Angeles National Forest Crash + Cal Poly Pumpkin Patch + Gasoline

Happy Monday, everyone. This is your local Patch editor, Andy Nguyen, here with the latest edition of the Monrovia Digest. Our top stories include gasoline prices reaching a new high in Los Angeles County for this year, a rollover crash in the Angeles National Forest and the return of Cal Poly Pomona's pumpkin patch.

First, today's weather:

Sun and areas of high clouds. High: 89 Low: 64.

Here are the top stories today in Monrovia:

1. Man shot and killed in East Los Angeles (KTLA Los Angeles)
2. Los Angeles County average gas prices reach new 2021 high; cost is now $4.419 (KABC-TV)
3. One Person Hurt In Rollover Crash In Angeles National Forest (MyNewsLA.com)
4. Walktober 2021: A Month of Events Celebrating Walking and Pasadena's Streets (coloradoboulevard.net)
5. First Suicide At Colorado Street Bridge In 2021 Suspected After Body Found In Arroyo (Pasadena Now)
6. Fall is in the air: Cal Poly Pomona kicks off the season with festival, pumpkin patch (KTLA Los Angeles)
7. Rental assistance hiccups prompt Pasadena leaders to get creative (The Pasadena Star-News)
8. Kehinde Wiley's 'Portrait of a Young Man' on view at The Huntington (Q Voice News)

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— Andy Nguyen

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