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🌱 How WPT’s big return could reshape poker at Commerce Casino
Coming up: SoCal PCC Gold Rush Event on the Commerce Patch calendar
Morning Commerce! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
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In today's newsletter:
- How WPT's big return could reshape poker at Commerce Casino
Also on today's calendar: Anime Night Mart X Shonen Riot Rave & Market at The Compound Oct. 3rd and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 88 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 88, low: 66.
- Thursday: Sunny and remaining warm, with a high of 91 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• World Poker Tour's Return Could Rejuvenate Iconic LA Poker Classic (pokernews.com) — Poker players in Commerce can look forward to the World Poker Tour returning to Commerce Casino, with a full LA Poker Classic series scheduled from mid-January through early March and the championship set for late February 2027. Organizers hope WPT branding will revive shrinking fields and restore million‑dollar top prizes that once made this Commerce-based event a global poker highlight. 
📸 Around Commerce
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Commerce
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★ Featured events ★
- SoCal PCC Gold Rush Event →
Steven's Steak & Seafood House, 5332 Stevens Place, Commerce
10:00 am
Wednesday September 30
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Other local events
- EIC Community Conversations (Marguerita School)
Marguerita Elementary School, 1603 Marguerita Ave, Alhambra
5:00 pm - EIC Community Conversations (Monterey Highlands School)
Monterey Highlands Elementary School, 400 Casuda Canyon Dr, Mont
6:00 pm - SGHS Theatre Presents: Neil Simon's THE ODD COUPLE
San Gabriel High School, 801 S Ramona St, San Gabriel
4:30 pm - EIC Community Conversations (Fremont School - Dual Immersion)
Fremont Elementary School, 2001 Elm St, Alhambra
5:00 pm - SGHS Theatre Presents: Neil Simon's THE ODD COUPLE
San Gabriel High School, 801 S Ramona St, San Gabriel
6:00 pm - Anime Night Mart X Shonen Riot Rave & Market at The Compound Oct. 3rd →
The Compound by Dirt Dog, 2909 Supply Avenue, Commerce
1:00 pm - Anime Night Mart X Shonen Riot Rave & Market at The Compound →
The Compound by Dirt Dog, 2909 Supply Avenue, Commerce
1:00 pm - CommUNITY →
The Compound by Dirt Dog, 2909 Supply Avenue, Commerce
2:00 pm - EIC Community Conversations (Emery Park School)
Emery Park Elementary School, 2821 W Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra
5:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
📣 Commerce Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 9/29 Coffee with the Principal
Christian Sorensen Elementary Whittier, CA 90606
8:30 am - FPS: Totally Tykes! - Hybrid →
MP Office, 900 Corporate Ctr Dr. Ste 100, Monterey Park
10:00 am
Tuesday September 29
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ⚠️ Magnitude 3.55 earthquake reported
Sep 27 at 8:40 AM PDT: 3.5 magnitude earthquake occurred near Hermosa Beach, CA. More than 2106 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )
🗞 Nearby News
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East Los Angeles
- A fiber optic boring drill punched through a 16-inch crude oil line at 3 a.m. in East Los Angeles, and 2,400 gallons reached the river before anyone closed the valve (energiesmedia.com)
- Cornell University sexual assault case, candidate Richard Barrera, OpenAI pauses training and more (laist.com)
- From Telenovas to PrEP (poz.com)
Long Beach
- 3 Teens Shot On Same Long Beach Block In 17 Days (patch.com)
- 20-Year-Old Seriously Injured In Long Beach Hit-And-Run: Report (patch.com)
Ok Commerce! 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: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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