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🌱 Patch AM: What we know about the alleged hate crime at Moorpark mosque.

Coming up: 9th Annual Fredrick Michael Gibson 5K/10K and Half Marathon Run on the Moorpark Patch calendar

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Greetings Moorpark! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What we know about the alleged hate crime at Moorpark mosque.
  • How three DUI arrests and one injury snarled SR-118 overnight.

Also on today's calendar: 9th Annual Fredrick Michael Gibson 5K/10K and Half Marathon Run and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A couple of showers, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, showers around, temps: high: 68, low: 48.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Moorpark man pleads not guilty to charges for hate crime at mosque (vcstar.com) — A Moorpark resident has pleaded not guilty after being charged with a hate-crime-related civil rights violation and disturbing the peace, following an incident outside Masjid Omar Muhammad Mosque in town. He allegedly shouted slurs, threatened a congregant, was arrested nearby, released on bond, and is due back in court December 8.
   

• Firefighter seriously injured in Simi Valley DUI crash (thecamarilloacorn.com) — Moorpark-area CHP officers handled a chaotic overnight scene on SR-118 near Tapo Canyon Road where a firefighter was seriously injured after a Tesla drove through a crash investigation. The original wrong-way DUI collision, followed by two more suspected DUI drivers breaching the flare pattern, led to three arrests and multi-hour lane closures while investigators gathered evidence.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Thousand Oaks

  • Product Quality Director (amgen.com)
  • Newbury Park man pleads not guilty to felonies for fraud, theft (vcstar.com)
  • Deadly drug overdose leads to arrest of Southern California man nearly a year later (ktla.com)

Simi Valley

  • Meet the 10 candidates for Simi Valley City Council (vcstar.com)

Ok Moorpark! 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: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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