TORRANCE TRIBUNE November 28, 2013 Page 3 Follow Us on Twitter @heraldpub Calendar Community Briefs Burkley & Brandlin LLP A T T O R N E Y S A T L AW Living Trusts/Wills, Probate, Employment Law, Personal Injury Trust and Estates Litigation, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation 310-540-6000 *AV Rated (Highest) Martindale - Hubbell / **Certified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization Friday, November 29 • The Y’s Men’s Club Christmas Tree Lot, 1 p.m., Madrona Ave. at Del Amo. Proceeds support Y programs. For more information call (310) 328-3670. Tuesday, December 3 • City Council Meeting, 7-10 p.m., City Hall Chambers, 3031 Torrance Blvd. • Torrance Memorial 30th Annual Holiday Festival, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 3-5, 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 8, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, 3330 Lomita Blvd. For information call the Torrance Memorial Health Care Foundation at (310)-517-4703. For recorded general event information call (310) 517-4606. Friday, December 6 • Bach’s Lunchtime Recital Featuring AlmaNova, 12:15 p.m. Dec 6, First Lutheran Church of Torrance, 2900 W. Carson Street. Saturday, December 7 • Nativity Catholic School Presents - A Christmas Boutique. 9AM to 2PM. 2371 W Carson St, Torrance Ca 90501. Ongoing • Downtown Torrance Marketplace. Every Thursday, 3-8 p.m., on El Prado Street, from Sartori to the Buffalo Fire Department. • Lending Library Program in Torrance SBCCOG Chair & Gardena Mayor Pro Tem Dan Medina (L) and Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto pictured with a small sample from the lending library book collection. Photo by Marilyn Lyon. The South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) announced the launch of a pilot Lending Library Program with the City of Torrance. The SBCCOG will lend a collection of reference books and resource materials on energy efficiency practices, water conservation, transportation options, climate action planning and recycling measures, which have been housed at the South Bay Environmental Services Center (SBESC). The one-year pilot program allows the collection to be integrated into the current collection at the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library in Torrance. SBCCOG started its collection when it acquired books on energy efficiency to support educational workshops and trainings as part of its contracts with Southern California Edison and The Gas Company. West Basin Municipal Water District, another partner of the SBCCOG, made a generous donation of $1,000 for the purchase of books on water topics. These books cover the history of water in California, current water issues in the state, gardening books with information on water conserving plants, practices, and designs, and California native plants. State of the State Address California State Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi delivered a State of the State address to a full-house breakfast gathering of Torrance political and business leaders at the Miyako Hybrid Hotel on Nov. 20. He spoke on jobs, education, public safety and veteran issues and reported that these areas are better overall, but “we still have a lot of work to do.” This first annual State of the State was coordinated by the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce and sponsors included ExxonMobil, Toyota, Kaiser Permanente, Northrop Grumman, All Yellow Taxi and the Daily Breeze. Photos by Charlene Nishimura. (L to R) City of Torrance Councilman Bill Sutherland with Stan Myles from the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The presentation of colors was performed by the Torrance Police Department color guard including (L to R) Scott Cameron, Guillermo Sandoval, Danielle Morreale and Darryl Tatum. VIPs included (L to R) Pam Crane (Torrance Memorial Board of Trustees), Claire Coignard (Torrance Memorial Health Education), Shari Weaver (Harbor Interfaith Services), Laura Schenasi (Torrance Memorial Foundation) Tara Nierenhausen (Community’s Child), Su Hwang (Harbor Interfaith Services), Sandy VandenBerge (Torrance Memorial Foundation), Pat Rillera (MADD), Paul Stansbury (NAMI South Bay), Lisa Van Ingen Pope (Torrance-South Bay YMCA) and Ann O’Brien (Torrance Memorial Public Relations). Al Muratsuchi, California State Assemblymember representing District 66, addresses a sold out crowd. Typhoon Haiyan Relief Through a special board meeting, the Torrance Kiwanis Foundation has approved the collections of funds to be sent directly to the Philippines to assist the families that have been devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. Communication has been made with Juan “Ito” Torres, MD, past president of Kiwanis International, and the Kiwanis Club of New Manila to assist with the distribution of funds. Torres and his wife are working through the Kiwanis Clubs in the Philippines to get supplies and assistance to the families that were hit the hardest in the southern part of the Philippines. If you would like to make a donation, please make your check payable to the Torrance Kiwanis Foundation, in the memo write: “Typhoon Haiyan Relief.” For more information contact Tony Molino 323-692- 4010 or molino@molinolawfirm.com Annual Holiday Shoppers’ Free Bus Service In the spirit of offering ease to shopping the Hawthorne corridor this holiday season, Torrance Transit will offer the community its annual “Shoppers’ Special Bus” service. This year, it will begin on Black Friday, Nov. 29, with continuing free bus service every Saturday and Sunday through Sunday, Dec. 22. The Saturday/Sunday service will operate from approximately 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The bus will be decorated in a festive holiday theme and will stop at the intersections of Carson St./Del Amo Circle Blvd.; Hawthorne Blvd./Carson St. (northbound only); Hawthorne Blvd./Torrance Blvd.; Hawthorne Blvd./Del Amo Blvd.; Hawthorne Blvd./Talisman St.; 182nd St./Hawthorne Blvd. (southbound only).; South Bay Galleria Transit Center; and Hawthorne Blvd./Artesia Blvd. (southbound only). This is a free service and transfers will not be sold. For additional information, contact Torrance Transit at (310) 781-6266 or visit www.TorranceCA.Gov. • HOLIDAY CORPORATE PARTIES Great Banquet Rooms, Great Catered Food, Great Live Music and Atmosphere and Great Old School Fun! Bring your team to Palos Verdes Bowl for your event! To book your event or for more information, please contact Charlotte at charlotte@pvbowl.com; or 310.326.5120
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