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🌱 Patch AM: Santa Clarita Fire Map: See Bouquet Fire Perimeter, Evacuation Areas

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Good morning Los Angeles! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Evacuation zones expand as Bouquet Fire grows near Santa Clarita
  • How Joey Sorice's sudden death just reshaped this year's Italian Festival
  • Have you seen this stolen work truck near Los Angeles freeways?

Also on today's calendar: 6th Annual Level Ground Festival and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Very hot, with a high of 103 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Record-tying temperatures, temps: high: 102, low: 76.
  • Wednesday: Very hot, with a high of 100 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Santa Clarita Fire Map: See Bouquet Fire Perimeter, Evacuation Areas (patch.com) — Residents in northern Los Angeles County are facing mandatory evacuations as the Bouquet Fire burns more than 800 acres northeast of Santa Clarita in the Angeles National Forest. Officials have closed sections of Bouquet Canyon Road, issued multiple evacuation orders and warnings for surrounding zones, and deployed air tankers, strike teams, and hand crews to protect threatened structures.
   

• Los Angeles, CA: Joey Sorice, Founder of Los Angeles Italian Festival, Dies Suddenly (theunionstar.com) — Los Angeles residents involved with the Italian Festival are mourning founder Joey Sorice, whose sudden death from an apparent heart attack has led organizers to cancel the 2026 Los Angeles Italian Festival. Friends and fellow comedians are sharing memories of his humor and passion for Italian culture, highlighting how his work helped bring together the city's Italian American and comedy communities.
   

• Work truck stolen from Long Beach man with wife battling Stage 4 cancer (ktla.com) — A Long Beach plumber supporting his wife's Stage 4 cancer battle is asking Los Angeles-area residents to watch for his stolen 2006 Chevy 2500 work truck, taken near a Signal Hill Home Depot by the 405 and Atlantic. The theft wiped out his tools and livelihood, and his children have launched a GoFundMe to help him replace equipment and keep caring for his wife.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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