🌱 Patch AM: Arcadia community remembers former mayor James Helms’ century of service

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• Arcadia community remembers former mayor James Helms’ century of service

Also on today's calendar: Dezemberfest 2025 at Nature Friends LA and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the boat dock say when it was arrested? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, temps: high: 78, low: 54.
• Monday: Sunlit and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former Arcadia Mayor James Helms dies at 100, leaving ‘extraordinary legacy' (pasadenastarnews.com) — Arcadia is mourning former mayor and community pillar James “Jim” Helms, who has died at 100 after decades of service to the city and the San Gabriel Valley. From opening a local law firm in 1953 to leading the City Council, Chamber of Commerce, and USC Arcadia Hospital Foundation, Helms shaped civic life for generations and leaves a deeply rooted legacy of service.
   

📸 Around Arcadia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Arcadia

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Dezemberfest 2025 at Nature Friends LA
  Nature Friends of Los Angeles, 423 Yucca Trail, Sierra Madre
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 14

• APAF Presents The Lettermen
  Arcadia Performing Arts Center , 188 Campus Dr , Arcadia
• A Night of Christmas with The Lettermen
  Arcadia Performing Arts Center , 188 Campus Dr , Arcadia
  2:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Free Vaccine Clinic: Flu and COVID-19 for for All Ages
  Live Oak Library , 22 W Live Oak Ave , Arcadia
  12:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  12:30 pm
• New Parent Engagement: Learn About Library Programs & Services
  Live Oak Library , 22 W Live Oak Ave , Arcadia
  3:00 pm
• City Council Meeting
  City of Arcadia , 240 W Huntington Dr , Arcadia
  3:00 pm
• Read With STAR Volunteer Suze
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday Blues
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 13

• Saturday Academy @ Cafeteria
  Arroyo High , Cafeteria , El Monte
  7:30 am
• Menudo Breakfast 2025
  Twin Lakes School , 3900 Gilman Rd , El Monte
  8:00 am
• Nightshift Afterhours
  California State University , Los Angeles , Los Angeles
  9:00 am
• Kids' Cookies Class
  Saute Culinary Academy , 150 E Colorado Blvd , Monrovia
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• If anyone out there loves calm, gentle dogs — the kind that still have so much love and life to give — please look at Big Boy (#A5729245).
  He's healthy, beautiful, and just wants to belong to someone again. But he's unsure being being in the loud shelter, he's wondering what he's doing… (Nextdoor Holly Avenue Santa Anita)

• Old Navy, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate - Santa Anita F/P in Arcadia. Apply here.
• Allied Universal posted a job opening for Posting Security Guard Jewelry Store in Arcadia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arcadia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sierra Madre

• Magical Sierra Madre Tradition Returns This December (coloradoboulevard.net)

Temple City

• Santa Maria-Bonita School Robotics Hosts Winter Wonderland Event (noozhawk.com)
• Paradise Lost: Altadena resident navigates loss, resilience after Eaton Fire (pasadenaweekly.com)

Monrovia

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