🌱 Patch AM: Where Monrovia football lands in this week’s SGV Top 30.

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• Where Monrovia football lands in this week's SGV Top 30.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Hot with clouds and sun, with a high of 97 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Record-tying temperatures, temps: high: 105, low: 74.
• Thursday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 98 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SGV football Top 30 rankings: Bishop Amat remains on top; La Serna to No. 3 (sgvtribune.com) — Monrovia High's football team is currently ranked 26th in the San Gabriel Valley Top 30, sitting at 2-1 as local schools jostle for early-season position. The rankings highlight key upcoming matchups, playoff implications, and which nearby programs are emerging as league favorites this fall.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monrovia

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Monrovia - Fountain to the Falls 10k Race →
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Other local events

Wednesday September 9
• Step It Up Fundraiser - kick off assembly
  Clifton Middle School Monrovia, CA 91016
  8:00 am
• Baby Storytime
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  10:30 am
• Regular Board of Education Meeting
  Monrovia Unified Monrovia, CA 91016
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Collaboration Day: All Schools
  Rancho Learning Center Arcadia, CA 91006
Friday September 11
• Minimum Day: Dana Middle School
  Rancho Learning Center Arcadia, CA 91006
• Pastries with Parents →
  Camino Grove Elementary School Arcadia, CA 91006
  7:45 am
• Family Movie Night
  Monroe Elementary School Monrovia, CA 91016
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• SAIL Awards Assembly
  Mayflower Elementary School Monrovia, CA 91016
  8:15 am
• 100 MC Kickoff →
  Clifford D. Murray Elementary Azusa, CA 91702
  8:15 am
• Smarty Pants Storytime
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  12:00 pm
• PTA Meet & Greet →
  Camino Grove Elementary School Camino Grove Multipurpose Room (MPR)
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• There is a crow on the corner of Mountain View and Mountain the north west corner hanging from fishing line by one wing and he can't get loose.
  He's been dangling for sometime. Is there anybody that might be able to help with the boom? He's about 25 feet up next to a telephone pole (Nextdoor Maryknoll)
• Where's the spot to trick or treat around Monrovia?
  Usually go out to Alhambra or South Pas but would like to try a new spot. Monrovia is so dead :-( (Nextdoor Live Oak)

• Planet Fitness posted a job opening for Crew Member in Temple City. Apply here.
• AT&T posted a job opening for Bilingual Spanish Retail Sales Consultant in Temple City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monrovia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Duarte

• 49ers' Kyle Shanahan Does Not Mince Words About Rams' Aaron Donald (heavy.com)

Arcadia

• $10 Million of Counterfeit Nike, Adidas, and Fear of God Streetwear Found in California Warehouse (complex.com)
• Book review of Lords of Serendipity by Randy Boyagoda (bookpage.com)

Baldwin Park

• Three Arrested in Connection With August Baldwin Park Shooting (baldwinparknewsonline.com)
• SGV football Top 30 rankings: Bishop Amat remains on top; La Serna to No. 3 (fresnobee.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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