Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 89, low: 70.
Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Press-Telegram football preview: St. John Bosco ranked No. 1 in Top 10 (presstelegram.com) — Lakewood High's Lancers enter the new football season ranked eighth in the Press-Telegram's preseason Top 10, coming off a 6-5 year and a third-place Moore League finish. With a first-time starting quarterback, they're expected to lean on a strong running game and a physical, senior-led defense against tough regional competition.
• ABC Announces Special On-Sale Liquor Licenses for Los Angeles (ca.gov) — Lakewood business owners can soon apply at the Paramount Boulevard ABC office for one of twelve new special on-sale general liquor licenses available in Los Angeles County. Applications are accepted September 14–25, 2026, with a nearly $20,000 fee and a possible virtual drawing if demand exceeds supply.
• Los Angeles street takeover acts as cover while thieves ransack liquor store (newsnationnow.com) — Deputies from the Lakewood Sheriff's Station responded after a massive street takeover in Bellflower early Saturday masked a smash-and-grab burglary that caused an estimated $30,000 loss. Officials say hundreds of cars blocked access while dozens ransacked a liquor store, and they're warning Lakewood-area residents that illegal street takeovers often bring serious crime and danger.
PTA Connections Coffee Bonita Canyon Elementary Irvine, CA 92603 8:15 am
Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Fountain Valley Paramount High School - Senior Campus (14429 Downey Ave, Paramoun 4:45 pm
Closed Session of the Board of Education ABC Unified 16700 Norwalk Blvd, Cerritos, CA 90703, USA 5:30 pm
OXFORD: Coffee w/ the Principal #1-VIRTUAL (Zoom) Anaheim Union High School District Anaheim, CA 92803 6:00 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Went to the new F&M amphitheater last night to see Luke Bryan. All I can saw is way to go LB.!!! Parking is near the convention center and they shuttle you over. Arena was great and everyone working was so nice… (Nextdoor Lakewood Park-Central)
I have been using Justina's service to add flowers and plants around my space and I've really enjoyed the results. I especially like the way she uses hanging pots to lend more dimension to the layout and bring color to a variety of areas. She also created a lot of… (Nextdoor Lakewood Shores)
Yoshinoya America, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Lakewood. Apply here.
McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Hawaiian Gardens. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lakewood here.
🗞 Nearby News
Bellflower
Masked group ransacks Bellflower liquor store during street takeover (abc7.com)
Fundraiser by Nathan Abdullatif : Dozens of looters destroyed our family store (gofundme.com)
Ex-Giants WR Quickly Finds New Home With Falcons After Injury Settlement (heavy.com)
Cerritos
Hayden Panettiere, 'Heroes' and 'Nashville' Star, Dies at 36 (loscerritosnews.net)
Week zero schedule for Orange County high school football teams Aug. 20-22 - (ocsportszone.com)
Long Beach
A captain's guide to the concert: Long Beach Symphony makes it easy to chart your course to Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean in Concert Live to Film (lbpost.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!) Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!