jumped into a silver car and bolted the scene before police could be alerted. This was the second incident at the credit union in the last two months.
Aye, There’s the Rug...
Two Persian rugs, valued at over $4,000 apiece, and various tools were stolen from a local auto collision center last Friday. The shop’s owner had kept the items in a storage building on the property. The thief also grabbed a couple of air bag deployment devices. "These are useless to anyone but another auto collision center," commented Sgt. Al Graham of the air bag accessories. "Perhaps the suspect planned to fence them elsewhere." Sgt. Graham also speculated that the suspect knew in advance that the rugs were on the premises.
Gang Members Jaw it Out at Movies
Two Compton gang members engaged in a fistfight Sunday at Pacific Theaters, with one of them suffering a broken jaw. The jawbreaker fled before police arrived, though the victim and several other cohorts remained. Officers arrested one of the group on an outstanding warrant and suspicion of cocaine possession. ER