County Redistricting + Old Town Holiday Parade + COVID Hotspots

It's the freaking weekend, everyone. This is Andy Nguyen, your local Patch editor, with the Saturday edition of the Monrovia Digest. Our top stories for the day include Los Angeles County redistricting, the return of Old Town Monrovia's Holiday Parade and COVID-19 hotspots across the Southland.

First, today's weather:

Periods of sun. High: 74 Low: 56.

Here are the top stories today in Monrovia:

1. LA County redistricting: Panel’s work boils down to ‘not going to be able satisfy everybody’ (Long Beach Press Telegram)
2. Cat chases quick-moving coyote across homeowner's property in Pasadena: Surveillance video (KABC-TV)
3. Lancaster, Palmdale among COVID hot spots in LA County despite having high vaccination rates (KABC-TV)
4. Registration Now Open For Old Town Monrovia's Holiday Parade (Monrovia Patch)
5. 42-unit townhome project proposed for former Marie Callender’s site in Whittier (The Whittier Daily News)
6. Pasadena interfaith organization hosts women's room for the homeless (Spectrum News 1)
7. La Cañada Flintridge Skate Park reopens (The Pasadena Star-News)

Monrovia Patch Notebook

• Beardslee Academy: "Ms. Hannah’s class loved their time visiting with the therapy dogs. 🐶" (Facebook)
• Monrovia Rotary Club: "Our Rotary Club was proud to greet guests and help host at the City of Monrovia - Government Community Prayer Breakfast this morning #allarewelcomeinmonrovia #interfaithcommunity" (Facebook)
• Beardslee Academy: "Our middle schools brought anything but a backpack and they got creative!" (Facebook)
• Monrovia Rotary Club: "Keely Milliken, Centre Stage Studios did a beautiful job closing out the City of Monrovia - Government Community Prayer Breakfast this morning hosted my our Rotary Club #allarewelcomeinmonrovia #interfaithcommunity" (Facebook)
• Monrovia Area Partnership: "Last call to RSVP for our MAP-edu community meeting. It's happening this Saturday, November 20 at 11am. Don't forget to tune in for some insightful information and resources from our speakers. Link in bio to register!" (Facebook)

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