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🌱 Patch AM: What Monrovia’s police handled in just one week on our streets
And check out Smarty Pants Storytime on the Monrovia Patch calendar
Hello Monrovia! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Monrovia's police handled in just one week on our streets
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Toasty conditions, temps: high: 101, low: 72.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Monrovia Police: Indecent exposure at store windows; Man walks in underwear; Woman drugged and assaulted; Missing man found in Vegas; Etc. (monrovianow.com) — Monrovia's latest police log details a busy August 13–19, with multiple shoplifting cases, drug arrests, and several missing-person reports successfully resolved, including one man located in Las Vegas. The report also notes an alleged sexual assault, indecent exposure outside a business, and residents cited for being in city parks after hours, offering a clear snapshot of recent public safety activity around town. 
📸 Around Monrovia
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monrovia
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- Smarty Pants Storytime
Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
12:00 pm - Monroe Back to School Night
Monroe Elementary School Monrovia, CA 91016
6:00 pm - Board of Education Meeting
Arcadia Unified Board Room
7:00 pm - Baby Storytime
Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
10:30 am - Regular Board of Education Meeting
Monrovia Unified Monrovia, CA 91016
6:30 pm - Intro to 3D Printing
Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
11:00 am - Watch Dogs Pizza Night
Mayflower Elementary School Monrovia, CA 91016
6:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
📣 Monrovia Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Coffee with the Counselor & PTA
Plymouth Elementary School Monrovia, CA 91016
8:15 am - Morning Assembly-Spirit Shirt Day
Charles H. Lee Elementary Azusa, CA 91702
8:15 am - Volunteer Training
Magnolia Elementary Parent Center
8:30 am - Behavior Expectations Assembly (Students)
Baldwin Park Unified SV High School Gym
9:00 am - The Arroyo Knights vs. the Azusa Jaguars →
Azusa High School - West Campus, 240 N Cerritos Ave, Azusa
7:00 pm
Friday August 21
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Cart Attendant at Walmart in Duarte, California in Duarte. Apply here.
- City of Azusa California posted a job opening for Police Dispatcher (PT/FT) in Azusa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monrovia here.
🗞 Nearby News
Duarte
- Rams insider predicts Terrance Ferguson will solve WR3 problem (amedpost.com)
Sierra Madre
- Aperture Duo Brings Theatrical Chamber Music to Sierra Madre (coloradoboulevard.net)
- The Gooden School: Great Minds, Gooden Hearts (outlooknewspapers.com)
- Sierra Madre Council Cancels November Election, Three Candidates Set to Take Seats (coloradoboulevard.net)
Ok Monrovia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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