🌱 Patch AM: How Cerritos College set the tone with a 3–0 home win.

Hi Cerritos! 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 Cerritos College set the tone with a 3–0 home win.
• What we know about the fatal I-605 crash in Cerritos

Also on today's calendar: Oktoberfest 2026 and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 95 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Sunny and toasty conditions, temps: high: 93, low: 69.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Men's soccer ends tough preseason with foreseeable victory (talonmarks.com) — Cerritos College men's soccer capped a rocky preseason with a 3–0 home win over Los Angeles Pierce, their first match on the newly finished Falcons soccer field in Cerritos. Despite multiple yellow cards, the defending state champions looked dominant in possession and scoring, and now turn their focus to hosting rival Mt. San Antonio College at home on October 6.
   

• CHP Investigating Deadly Cerritos Two-Vehicle Collision on Northbound I-605 (pacificattorneygroup.com) — Early this morning, a two-vehicle crash on northbound I-605 near SR-91 in Cerritos killed one person and shut down the freeway, with traffic diverted off South Street for several hours. Lanes gradually reopened after a SigAlert that lasted until about 4:44 a.m., and CHP investigators are still working to determine what caused the deadly collision.
   

📸 Around Cerritos

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cerritos

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Oktoberfest 2026 →
  Holy Family Catholic Church, 18708 Clarkdale Ave, Artesia
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Pickleball Night →
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17909 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos
• Cerritos Library and Sculpture Gardens →
  Cerritos Library, Cerritos
  11:00 am
• JV Girls' Volleyball @ Valley Christian →
  Valley Christian, 17700 Dumont Ave, Cerritos
  4:00 pm
• Girls' Varsity Volleyball @ Valley Christian →
  Valley Christian, 17700 Dumont Ave, Cerritos
  5:15 pm
• AWAY - Varsity Football @ Cypress HS
  Handel Stadium, 501 S Western Ave, Anaheim
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Community Yoga Session →
  Don Knabe Community Center, 19700 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos
  6:00 pm
• Friday Nights in Cerritos: 30's edition | Dinner with Strangers →
  Restaurant of the Night, Cerritos, Cerritos
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Run For Your Mind - World Mental Health Day →
  8th Symphony Coffee, 11818 South Street, Cerritos
  7:30 am
Sunday October 11
• Garden Of Hope Cancer Care Fundraiser →
  Whittier SDA Church, 8841 Calmada Ave, Whittier
  11:00 am
Monday October 12
• Community Yoga Session →
  Don Knabe Community Center, 19700 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday October 7
• Blood Drive →
  Cypress College, 9200 Valley View St., Cypress
  9:00 am
• Torrey Memorial Bible Conference 2026: UnDone →
  La Mirada CA
  9:30 am
• Fall 2026 University Visits →
  Cypress College, 9200 Valley View St., Cypress
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hot Topic posted a job opening for Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 1 in Cerritos. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Artesia

• Fatal Freeway Collision in Cerritos (mynewsla.com)
• 60 homes proposed at 2320 N. Parmalee Ave. in Comptom (urbanize.city)

Norwalk

• The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: October 5 (eater.com)
• 1 dead, 2 injured after car drives into Whittier restaurant (cbsnews.com)
• Gov. Newsom announces $2.7 billion for 150+ projects to expand and make state's transportation system more resilient (contracostaherald.com)

Los Alamitos

• Mosquito Spraying Starts In Seal Beach, Los Alamitos: What To Know (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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