Community Corner
🌱 How your Monterey Park library card can unlock September local discounts
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Cheers Monterey Park! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How your Monterey Park library card can unlock September local discounts
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 84, low: 65.
- Saturday: Brilliant sunshine, with a high of 88 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• L.A. Library Cards Come With Local Discounts This September (lamag.com) — Monterey Park cardholders can score local deals through the Bruggemeyer Library's Reader Rewards program, running through September 30 for anyone with a free library card. Residents who sign up at the Ramona Avenue library can unlock discounts, free drinks, and buy-one-get-one offers while exploring broader library resources promoted during Library Card Sign-Up Month. 
📸 Around Monterey Park
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monterey Park
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- Friday, Minimum Day-dismissal 1:28 p.m./Día Mínimo-salida a la 1:2
Macy Intermediate Monterey Park, CA 91755 - Labor Day - Holiday
Alhambra Unified Alhambra, CA 91803 - Labor Day, September 7, 2026, Holiday/Día Festivo
Macy Intermediate Monterey Park, CA 91755 - Macy Spirit Week, 9/8-9/11
Macy Intermediate Monterey Park, CA 91755 - Picture Day
Winter Gardens Elementary Los Angeles, CA 90022
8:45 am - Lift Back-to-School Night (Adult Transition)
Alhambra Unified 20 S Marengo Ave, Alhambra, CA 91801, USA
4:30 pm
Friday September 4
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Thursday September 10
📣 Monterey Park Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Scanlon Early Education Center Back-to-School Night (Preschool)
Alhambra Unified 15 Alhambra Rd, Alhambra, CA 91801, USA
3:30 pm - Football (11 person) FR vs Los Altos/Hacienda Heights
Schurr High Montebello, CA 90640
4:00 pm - Volleyball, Girls JV @ Calvary Chapel/Downey / NA
Rosemead High Rosemead, CA 91770
4:00 pm - Water Polo, Boys VR @ Flintridge Prep
Schurr High Montebello, CA 90640
4:00 pm - Volleyball, Girls JV @ Calvary Chapel/Downey
Rosemead High Rosemead, CA 91770
4:00 pm - Volleyball, Girls VR @ Calvary Chapel/Downey
Rosemead High Rosemead, CA 91770
5:00 pm
Thursday September 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Alhambra. Apply here.
- Garvey School District posted a job opening for Groundskeeper - District Office, Maintenance SUBSTITUTE POSITION in Rosemead. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monterey Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Alhambra
- Study: Almost every American has been targeted by scammers (altoonamirror.com)
- Public Notices Published September 3, 2026 (sanfernandosun.com)
East Los Angeles
- MUNA x UGG Back-to-School Collab: Shop Shoes & Clothes Online (billboard.com)
- Lane Changes Coming to Sunset Boulevard (theeastsiderla.com)
- In LA's Latino Neighborhoods, How Safe Is the Football Dream? New CTE Research Raises the Alarm (parriva.com)
Pasadena
- PWP Plans Low-Interest Loans For Home Solar, Battery Projects (patch.com)
Ok Monterey Park! 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 shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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