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🌱 Patch AM: How a Pasadena Chalk Festival crowd witnessed an unforgettable proposal.
Also, don't miss Family Day at The Gamble House on the Pasadena Patch calendar
Greetings Pasadena! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Pasadena Chalk Festival crowd witnessed an unforgettable proposal.
Also on today's calendar: Young & Healthy Pickleball Palooza and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, temps: high: 73, low: 58.
- Monday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 67 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• He was smitten. She saw his heart: A proposal made in Pasadena chalk art heaven (pasadenastarnews.com) — Pasadena's Chalk Festival at Brookside Park became the backdrop for a surprise proposal between longtime local artists Randall Williams and Stacy Nalapraya, who met at the event 15 years ago. Surrounded by fellow chalk artists and festival-goers, Williams' emotional onstage question turned a beloved Pasadena tradition into a shared community love story the couple will carry into their planned April wedding. 
📸 Around Pasadena
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pasadena
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★ Featured events ★
- Family Day at The Gamble House →
Pasadena
Sunday October 11
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Other local events
- Young & Healthy Pickleball Palooza →
Arcadia County Park, 405 S Santa Anita Ave, Arcadia
11:30 am - Vino in the Village →
38 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena
2:00 pm - Jewish Music →
Pasadena CA - Rose Bowl Flea Market Sunday, October 11, 2026 →
Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena
5:00 am - Rose Bowl Flea Market →
1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena
5:00 am - Post-Surgery Lymphatic Drainage 2-Day Hands-On Intensive Pasadena, CA →
1930 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena
9:00 am - Pasadena Heritage: Craftsman Week →
Pasadena CA
10:00 am - Monday Motivation: FREE Beginner Gracie Combatives Class 🥋 Pasadena →
75 W Walnut St, Pasadena
7:30 pm - Free Women's Self-Defense Seminar in Pasadena | No Experience Needed →
Gracie Jiu Jitsu Pasadena, 75 W Walnut St, Pasadena
1:00 pm - Pasadena Professionals: Reset Your Lunch Break with 2 Jiu-Jitsu Classes for $20 →
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Pasadena, 75 W Walnut St, Pasadena
12:00 pm - Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble presents "A Saintly and Sinful Concert" →
St Luke's Episcopal Church, 122 California Ave, Monrovia
4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Monday October 12
Sunday October 18
Tuesday October 20
Sunday October 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Update: kitty has a home and Pasadena Humane is contacting the owner.
Thanks for suggestions! Does this kitty belong to anyone? It has a collar but is skinny and a bit dirty, and hungry. I can't keep it and would love… (Nextdoor Pasadena (N Wilson-N Allen)) - ⚠️ Magnitude 3.19 earthquake reported
Oct 9 at 12:44 AM PDT: 3.19 magnitude earthquake occurred near Signal Hill, CA. More than 1072 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )
- Western Pest Services posted a job opening for Commercial Night Pest Control Technician Well Train You to Be the Best in Pest! in Pasadena. Apply here.
- UScellular posted a job opening for Mobile Associate - Retail Sales, Bilingual Spanish in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pasadena here.
🗞 Nearby News
Altadena
- County Planners to Take Altadena Feedback on Zoning, Rebuilding Rules at Listening Session (pasadenanow.com)
- SCNG editor/columnist Larry Wilson honored as 'Distinguished Journalist' (pasadenastarnews.com)
- Pasadena Unified School District trustees define 'transformation,' create community committee (pasadenastarnews.com)
San Marino
- Boys' Water Polo: San Marino Outlasts Hoover in Second League Matchup (outlooknewspapers.com)
Arcadia
- Annual Halloween Haunting Digs Up Fun In Arcadia Oct. 30 (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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