City lifts switch on Downtown Manhattan Beach holiday tree lighting celebration 

by Mark McDermott “It’s looking like a full house,” Manhattan Beach Parks and Rec Supervisor Michael Hudak said as he prepared for the Pier Tree Lighting celebration early Wednesday evening. By “house” he meant all of the downtown, from the pier, where music instructor Kate Crellin conducted the Manhattan Beach Middle School, and the Mira Costa choral groups; up Manhattan Beach Boulevard to Metlox Plaza, where children lined up to talk to Santa; and the length of Manhattan Avenue,