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Photos courtesy of the Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site.<\/em><\/p>\n Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site announced Tuesday that children ages six through 11 are welcome to drop in for an afternoon of \u201cgood, old-fashioned fun\u201d as the historic site hosts its January Creation Station.<\/p>\n On Saturday, January 2 between 1:00PM and 4:00PM, start the New Year with the free \u201cWinter Wonders\u201d themed program that will feature seasonal crafts to create and historic activities to participate in. Children will be able to select from various art materials to build their own \u201csnowman,\u201d create seasonal decorations, knit a bracelet and more. In addition to participating in next month\u2019s Creation Station\u2019s hands-on activities, visitors are also welcome to take a free house or garden tour between 1:00PM and 5:00PM.<\/p>\n The Rancho Los Cerritos site is a National, State and Long Beach Historic Landmark operated by the Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation in partnership with the City of Long Beach. Built in 1844, the Rancho reflects the rich history of a Spanish, Mexican and American California and the families who transformed the state into the modern society it is today. Free guided tours are offered Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00PM to 5:00PM.<\/p>\n For more information, call 562.206.2040, visit the website here<\/a> or the Facebook page here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Rancho is located at 4600 Virginia Road.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site announced Tuesday that children ages six through 11 are welcome to drop in for an afternoon of \u201cgood, old-fashioned fun\u201d as the historic site hosts its January Creation Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":67505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1020,1021],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-family-friendly","tag-rancho-los-cerritos-historic-site","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"heartcrazy\"](\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/heartcrazy.JPG\")
Next on the docket is February\u2019s Creation Station, “Heart Crazy,” to take place on Saturday, February 6 to offer Valentine\u2019s Day-inspired activities.<\/p>\n