South Bay by Jackie Weekend Guide September 7, 2017

Can you believe how HOT it was over the Labor Day Weekend?!? It registered 100 degrees at my house on Sunday (inside was a frigid 86). I don’t ever recall it being that hot at the coast… so we spent most of the weekend on the beach. The best part was how warm the water was – 74 degrees on Sunday. I don’t often swim in the ocean here – I’m originally an east coast water baby and prefer balmy seas – but September is always the best time to take a dip. Along with those warmer water temps, the social calendar heats up as well every September with numerous events and activities. What will you do this weekend?

Never heard of this before but it’s kinda cool…. Today, Thursday, September 7, 2017 the community of Lomita will experience an event that occurs only once a century – it is called Date Meets Zip. The date 9/07/17 will match the community’s ZIP Code of 90717. This rare occurrence will be recognized by a special postmark that will be available all day at the Lomita post office. Does anyone know if other cities do this?

Last chance to sign up…… The Redondo Beach Fire Department C.E.R.T. Academy #52 will take place September 7 through November 4. A team of Redondo Beach firefighter instructors provide the training and will cover topics including disaster preparedness, CPR & First Aid, disaster medical operations, damage assessment, extinguisher use, light search and rescue, disaster psychology & team organization. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Gardena Hollypark Community Association holds Community Meetings every first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Rowley Park. Tonight, Thursday, September 7, the meeting will be a Town Hall format with Council Member Dr. Mark Henderson. For additional information, visit https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital Los Angeles presents the annual Portuguese Bend National Horse Show Friday, September 8 through Sunday, September 10 at Ernie Howlett Park in Rolling Hills Estates. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Classical Crossroads presents First Fridays at First featuring the critically acclaimed Los Angeles Ensemble today, Friday, September 8 at 12:15 p.m. at First Lutheran Church and School. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

St. Margaret Mary Church and School will host the annual Lomita Fair Friday, September 8 through Sunday, September 10. The event features food, games, rides, non-stop entertainment, vendor and craft booths and admission is FREE! For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Klein Creative Media is celebrating their new production facility with a Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting on Friday, September 8 at 5:30 p.m. Attendees will enjoy appetizers catered by Ginger’s Healthy Habits, live music and a Battaglini Vineyards wine tasting. No host bar with Urban Dread performing at 6:30 in the American Legion Hall. For additional information and to RSVP, visit https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Torrance Police Department Traffic Division will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Friday, September 8 between the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. For More information visit https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Join the LA Kings and the Kings Care Foundation for the annual LA Kings Beach Cities 5K/10K fundraiser on Saturday, September 9 benefiting the Hydrocephalus Association. The event will travel through Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach and features special appearances by the LA Kings! visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php.

Riviera Hall Lutheran School will host the annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, September 9 from 8 to 11 a.m. This community event kicks off the off the new school year while giving local families an opportunity to meet, mix and mingle. This is a FREE event but donations will be accepted for the school’s gymnastics program. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Redondo Pier Association hosts FREE Yoga on the Pier the second Saturday of each month from 10 to 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and take part in this all level yoga class where the International Boardwalk meets the Redondo Beach Pier (the octagon below Kincaid’s). Participants should bring a yoga mat, towel and bottled water. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Torrance High School (1917-2017) is celebrating 100 years of history with a Tartar Family Reunion on the campus on Saturday, September 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. After many years of blending the new with the old, the renovation and restoration of the 100 year-old school is complete, and conveniently coincides with the school’s centennial. Torrance High is the oldest school still in continuous use in the state. For more information visit https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

South Coast Corsa presents the 2017 All Corvair Cruise-In: Ageless to Anarchy on Saturday, September 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Automobile Driving Museum. This event is for all automobile enthusiasts and Corvair devotees! At the 2016 show, there were over 120 Corvairs participating. Attendees will enjoy music, raffles, lots of cool cars and awards at the end of the show. In addition, the ADM will be open all day for museum viewing with food and beverages available for purchase. ALL CORVAIRS WANTED: Daily Drivers; Customs; Restored; Modified; Originals; Classics; Beaters; Patinas; High Performance; V8s; Racers, Ultravans, Works-in-Progress, the Weird; the Wild: ANYTHING Corvair-powered. If you have a Corvair, if it runs and stops, and can get you to this event, you need to come to this show! For additional information and to download the registration form, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The community is invited to Sip & Shop at Ten Thousand Villages to celebrate National Women’s Friendship Day on Saturday, September 9. Celebrate National Women’s Friendship Day with mimosa’s and a special Fair Trade pop-up. Meet special guest and Fair Trade entrepreneur Elisha Chan, founder and the driving force behind the Elisha C line of hand crafted accessory, jewelry and beauty products from Haiti. Get a handcrafted gift for yourself or a friend while supporting Haitian artisans. Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit retailer dedicated to Fair Trade. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Redondo Beach Pier Association presents the annual Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, September 9 from noon to 4 p.m. Aspiring and experienced artists are invited to participate in this colorful event intended to transform the Pier into a canvas over the water. All ages are welcome, there is no fee to register and free chalk will be given away to the first 150 registrants. Prizes will be awarded in multiple categories. This event is open to public viewing so even if you don’t plan to participate, take a stroll along the pier and see for yourself what these amazing artists can create with a slab of concrete and a little chalk! For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Stripe Café and Palos Verdes Art Center, together with Brouwerij West, present an end of summer Backyard BBQ on Saturday, September 9 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Stripe Cafe at PVAC. The event features barbeque by Chef Daniel and music by Dennis Robicheaux & the Sophisticates, playing a blend of experimental psychedelic and alternative country, folk, blues & rock. Also playing is garage pop band Steppe Bison and singer-songwriter Carlos Michael Gutierrez’s project, CMG + We Are The Night, fusing the introspective soul of Lou Reed, the crooning of Elvis Costello, blended with the California Canyon folk-rock style. Accompanying the event is a pop-up art installation by Jill Smith. https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Street Food Cinema presents Manhattan Movie Nights on Saturday, September 9 at the Manhattan Beach Marriott Golf Course. The event features live music, food trucks and a movie screening of Mean Girls. https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Manhattan Beach Marriott Golf Course is located at 1400 Park View Avenue in Manhattan Beach.
Torrance High School is celebrating 100 years with the Concert of the Century on Saturday, September 9 at 7 p.m. in the newly restored Torrance High auditorium. The concert will feature talented Tartar Alumni including David Pack, perhaps best known as the co-founder, singer, and guitarist of Ambrosia, who wrote and sang all of the timeless hits they produced in the 1970’s and 80’s. David will be performing his classic hits Biggest Part of Me, How Much I Feel and You’re the Only Woman. He has worked with the THS Centennial Committee for a year to create this unique event. The concert will be led by THS alumni, Fred Beato and David Pack, performing songs from their recent album BEATO BAND. Joining them onstage will be alumnus, Tom Croucier, their former high-school band-mate. The night, of course, would not be complete without a tribute to Torrance High School’s own Symbols of Tyme, winners of the 1968 United States Battle of the Bands that includes original lead singer Tom Croucier and a few other surprises! After nearly a year of blending the new with the old, the restoration project of the 800+ seat Torrance High Auditorium is complete, and that is where this “Concert of the Century” will be held. https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Manhattan Beach Badminton Club will host Pub at the Club on Sunday, September 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. This annual craft beer, wine and food festival, transforms the entire Club into a tasting extravaganza. MBBC will welcome more than 20 local and regional premium craft breweries, 10 exceptional vintners and 10 amazing restaurants to the Club and will donate 100% of the ticket sales to their Junior Foundation Programs. MBBC Junior Foundation is a charity dedicated to developing champions on and off the court by supporting all athletes, including special needs and para-athletes. https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Torrance-South Bay YMCA presents a Concert & Wine Tasting on Sunday, September 10 from 2 to 5 p.m. at a private residence. It will be a delightful afternoon of wonderful music, along with cheese and wine tastings, in support of the Torrance-South Bay YMCA. Guests will enjoy live entertainment by Andy Hill and Renee Safier whose unique sound and multi-instrumental skills will move you, your feet, and your heart. https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Dave Williamson and Dave Yates present the Giggle Water Comedy Show on Sunday, September 10 at 8 p.m. at Rob Rubens Distilling & Brewing. This new, monthly show will take over Rob Rubens beautiful taproom every second Sunday. Attendees will get to see some of the best line-ups of comedians in the city. Come and watch some of your favorites perform in a beautiful, intimate, speakeasy setting. For additional information and ticket purchase, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Restaurant pioneers Michael Franks and Robert Bell are taking their famed eatery in a new direction. Chez Melange will now be called Sea Change at Chez Melange, and will be open next week after a quick rebranding. The menu will now focus on seafood but will retain some of the most popular dishes. The casual front bar, Bouzy, remains the same, while the back formal dining room and Bar 150 have been combined for the new concept. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Dream Dinners, a Torrance-based store offering delicious, nutritious and easy-to-prepare home-cooked dinners, is offering a series of Taste Dinners. Groups of 6-12 people will build 3 dinners of 3 servings per meal for only $34.99. The monthly dinner menus are very reasonably priced, delicious and easy to prepare. All the ingredients are assembled so parents and singles can freeze an entire ready-to-make meal or cook immediately at home. Study after study shows that families that eat together are healthier, perform better, and are less inclined towards obesity, drug abuse, and teen pregnancy. Dream Dinners’ mission is to bring families back to eating dinner together in a simple, cost-effective and stress-free way. https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce hosts the monthly Lunch Connect on Tuesday, September 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Casa Vincenzo. It’s the perfect opportunity to network with other local business owners and chamber staff while enjoying a delicious lunch! Bring plenty of business cards, bring a friend, bring an appetite! https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Silvio’s Brazilian BBQ will host the monthly BCHD/Blue Zones Project Social Hour on Tuesday, September 12 from 5 to 6 p.m. Italians drink a glass of red wine with each meal…and they might just be onto something. Studies show that for people who have a healthy relationship with alcohol, enjoying a glass of wine rich in artery-scrubbing flavonoids can benefit the health of the mind and body. Unwind with new and old friends during the most social of hours. https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

The Torrance Fire Department has scheduled the next Community Emergency Response Team Training (C.E.R.T.) for September 29 through October 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Learn about disaster preparedness by enrolling in the Torrance Fire Department’s CERT three-day training. The hands-on training is free of charge to Torrance residents and business members over the age of 18. Participants will receive a certification of completion after undergoing a disaster simulation and learning about medical operations, fire suppression, light search and rescue, team organization, and more. To sign up, https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/weekend-guide.php

Here’s a heads-up on a few events you’ll want to plan for now!
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/row-for-a-reason/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/hawthorne-good-neighbors-day/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/community-health-fair/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/california-coastal-cleanup-day/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/malaga-cove-art-show/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/boots-brews-bbq/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/kids-story-time/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/ohana-fundraiser/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/texas/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/opening-reception-2/
https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/esmoa-experience-31-hope/
These are the special events taking place over the next few days but new events are posted EVERY DAY, so be sure to check the website for updates at http://www.southbaybyjackie.com for details on these and other events happening throughout the South Bay.

This morning on The South Bay Show: South Bay Spotlight, our guest is Chris Kastigar, President of Credit Furst. The 2008 mortgage recession impacted his business and finances so much that his home went into foreclosure. Since then, he has studied the laws of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and started his company Credit Furst. This morning, we’re going to learn about the services Credit Furst offers and how they can help you get your finances back on track. Don’t worry, if you missed the program, you can listen to it anytime at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/chris-kastigar-credit-furst/. Tune in every Thursday at 8 a.m. to keep up with what’s going down throughout in the South Bay!

Tomorrow morning on The South Bay Show: Manhattan Beach 360, our guests will be Mark Lipps, President of the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce and Andy Sywak, Economic Vitality Manager. It’s all about business in Manhattan Beach! You can listen to the program live at 8 a.m. or anytime at https://www.southbaybyjackie.com/mb-chamber-chat-mark-lipps-andy/. Tune in every Friday morning and discover what’s new in Manhattan Beach!Have a fabulous South Bay weekend!
Jackie
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