🌱 Patch AM: How Baldwin Park’s new 11% sales tax hits your wallet today

Hi Baldwin Park! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Baldwin Park's new 11% sales tax hits your wallet today
• Why Baldwin Park's In-N-Out just topped California's burger rankings
• How a new bill could safeguard Baldwin Park's drinking water

Also on today's calendar: Christ Extended Hand and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 103 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Very hot, temps: high: 105, low: 74.
• Sunday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 104 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sales tax in this California county jumps to 10.25% today – here's why (ktvu.com) — Baldwin Park shoppers will now pay an 11% sales tax, after Los Angeles County's Measure ER boosted the countywide rate to 10.25% and pushed many cities higher. The five-year tax is intended to support county healthcare and public health services, but it adds to already steep local costs like high gas and housing prices across Southern California.
   

• Classic SoCal In-N-Out named most iconic burger joint in the state (nypost.com) — Baldwin Park's original In-N-Out has just been named California's most iconic burger spot, highlighting the city's role as the chain's birthplace and current corporate home. A replica of the 1948 stand, nearby gift shop, and In-N-Out University now draw burger fans to Baldwin Park as the company shifts its headquarters back from Irvine.
   

• Reps. Cisneros, Chu Introduce Bill to Fund Clean Drinking Water (house.gov) — Baldwin Park residents could see long-term benefits to their drinking water as a new congressional bill seeks $250 million and removes funding caps for cleaning the San Gabriel Basin groundwater. The proposal, led by Reps. Gil Cisneros and Judy Chu, would accelerate decades-long contamination cleanup that supplies water to over 1.5 million people in the San Gabriel Valley.
   

📸 Around Baldwin Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Baldwin Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• 10 Days of Prayer →
  13965 E. Ramona Parkway, Baldwin Park
  6:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday October 4
• Christ Extended Hand →
  4725 Maine Avenue, Baldwin Park
  11:00 am
Monday October 5
• 10 Days of Prayer →
  13965 E. Ramona Parkway, Baldwin Park
  6:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Free Educational Seminar on Estate Planning - Baldwin Park →
  14635 Baldwin Park Towne Ctr, Baldwin Park
  2:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
• 10 Days of Prayer →
  13965 E. Ramona Parkway, Baldwin Park
  6:00 am

📣 Baldwin Park Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• Adult ESL Classes
  Shirpser Elementary El Monte, CA 91731
  8:15 am
• Supervising Others 2ndDay →
  Covina Workman Training Facility, 2648 E. Workman Ave. Suite 308, West Covina
  9:00 am
• Whittier Narrows Artisan Market & Festival →
  1600 Rosemead Blvd, South El Monte
  10:00 am
• PTSA Family Night: BTS Picnic/Bookfair @ HRE
  Hugo Reid Elementary School Arcadia, CA 91007
  5:00 pm
• V Football Homecoming (H) San Gabriel HS
  Mountain View High El Monte, CA 91732
  7:00 pm
• Away VAR Football VS. South Hills
  Covina High School Covina, CA 91723
  7:00 pm
• Varsity Boys Football: Arroyo Vs Arcadia @ Arcadia ( 7pm) (ALL)
  Arroyo High El Monte, CA 91732
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Any coin washer machine tech?
  Covina 91723 Send me a message Washer machine locked won't close (Nextdoor Pacific)

• Charlie's Produce posted a job opening for Warehouse Sanitation Associate in Azusa. Apply here.
• Keck Medicine of USC posted a job opening for Monitor Secretary - Telemetry 5 Tower - Full Time Nights (7:00PM to 7:30AM) (Union, Non-Exempt) in Arcadia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Baldwin Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

El Monte

• 12113 1/4 Morehouse St #5, El Monte, CA 91732 (zillow.com)
• Two Injured in Car Crash on Garvey Avenue Into Food4Less Store Entrance [El Monte, CA] (sweetlaw.com)
• Honeycomb Sandwich Panels Market Forecast to 2035: Aerospace Demand Drives Growth (indexbox.io)

La Puente

• SGV high school football: Previews, predictions for Friday's Week 6 games (whittierdailynews.com)

West Covina

• SGV high school football: Previews, predictions for Friday's Week 6 games (sgvtribune.com)

Ok Baldwin Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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