But El Segundo isn’t getting too far ahead of itself with its new holiday festivities. More than 25 years ago, lighting the water tower was apparently an annual holiday practice, McDowell said.

El Segundo children shouldn’t worry about Santa Claus skipping over their tiny town tonight. If the big guy has any doubt where the sleepy community sits, he can just look for the city’s illuminated ...

But El Segundo isn’t getting too far ahead of itself with its new holiday festivities. More than 25 years ago, lighting the water tower was apparently an annual holiday practice, McDowell said.