Lakewood, California
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Through Sunday, January 3
Family by holiday tree
Lakewood's new 24-foot-tall, decorated holiday tree will be on display at the Lakewood Civic Center through January 3. A special feature is the animated light show on the tree that changes color to music every half hour from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The tree is located in the plaza between city hall and The Centre at Sycamore Plaza at 5000 Clark Avenue.  
Holiday activities for kids through Dec. 31
Santa
Holiday activities at Lakewood parks will be featured throughout the two weeks of school vacation from Saturday, December 19, through Thursday, December 31. Click here for the special activity flyer.    
Courtesy of Stonefire Grill and Lakewood Sheriff's Station
Children receive holiday gifts
Lakewood's new Stonefire Grill restaurant teamed up with the Lakewood Sheriff's Station to help brighten the holidays for 25 underprivileged children from the local area.

Stonefire treated the children to a December 7 dinner at their Lakewood Center restaurant along with Lakewood Station Captain Alan Castellano and 24 of his personnel. Stonefire then presented each child with a $50 gift card. The Sheriff's personnel accompanied one child each to the Target store at Lakewood Center to do their holiday shopping. The "Shop With A Cop" event brought smiles aplenty to deputies and children alike. 
How to get help even when city hall is closed
City Hall
Lakewood City Hall will be closed on Thursday, 12/24; Friday, 12/25; Thursday, 12/31; Friday, 1/1/16; and Monday, 1/4/16. DASH Transit service will not be available 12/24 and 12/25. DASH will also be closed on 12/31 and 1/1.

For trash pickup and residential street sweeping, the following schedule applies for the two weeks of December 21 and December 28:
  • Trash pickup AND residential street sweeping will occur as normal Monday through Thursday (December 21-24 and December 28-31).
  • No trash pickup AND no residential street sweeping will occur on Friday (December 25 and January 1).
  • Trash pickup for Friday will be delayed by one day and occur on Saturday.
  • There will be no makeup day for the missed day of sweeping on Friday; no residential street sweeping will occur on Saturday.
  • Trash and street sweeping will return to normal on Monday, January 4, 2016, even though city hall will be closed that day. More 
December 28 through January 8
EDCO recycling can
For two weeks after Christmas (from December 28 through January 8) EDCO will pick up discarded Christmas trees on your trash collection day. Flocked trees are OK, but decorations, tinsel and metal or plastic stands must be removed. Wooden tree stands can be left on the tree. The tree must not be in a bag. Trees over six feet tall must be cut in half.  More  
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