🌱 Patch AM: How a Diamond Bar caretaker murder case ended in a sanity verdict

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Diamond Bar caretaker murder case ended in a sanity verdict
• Diamond Bar-based AQMD tightens oversight after massive food-waste odor crisis

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 93 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 90, low: 63.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Caretaker found sane and guilty in Diamond Bar assisted living murders (foxla.com) — A caretaker has been found legally sane and convicted of murdering two elderly women at a Diamond Bar assisted living home, with sentencing set for Sept. 3 in Pomona. Officials say the case underscores protections for vulnerable seniors, and residents are urged to report any suspected elder abuse to law enforcement or the county hotline.
   

• South Coast AQMD Confirms Lineage Completes Bulk Food Waste Removal (vannuysnewspress.com) — South Coast AQMD, based in Diamond Bar, says Lineage Logistics has finished removing massive amounts of rotting food waste at its Boyle Heights facility, starting a seven-day window for disinfecting and final cleanup. Inspectors will keep monitoring odors and can impose tougher penalties if nuisance smells continue or cleanup rules are broken.
   

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Tuesday September 1
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  City of Diamond Bar - Main City Calendar - Tacitas Coffee 574 N. Diamond Bar Blvd. Diamond Bar CA 91765
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  City of Diamond Bar - Main City Calendar South Coast Air Quality Management District - Auditorium - 21865 C
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Wednesday September 2
• 5th Gr Family Engagement
  Cyrus J. Morris Elementary Walnut, CA 91789
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Tuesday September 8
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  City of Diamond Bar - Main City Calendar City Hall Windmill Room - 21810 Copley Drive Diamond Bar CA 91765
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  City of Diamond Bar - Main City Calendar - Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 235 S. Diamond Bar Blvd. Diamond Bar CA
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Thursday September 10
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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• PTA/PTO Council Meeting
  Pomona Unified SD Harrison Elementary 425 E. Harrison Ave., Pomona, CA
  4:30 pm
• Away JV Girl's Flag Football VS. Glendora
  Covina High School Covina, CA 91723
  4:30 pm
• Flag Football vs Western Christian
  Glen a. Wilson High V - Away
  6:00 pm
• Away VAR Girl's Flag Football VS. Glendora
  Covina High School Covina, CA 91723
  6:00 pm
• Flag Football, Girls VR vs Laguna Hills
  Valencia High 500 N. Bradford Avenue, Placentia, California, 92870
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Senior Sunrise
  Covina High School Covina, CA 91723
  5:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Walnut

• Royal treatment at a mother-daughter tea at Rose Tree Cottage (sgvtribune.com)
• 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships: Day 1 Recap (swimswam.com)
• Systems Engineer - Level 5 (northropgrumman.com)

Pomona

• Tour Bus Crash Near Pomona Leaves One Dead (jnylaw.com)
• Caregiver Convicted Of Murdering Women At Assisted Living Facility (patch.com)
• Community band celebrates three decades of music (lvcampustimes.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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