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Page 2 December 14, 2017 EL SEGUNDO HERALD
The Herald under the Eye Community Briefs
Candy Cane Lane Opens with Music
by El Segundo Concert Band
It seemed like a fairytale at the Candy Cane
Lane grand opening on Saturday, December
9. Over 2,000 people filled the streets as
they watched and listened to the El Segundo
Concert Band, part of the South Bay Music
Association, Steven Allen Fox, musical director
and conductor, play popular Christmas music
at the base of a darkened street waiting for
Santa. Beloved songs like “Deck the Halls”,
“Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Silent
Night”, “Silver Bells” and “Here Comes Santa
Claus” filled the air while the huge crowd of
all ages circled around the musicians.
Folks were waiting with great anticipation
for the appearance of Santa Claus, who arrived
with sirens blasting on an El Segundo
firetruck that was greeted with cheers by the
enthusiastic audience. As Santa appeared,
everyone seemed to know he would then
begin his famous walk up this enchanted
street. As soon as he passed each home, the
decorations as if by magic would light up as
the yearly ritual was observed. Soon the entire
street was filled with a spectacular array of
Christmas lights. Crowds followed Mr. Claus
and marveled at the accumulation of Christmas
spirit displayed by the entire block of homes.
The El Segundo Concert Band in their holiday
attire continued playing as many families
remained listening to the end of the performance.
Candy Cane Lane is on the corner of East
Acacia Avenue and California Street and is
open nightly through December 23, welcoming
visitors from all over the South Bay. For
more information, visit sbmusic.org or call
424-242-3722.
– Provided by Linda Cohen
Music by the El Segundo Concert Band entertained the crowd.
A Griswold Christmas is just one example of how creative residents get when they light up their homes for Candy Cane Lane.
Santa lights up the block at Candy Cane Lane. All Photos by Marcy Dugan.
Kai and Lily Rassweiler were absorbed in a copy of the Herald while visiting the famous London Eye over Thanksgiving.
The 443-foot-tall Ferris wheel sits on the south bank of the Thames River. Photo Provided by Stephany Rassweiler.
Self-Serve Postage Company
Makes Changes After Complaints
By Rob McCarthy
Dan Frazier makes a living off current
affairs, selling political bumper stickers and
T-shirts from a small online store that runs
24 hours a day and on weekends. Being affiliated
with Amazon, his company has tight
shipping deadlines to meet, and Mondays
are crucial to fulfilling customer orders and
having them out that day.
Frazier says that he almost missed the
promised ship date after some weekend sales
because the postage company he uses to
print stamps was offline for hours on a busy
Monday recently. Stamps.com, based in El
Segundo, experienced a prolonged website
outage that lasted much longer than expected.
Retailers and the small businesses that use
the self-printing postage company logged
complaints on social media and expressed
their frustration that the company told them
the service would be restored in 30 minutes.
“This service was down for four or five
hours today, maybe more,” Frazier wrote in
an email. “This is not the first time this has
happened, though it is the longest outage
that I am aware of.”
Amazon sellers have a two-day deadline
to mail certain consumer products, according
to a company spokeswoman contacted for
this story. She referred to a seller agreement
posted online that reads, “Sellers are expected
2017 Annual
Community Christmas Dinner
Dedicated volunteers, business sponsors and
the City of El Segundo Recreation and Parks
Department Outreach Office are proud to continue
the longstanding tradition of providing
the Community Christmas Dinner for people
who are in need of a place to go on Christmas
Day. The dinner is scheduled to be held
on Monday, December 25 from 12-2 p.m. at
the El Segundo Joslyn Center, located at 339
Sheldon Street. The meal is graciously donated
by the El Segundo Kiwanis Club along with
other local business sponsorships and individual
volunteers to help serve the meal. If you are
interested in attending this year’s dinner or
are in need of having a dinner delivered to
your home (*Please note: Meals can only be
delivered to El Segundo Residences), you may
RSVP by contacting the Joslyn Center at (310)
524-2705 with your name, address and phone
number. There will be limited seats available.
– Source: El Segundo Recreation and Parks
See Self-Serve Postage, page 17
See Community Briefs, page 4
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