🌱 Can Artesia High’s youngest playoff team pull off a home upset?

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• Can Artesia High’s youngest playoff team pull off a home upset?

Also on today's calendar: 30th Crawfish Festival - May 15-17, 2026 - FREE PARKING! and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
• Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 75, low: 61.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 72 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS PREVIEW: La Mirada seeded high as half a dozen area teams are home for first round games (loscerritosnews.net) — Artesia High’s young softball squad, featuring seven freshmen, hosts Cathedral City in a Division 7 CIF first-round playoff game Thursday, despite entering with a losing record. The team’s bats are hot, with five hitters over .300 and transfer pitcher Abbygail Perez racking up 93 strikeouts in 10 games. Several nearby schools, including La Mirada, Cerritos, Gahr, Norwalk, and Valley Christian, also open at home.
   

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📸 Around Artesia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Artesia

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 16

• 30th Crawfish Festival - May 15-17, 2026 - FREE PARKING! →
  16400 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday May 14

• Preschool Story Time
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:15 am
• Citizenship Class →
  Artesia Library, 18801 Elaine Ave, Artesia
  11:00 am
• Walk-in Tutoring With Derek
  Harbor Gateway Library Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  4:00 pm
• Japanese Taiko Drumming
  Harbor Gateway Library Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  4:00 pm
• Band Banquet
  Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle Cerritos, CA 90703
  5:00 pm

Friday May 15

• English Conversation With Ronnie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Aloha Legacy Family Celebration
  ABC Unified Cerritos, CA 90703
  6:00 pm
• Theater Show
  Ross (Faye) Middle Artesia, CA 90701
  6:30 pm

Monday May 25

• Annual Memorial Day Mass →
  All Souls Cemetery & Mortuary, 4400 Cherry Ave, Long Beach
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Signing Day
  Sonora High School Fullerton, CA 92833
  8:30 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Cheri
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Pat
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Margie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Partners Personnel posted a job opening for Machine Operator Helper 3Rd Shift(ID #442438) in Cerritos. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Norwalk

• New Bergen County restaurant brings Asian comfort food from LA (northjersey.com)
• Retrial of San Pedro man accused of killing off-duty Monterey Park officer in Downey begins (sgvtribune.com)

Lakewood

• Habit Burger & Grill has a dude ranch for dudes who love ranch (presstelegram.com)
• Disneyland pays $56,000 settlement for modified Autopia engines (presstelegram.com)
• Press-Telegram softball Top 10: La Mirada still No. 1 going into playoffs (presstelegram.com)

Bellflower

• SNAP benefits revoked for millions in face of alleged fraud (deseret.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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