🌱 Book Club: The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year and The Book Club Hotel and 12 more events

Morning La Mirada! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Christmas Car Wash at Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center
• Community Conversation on Potential Referendum Survey Results at AASD Welcome Center
• Dungeons and Dragons for High School at Playa Vista Branch Library

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 70 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 79, low: 51.
• Friday: Nice with plenty of sun, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in La Mirada

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Community Conversation on Potential Referendum Survey Results
  AASD Welcome Center , 2701 N. Oneida St., Suite C1 , Appleton
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Dungeons and Dragons for High School
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  4:00 pm

Friday December 19

• English Conversation With Ronnie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Book Club: The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year and The Book Club Hotel
  La Mirada Library , 13800 La Mirada Blvd , La Mirada
  10:30 am
• The Diary of Anne Frank
  La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts , 14900 La Mirada Blvd , La Mirada
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
  1:00 pm
• Tradicion Navidena
  La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts , 14900 La Mirada Blvd , La Mirada
  5:00 pm
• The Diary of Anne Frank
  La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts , 14900 La Mirada Blvd , La Mirada
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center , 2729 E Carson St , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• EL Shadow Walk
  Walker Junior High La Palma, CA 90623
  8:00 am
• Smarty Pants Storytime - In-Person Program
  Sorensen Library , 6934 Broadway Ave , Whittier
  11:00 am
• Networking @ Noon December 2025
  SFS Chamber Office , 12016 Telegraph Rd. , Santa Fe Springs
  11:30 am
• Computer Classes
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: Pet Reunited
  Buddy, a dog who went missing in Whittier, CA, has been safely reunited with their family after 18 minutes. Message from Owner: "Blind older pitbull… (Nextdoor Stanbrook / Lofthill)
• Update: Pet Reunited
  Sissy, a dog who went missing in Whittier, CA, has been safely reunited with their family after 19 minutes. Message from Owner: "Male n female may… (Nextdoor Stanbrook / Lofthill)

• Biola Univsersity posted a job opening for Visiting Professor of Acting (Specialization in Musical Theatre, Movement, Voice, or Screen Acting) in La Mirada. Apply here.
• Denny's Corporation posted a job opening for Cook in Buena Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near La Mirada here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Santa Fe Springs

• Philatron Expands U.S. Manufacturing Capacity to Support the Surging Demand for High-Performance Data Center Cabling & A.I. Infrastructure (manufacturingtomorrow.com)
• STV completes draft of CHSRA environmental impact report for Los Angeles-Anaheim route (masstransitmag.com)

Norwalk

• Ruth Asawa Connected Everything (newrepublic.com)
• Radical Anti-Israel Group Planned To Bomb Los Angeles Buildings Marked With Hamas Triangles, FBI Reveals (freebeacon.com)
• Soccer Game Preview: Artesia vs. Norwalk (maxpreps.com)

Whittier

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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