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🌱 How Disney Jr. is turning California Adventure into a preschooler playground
Anaheim, California Patch AM: a 5 min readGood day Anaheim! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Disney Jr. is turning California Adventure into a preschooler playground
- Angels win in Anaheim and fire three pitching staffers
- How an Anaheim man’s ICE encounter fuels a major civil rights fight
Also on today's calendar: Petals & Pistons & Pups Car Show and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: Why was the pony eating cough drops? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.
- Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 84, low: 68.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Disney Jr. kids festival returns to Disney California Adventure (ocregister.com) — Families in and around Anaheim can look forward to Disney Jr. Let’s Play returning to Disney California Adventure and Downtown Disney from Aug. 13-16, with parades, shows, and hands-on activities for young kids. Expect character drawing sessions, a live Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show, bubble experiences, DJ dance parties, and photo ops throughout the resort’s entertainment district. 
• Early 3-run rally proves enough for Angels to down Rangers (statenews.net) — Anaheim baseball fans saw the Angels snap a three-game skid with a 3-2 home win over the Texas Rangers, powered by a three-run third inning. The game in Anaheim also preceded a major shakeup, as the club dismissed its pitching, assistant pitching, and bullpen coaches the same day.
• How Does ICE Select Its Targets? Racist Practices Exposed (heraldousa.com) — An Anaheim resident’s account of being detained and tased by ICE agents highlights how federal immigration operations may be sweeping up U.S. citizens, not just undocumented immigrants. The piece details lawsuits, alleged racial profiling tactics, and an ongoing legal battle over whether appearance and ethnicity are driving enforcement decisions nationwide.
📸 Around Anaheim
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Petals & Pistons & Pups Car Show →
2645 East Coast Hwy, Newport Beach
8:00 am -
Awakened Lifestyle Expo (Mind, Body, Spirit) →
Norma Hertzog Community Center, 1845 Park Ave, Costa Mesa
9:00 am
Saturday August 15
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
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1st Day of School for 26-27 Year
Travis Ranch Yorba Linda, CA 92887 -
Candidates' Forum
Orange Chamber of Commerce Santiago Canyon College H Building
6:00 pm -
Chance Theater: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill: The Musical @ 8pm - EXTENDED!
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center 5522 E. La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92807
8:00 pm -
Chance Theater: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill: The Musical @ 3pm - EXTENDED!
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center 5522 E. La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92807
3:00 pm -
Los Yonics, Los Caminantes y Yndio →
Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E Katella Ave, Anaheim
8:00 pm -
Chance Theater: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill: The Musical @ 3pm - EXTENDED!
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center 5522 E. La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92807
3:00 pm -
PTA Sponsored Event: TK & Kinder Meet Up at Park
Anaheim Hills Elementary Serrano Park
5:00 pm -
MS Picture Day - Gym - PE Classes
Travis Ranch Yorba Linda, CA 92887
Thursday August 13
Friday August 14
Saturday August 15
Sunday August 16
Tuesday August 18
📣 Anaheim Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Staff Photos/Adjunct Duty sign ups
El Dorado High Placentia, CA 92870
8:00 am -
Registration & Middle School Pictures starting Please see email for specific times according to last name
McPherson Magnet Orange, CA 92869
8:00 am -
MAGNOLIA Coffee with the Principal
Anaheim Union High School District MHS Library
8:30 am -
Senior Thursday
Placentia Chamber of Commerce Grocery Outlet 1820 N. Placentia Avenue Placentia, CA 92870
7:00 am
Wednesday August 12
Thursday August 13
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🗞 Nearby News
Placentia
- A Brighter Future Is on the Way (marketscreener.com)
- Candidate filing period extended for these local Orange County races (ocregister.com)
Orange
- NYC's own Levain Bakery, known for its massive cookies, heads to Orange County (ocregister.com)
- City of Orange cracks down on abandoned properties (spectrumnews1.com)
- First look inside Chaiwale & Co., a new Indian cafe in Riverside (ocregister.com)
Lake Forest
- Man In His 70s Killed In DUI Crash; 22-Year-Old Arrested: Police (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was a little hoarse. (Thank you Henry L. for sending it in!)
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