🌱 Teens transform Westminster crash site into emotional memorial for 13-year-old rider

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• Teens transform Westminster crash site into emotional memorial for 13-year-old rider

Also on today's calendar: 30th Crawfish Festival - May 15-17, 2026 - FREE PARKING! and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a snake? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 74 and low of 59 degrees.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 71, low: 62.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 72 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 13-year-old killed in e-motorcycle crash is remembered for ‘lots of happy energy' (dailynews.com) — A 13-year-old boy died after crashing his e-motorcycle into a median on Magnolia Street near Larson Avenue, where friends have since created a growing memorial in Westminster. Teens returned to the site over the weekend to leave flowers, food, and messages, remembering him as energetic, a good student, and an avid lion dancer who inspired many of his friends.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westminster

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 16

• 30th Crawfish Festival - May 15-17, 2026 - FREE PARKING! →
  16400 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday May 12

• Parents United
  Donald S. Jordan Intermediate Garden Grove, CA 92844
  8:30 am
• Parents United 2:30pm - Viet
  Donald S. Jordan Intermediate Garden Grove, CA 92844
  2:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Dalley: NYC meeting
  Donald S. Jordan Intermediate Garden Grove, CA 92844
  3:30 pm
• Lowell: NYC meeting
  Donald S. Jordan Intermediate Garden Grove, CA 92844
  5:30 pm
• Track & Field Banquet
  La Quinta High The Outlets at Orange, 20 City Blvd W, Orange, CA 92868, USA
  7:00 pm

Friday May 15

• GGUSD's 60th Anniversary @ BGHS
  Donald S. Jordan Intermediate Bolsa Grande High School Stadium
  4:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Football Passing League
  Bolsa Grande High Stadium and Back Field
  8:00 am
• Bolsa Pop's Concert
  Bolsa Grande High East Gym
  6:30 pm

Monday May 25

• Annual Memorial Day Mass →
  All Souls Cemetery & Mortuary, 4400 Cherry Ave, Long Beach
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 11

• Boys Basketball Banquet in Cafeteria
  Rancho Alamitos High Garden Grove, CA 92841
  5:00 pm
• Oak Instrumental Show
  Oak Middle School LAHS PAC
  6:30 pm

Tuesday May 12

• BBQ Lunch for SBAC
  Alamitos Intermediate Garden Grove, CA 92841
• Don Wash Spring Music Concert
  Louis Lake Intermediate Garden Grove, CA 92840

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💬 Chatter

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• TWO COYOTES HUNTING WARD/BOLSA .
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🗞 Nearby News

Garden Grove

• Planners approve Nickelodeon (orangecountytribune.com)
• Sunny Hills holds off Crossroads challenge, earns a berth in CIF Division 4 finals next week - (ocsportszone.com)
• 13-year-old killed in e-motorcycle crash is remembered for ‘lots of happy energy' (dailybreeze.com)

Fountain Valley

• Local Event: 30th Crawfish Festival - May 15-17, 2026 - FREE PARKING! (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In inches. Snakes don't have feet! (Thank you Kay L. for sending it in!)
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