🌱 How Duarte’s semifinal heartbreaker set up this CIF title showdown
Duarte, California Patch AM: a 2 min readGood morning to you Duarte! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Duarte’s semifinal heartbreaker set up this CIF title showdown
- How Duarte’s City of Hope is reshaping future breast cancer vaccines
Today's riddle: The top potato won what? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 87, low: 62.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Preview: Saturday's CIF-SS baseball finals for Laguna Beach, Rancho Alamitos (modbee.com) — Duarte High’s baseball team just had its strong CIF-SS run end in a tight 4–2 semifinal loss to Schurr, decided in extra innings after Duarte led 2–0. The preview spotlights Saturday’s championship games, but Duarte’s near-upset shows how competitive local programs are against regional contenders. 
• Advancing Vaccine Approaches in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (hmpgloballearningnetwork.com) — Duarte’s City of Hope is featured for leading a major global trial on a promising breast cancer vaccine that ultimately did not improve survival for high‑risk patients. Even so, the Duarte-based team’s work is shaping how and when cancer vaccines might best be used, especially in earlier stages of disease as immunotherapy standards rapidly evolve.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A championchip (Thank you Timothy G. for sending it in!)
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