Quick Hits: Free Holiday Lights, Freedom4U

Happy Wednesday! Here are five things Palos Verdes residents should know this week:

1. Today is the last day to trade in strands of incandescent holiday lights for LED lights. More information.
2. Check out this announcement about local organization Freedom4U.
3. Is your business offering any Thanksgiving or Black Friday deals? Tell us about them in a post on our Business Updates board! Announcements appear on the side of almost all articles, on the boards and in the daily newsletter. Plus, posts that are well-written, include a photo, aren't overly promotional and don't have headlines written in all capital letters have a good chance of being featured more prominently on the front page.
4. To sign up for breaking news alerts, visit our breaking news category and click "Get email updates." (If it says you're signed up, but you're not receiving the alerts, click "Unsubscribe." Then click "Get email updates" to resubscribe. That should fix the issue.)
5. In case you missed it, Tuesday's top headline was Man Charged in Sexual Assault of Dog.
6. Today's photo of the day was posted to Flickr's Creative Commons collection by Keith Bacongco. Want to submit your own? Email it to palosverdes@patch.com; tweet it to @PVPatch; post it on the Palos Verdes Patch Facebook page; or tag it #pvpatch on Instagram. Patch reserves the right to publish any submitted photos at its discretion.