🌱 Patch AM: How a Baldwin Park mail theft case led to an FBI raid

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Baldwin Park mail theft case led to an FBI raid

Also on today's calendar: 10 Days of Prayer and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 86, low: 65. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Baldwin Park Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Two USPS Mail Carriers and Illegally Possessing Ammunition in Case Linked to 2024 FBI Raid (baldwinparknewsonline.com) — A Baldwin Park resident has pleaded guilty to robbing two USPS mail carriers at gunpoint around local homes and illegally possessing ammunition, in a case tied to a 2024 FBI raid near Big Dalton Avenue and Clydewood Street. He remains in federal custody and faces potentially decades in prison when he's sentenced in December, after investigators say he used stolen keys to raid area mailboxes and later assaulted postal inspectors.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Baldwin Park. Apply here.
• Bassett Unified School District posted a job opening for Child Development State Preschool Teacher in La Puente. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Baldwin Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

El Monte

• Inside an Underground Gambling Den Bust in California (discernreport.com)
• Coroner IDs Man Killed in El Monte Vehicle-Electric Bike Collision (mynewsla.com)
• Anna Michael's GoFundMe Profile (gofundme.com)

La Puente

• From service to support, Ralph Figueroa honors his roots with purpose (csusb.edu)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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