🌱 How Bell Gardens’ new 11.25% sales tax hits your wallet
Bell Gardens, California Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Bell Gardens! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Bell Gardens’ new 11.25% sales tax hits your wallet
- Why food writers say Bell Gardens’ Rocio’s mole is unmissable
- Bell Gardens resident named in $140,000 federal identity theft case
Also on today's calendar: KAIROS Desayuno de Mujeres.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 98 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Near-record temperatures, temps: high: 105, low: 75.
- 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) — If you live or shop in Bell Gardens, your sales tax rate jumps to 11.25% starting today because of LA County’s voter-approved Measure ER. The article explains how the new countywide baseline of 10.25% stacks with city add-ons, what the money is earmarked for, and how rising taxes compound already steep local costs for gas, housing, and everyday purchases. 
• 8 California Mexican Restaurants Where Rich, Complex Mole Steals The Whole Meal (newsbreak.com) — Bell Gardens diners get a special shout-out in this statewide roundup, which highlights Rocio’s Mexican Kitchen on Garfield Avenue as a must-visit spot for rich, complex mole. The piece explains what to order, how to sample different sauces, and why this neighborhood restaurant draws praise from serious Mexican food fans across California.
• Four Arrested Five Charged in California Social Security Number and Credit Card Fraud Scheme - (thehenryettan.com) — A Bell Gardens resident is among five people charged in a federal identity theft and credit fraud case that allegedly ran up more than $140,000 in retail debt across California. Prosecutors say the group used stolen Social Security numbers to open accounts and then tried to wipe the debts through bankruptcy, with four suspects arrested and one still at large.
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3rd Annual Eddie Cochran Memorial Car Show →
Bell Gardens John Anson Ford Park, 8000 Park Ln, Bell Gardens
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
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KAIROS Desayuno de Mujeres →
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Rip Carson & the Carcin-O-Genics at Bell Gardens Car Show →
Ford Park, 8000 Park Lane, Bell Gardens
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Student Zone: Homework Help for K-12 Students
Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library
2:30 pm -
Havana Nights →
Downtown Downey, 10927 Downey Avenue, Downey
6:00 pm -
Movie Night: Hocus Pocus
Chavez Middle School Lynwood, CA 90262
6:00 pm -
SGHS Theatre Presents: Neil Simon's THE ODD COUPLE
San Gabriel High School, 801 S Ramona St, San Gabriel
6:00 pm -
V Football vs. Artesia (A)
Pioneer High School Whittier, CA 90606
7:00 pm -
[Homecoming] FHS Varsity Football Vs Glenn HS
Lynwood High School Football Field, 4050 E Imperial Hwy, Lynwood
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Football (11 person) VR @ La Canada
Schurr High Montebello, CA 90640
7:00 pm -
Varsity Football vs Gahr
Gahr High School, 11111 Artesia Blvd, Cerritos
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Beso Fridays - Reggaeton, Latin EDM, Big Room, Top 40s + more! →
8312 3rd Street, Downey
10:00 pm
Friday October 2
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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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