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In today's newsletter:

• How a years-long Apple scam reached the Pasadena store and beyond.
• Step inside Pasadena's control room that drives a robot on Mars.
• How a Rose Bowl-era AD shakeup could reshape UCLA's future

Also on today's calendar: Gracie Bullyproof Back To School Open House and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny; low humidity, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 83, low: 62.
• Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Apple Defrauded Out Of More Than $16M By IE Men, Sentences Handed Down (patch.com) — A long-running counterfeit iPhone and iPad scam hit Apple Stores across Southern California, including Pasadena, where fake devices were swapped for genuine ones under warranty. Two Inland Empire ringleaders just received multi-year federal prison sentences and massive restitution orders after investigators tied the scheme to more than $16 million in losses.
   

• LA supervisors introduce new public comment system to encourage participation in meetings (pasadenastarnews.com) — From a control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, scientists plan each day's work for the Curiosity rover on Mars, from driving routes to rock-drilling targets. The piece walks readers through a typical shift, showing how Pasadena-based teams interpret new images, debate science priorities, and send carefully crafted commands millions of miles away.
   

• What Went Wrong Under Martin Jarmond at UCLA (kansas.com) — Pasadena gets a brief spotlight here as the Rose Bowl setting for a key moment in Martin Jarmond's turbulent UCLA tenure, which has now ended with his dismissal as athletic director. The piece explains how his leadership through the Big Ten move, coaching changes, and mounting athletic department deficits led to this shakeup, and why Bruins fans see 2026 as a potential fresh start.
   

📸 Around Pasadena

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pasadena

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 5
• Guns N' Roses →
  Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Dr, Pasadena
  6:25 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 5
• Gracie Bullyproof Back To School Open House →
  Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Pasadena, 75 W Walnut St, Pasadena
  1:00 pm
• Guns N Roses →
  Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Dr, Pasadena
  6:25 pm
Sunday September 6
• Campus Care: Amigos de Los Rios
  Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy Pasadena, CA 91101
  8:00 am
Monday September 7
• Labor Day - No School
  Altadena Arts Magnet Altadena
Tuesday September 8
• Coffee with the Principal
  Washington Elementary STEM Magnet School Pasadena, CA 91101
  8:15 am
• School Tour
  Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy Pasadena, CA 91101
  8:30 am
• Lunch Break Reset →
  Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Pasadena, 75 W Walnut St, Pasadena
  12:00 pm
• Closed Session Board of Education Meeting
  San Marino Unified 1665 West Dr, San Marino, CA 91108, USA
  5:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Equitable Financial Advisor
  San Marino High Staff Lounge
  8:00 am
• FREE Jiu-Jitsu Intro Class in Pasadena | No Experience Needed →
  Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Pasadena, 75 W Walnut St, Pasadena
  7:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• 2026 Los Angeles County Women's Leadership Conference →
  Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E Green St, Pasadena
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Any one has a full bed available i
  Recently moved and have no furniture im single mom on a fixed income (Nextdoor Madison)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost cat!
  Luna was lost on August 25, 2026 in Glendale, CA 91208 near Sycamore Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the owner,… (Nextdoor Lincoln, Howard, Arroyo, Freeway)

• California Institute of Technology posted a job opening for Building and Maintenance Custodian in Pasadena. Apply here.
• CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pasadena here.

🗞 Nearby News

Altadena

• Supervisors to Take Up Ending Local Health Emergency From Fires That Destroyed Altadena (pasadenanow.com)
• In test of state housing laws, fire-ravaged Altadena is on cusp of a win, or at least a compromise (dailynews.com)
• Who Should Pay When Utilities Companies Start a Fire? (kqed.org)

San Marino

• 'Futurama' cast goes on special aroma-filled outing before new corpse flower-inspired episode (abc7.com)
• Carver and Valentine Elementary Students Get a Taste of Speech & Debate (pasadenanow.com)

Ok Pasadena! 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: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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