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What's Up: Honoring Michael Hayden, Donate Toys, Free Holiday Parking

Manhattan Beach's potential new mayor, Amy Howorth, will join her colleagues Tuesday night in honoring a Manhattan Beach educator.

Here are five things for your Tuesday and beyond:  

  1. Michael Hayden, a California Teacher of the Year, will be honored by the Manhattan Beach City Council at its Tuesday night meeting. Details here. By the way, current Mayor Pro Tem Amy Howorth will probably get the nod, at the same meeting, to take over as mayor.
  2. Donate toys through Friday for the 21st Annual Beach Cities Toy Drive. Details here.
  3. The Manhattan Beach Yuletide 5K takes place Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The event includes a 5K Run/Walk for all ages, the Elves Dash 1K (ages 7-12) at 6:30 p.m., the Little Elves 400m (ages 3-6) at 6:40 p.m. and Crawlers 50m (2 years old and younger) at 6:50 p.m. Sign up online. More details here.
  4. The city is offering free holiday parking. Details here.
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