Covina Trading Post + Day Of The Dead Altar + Halloween Bash

Happy Friday, everyone! Andy Nguyen here with a fresh copy of the Monrovia Digest. Our top stories include the Covina Trading post coming to a close, the Los Angeles Times debuting a Day of the Dead digital altar and the return of Monrovia's Halloween Bash.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 88 Low: 57.

Here are the top stories in Monrovia today:

1. How pets help us cope with anxiety, loss and stress, as well as bringing happiness into our life (The Pasadena Star-News)
2. Monrovia’s Carlos Hernandez scores six touchdowns in win over South Pasadena (The Pasadena Star-News)
3. After 62 years, the party’s over for Covina Trading Post and the brothers Loyd (The San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
4. Day of the Dead digital altar reminds us of what we share (Los Angeles Times)
5. Monrovia's Halloween Bash Returns This Weekend (Monrovia Patch)
6. LA's health director makes case for vaccinating young kids against COVID (Spectrum News 1)
7. Montebello removes its mayor pro tem (The Whittier Daily News)

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Monrovia Patch Notebook

• Beardslee Academy: "Too cool 😎 for drugs. We loved all the sunglasses 🕶 students wore. Tomorrow is dress in a costume. 🎃 Reminder to wear your school clothes under your costume." (Facebook)
• Beardslee Academy: "Thank you to the Duarte ELKS Lodge for donating dictionaries to all of our 3rd graders. #beardsleeacademy" (Facebook)

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