🌱 Patch AM: Need help with rent? Here’s how Baldwin Park’s housing lottery works

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In today's newsletter:

• Need help with rent? Here’s how Baldwin Park’s housing lottery works
• Have you seen this missing 26-year-old in Baldwin Park?

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Cloudy with a stray shower, with a high of 71 and low of 58 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, showers around; cool, temps: high: 64, low: 58.
• Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; cool, with a high of 64 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Baldwin Park Housing Voucher Lottery Opens (midvalleynews.com) — Baldwin Park residents have a short window to apply online for the city’s Project Based Voucher housing lottery, which opens later this month and closes January 6. The Housing Authority will randomly select 1,500 pre-applications for its waiting list, with all notifications sent by email, so households should prepare documents and monitor their inbox closely.
   

• Baldwin Park Police Seek Public's Help in Finding 26-Year-Old Man Missing for Weeks (baldwinparknewsonline.com) — Baldwin Park police are asking residents to help find 26-year-old Nathan Sowle, last seen in the city on December 14 near the 13500 block of Plascencia Court. His car was later found in Azusa, and family say he has a mental health disorder and hasn’t been reachable for weeks. Anyone with information is urged to call the department’s Detective Bureau.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
  1:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Smarty Pants Storytime
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  12:00 pm
• Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  12:30 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Walk-In Tutoring With Pat
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Margie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Cheri
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Bo-Gay
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Baby Storytime
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  10:30 am
• B V BKB @ Gabrielino
  South El Monte High South El Monte, CA 91733
  6:30 pm

Thursday January 8

• Super Science Super Show
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  5:00 pm
• WC Threat Youth Basketball
  Cameron Park Community Center-Gym , 1363 E Cameron Ave , West Covina
  5:30 pm
• Arcadia City Hall Closed
  City of Arcadia , 240 W Huntington Dr , Arcadia
  9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello everyone my sisters cat got lost last night near geddies elementary by cavette st his name is bugsy and he is a boy he is not even a year old and is such a sweet boy we accidentally left the window open and he got out please if you see him
  contact me please we are desperately trying to find him. (Nextdoor Olive & Maine)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Tyler was LOST on December 30, 2025 in La Puente, CA 91744 near Near common ave Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact… (Nextdoor Dalewood)

• Superior Grocers posted a job opening for Scan Coordinator in El Monte. Apply here.
• Temple City Unified School District posted a job opening for Dual Language Immersion Elementary Teacher (Mandarin) in Temple City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Baldwin Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

El Monte

• South El Monte Mobile Vet Clinics Return (midvalleynews.com)
• El Monte Education Leaders Honored at Gala (midvalleynews.com)
• Arroyo High School Hosts Community Blood Drive (midvalleynews.com)

West Covina

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just lost interest.
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