🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Sierra Madre middle schooler winning a national math scholarship.

Good morning Sierra Madre! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Sierra Madre middle schooler winning a national math scholarship.

Also on today's calendar: Life after the game and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, temps: high: 71, low: 59.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Young Sierra Madre Math Scholar Finds Patterns in Numbers and Stories (pasadenanow.com) — A Sierra Madre eighth grader at Sierra Madre Middle School has earned a prestigious national Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship, opening doors for an advanced, customized high school education. Balancing Math Academy coursework with passions for history, literature, music, and theater, he's already tackling college-level math while volunteering to help other students learn, showing how local kids can thrive in rigorous academic paths.
   

📸 Around Sierra Madre

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sierra Madre

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 18
• General Meeting →
  SMRFA Float Barn, 587 East Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Life after the game →
  2426 N Euclid Ave, Upland
  8:00 am
• David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Anne Akiko Meyers Headline Pacific Jazz Orchestra Benefit Concert, 1 →
  A private estate
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Camerata Pacifica Launches Season with 2 Landmark Works, Oct. 11-15 →
  Janet & Ray Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks
  3:00 pm
• Camerata Pacifica Announces 2026-2027 Season →
  Janet & Ray Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• HUGE Church Rummage Sale, Saturday, October 24, 2026, 8:30-1:00 →
  Sierra Madre United Methodist Church, 695 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre
  8:30 am
• LEGENDARY BINGO! →
  SMRFA Float Barn, 611 East Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 10
• Little Bakers: Pies & Tarts →
  Saute Academy, 150 East Colorado Boulevard, Monrovia
  9:30 am
• Middle School Football @ Rio Hondo →
  Rio Hondo Prep, 5150 Farna Ave., Arcadia
  9:30 am
• Old Town Fall Festival →
  10:00 am
• Barks & Boos →
  Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 North Baldwin Ave., Arcadia
  10:00 am
• "This Land is" Exhibition - The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens →
  The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
  10:00 am

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• The Gooden School — (626) 355-2410
• Every move matters car donation program — (626) 367-0705

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ⚠️ 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 )

• Macy's posted a job opening for Beauty Advisor - Lancome, Santa Anita - Full Time in Arcadia. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep(08223) - 1802 E. Washington Blvd. in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sierra Madre here.

🗞 Nearby News

Arcadia

• 1025 La Cadena Unit C, Arcadia, CA 91007 (redfin.com)
• Arcadia – Free Blood Pressure Screenings (keckmedicine.org)

Monrovia

• Monrovia – Free Blood Pressure Screenings (keckmedicine.org)

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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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