Thursday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 90 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
Friday: Sizzling sunshine and hot, temps: high: 95, low: 74.
Saturday: Very hot with sunshine, with a high of 101 and low of 75 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fong Honors Educators and School Leaders Across the San Gabriel Valley (coloradoboulevard.net) — Educators from Alhambra High School and Ramona Elementary in the Alhambra Unified School District have been honored by Assemblymember Mike Fong as Outstanding Educators for Assembly District 49. The awards spotlight teachers and principals across the San Gabriel Valley who strengthen local schools, support student success, and reflect Fong's ongoing focus on celebrating impactful classroom and campus leadership.
• A South Pasadena Family Earning $160,000 Pays $45,000 A Year In Taxes. Here Is The List & New Tax Hike Oct. 1 (southpasadenan.com) — Starting today, Alhambra shoppers will pay an 11% sales tax, matching South Pasadena and several nearby cities under LA County's Measure ER increase. A detailed breakdown shows how this hike, combined with income, gas, utility, and hidden property taxes, can push a typical local family's annual tax burden above $44,000 and make everyday expenses feel even tighter.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
I am giving away good clothes, house household goods. bedroom sheets. tomorrow is my last day..725 orange grove, alhambra 91803 626.627.0696. I'd rather give things to whoever can use them. 26 years… (Nextdoor Emery Park)
Looking for a reliable, independent handyman or solo contractor to finish the last 25% of a bathroom remodel (mainly vanity/shower door/fixtures). Unfinished project, need someone affordable who works independently. Recommendations? (Nextdoor Birch)
UFC Gym posted a job opening for Front Desk Opener in Alhambra. Apply here.
Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for KFC Assistant Restaurant Manager in Alhambra. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alhambra here.
🗞 Nearby News
South Pasadena
UPDATE: Mission-Pasadena-Arroyo Intersection Improvement Project: Join the Oct. 5 Community Meeting (southpasadenan.com)
South Pasadena Woman's Club Hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Night (southpasadenan.com)
THE NUTCRACKER to Return to San Gabriel Mission Playhouse (broadwayworld.com)
New releases a leap forward for endangered frog in southern California (mongabay.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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