🌱 Patch AM: What did Monrovia police handle in just one week?

Hello Monrovia! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What did Monrovia police handle in just one week?
• How a fire survivor is adjusting to life in Monrovia housing
• How is Monrovia’s Foothill Unity Center handling six times more clients?

Also on today's calendar: Dezemberfest 2025 at Nature Friends LA and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 54 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 74, low: 56.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Monrovia Police: Missing woman located following accident; Couple busted for shoplifting; Drunk and lying on the sidewalk; Driver hits multiple parked cars; Lots of public intoxication; Etc. (monrovianow.com) — Monrovia’s latest police log details a busy week of calls, including multiple DUI arrests, public intoxication cases, vandalism, thefts, and several traffic collisions around town. Officers also handled residential and vehicle burglaries, fraud reports, and several warrant arrests. Residents can use these details to stay alert to crime patterns on familiar streets and shopping areas.
   

2. Paradise Lost: Altadena resident navigates loss, resilience after Eaton Fire (pasadenaweekly.com) — A longtime Altadena resident who lost her home in the Eaton Fire is now living in a temporary Monrovia apartment she finds safe and conveniently close to shopping while she works to rebuild. She recounts the frantic evacuation, the total loss of her cherished house and artwork, and the mix of kindness and disappointment she’s experienced from others in the fire’s aftermath.
   

3. Battling food insecurity: Foothill Unity Center aids families fighting hunger this holiday season (pasadenaweekly.com) — A Monrovia-based Foothill Unity Center is scrambling to meet surging demand for food and holiday support as local families reel from fires, layoffs, and government funding uncertainty. Staff and volunteers are serving far more clients than last year while key grants are on hold, and they’re asking Monrovia-area residents for donations and volunteer help to keep holiday food and toy distributions going.
   

4. SGV girls soccer Top 20: Glendora takes over top spot, Bishop Amat, Flintridge Prep next (fresnobee.com) — Monrovia High’s girls soccer team has cracked the San Gabriel Valley Top 20, landing at No. 20 in the latest regional rankings. Glendora, Bishop Amat, and Flintridge Prep lead the list, but Monrovia’s early-season form puts local fans on notice that the Wildcats could climb higher as league play unfolds.
   

5. While Workers are Dying on the Job Newsom & Democrats are Allowing Cal-OSHA to Die (indybay.org) — Monrovia’s Cal/OSHA district office is operating with about half its inspector positions unfilled, even as it’s tasked with protecting workers involved in wildfire cleanup across the Los Angeles Basin. A detailed audit and advocates say chronic vacancies, budget cuts, and reliance on “letter investigations” are weakening on‑site safety enforcement statewide, leaving workers from hospitals to farm fields with less oversight than in neighboring states.
   

📸 Around Monrovia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monrovia

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Dezemberfest 2025 at Nature Friends LA
  Nature Friends of Los Angeles, 423 Yucca Trail, Sierra Madre
  4:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• FREE WEBINAR | “The Golden Age of Florence”
  Online,
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• Nightshift Afterhours
  California State University , Los Angeles , Los Angeles
  9:00 am
• Kids' Cookies Class
  Saute Culinary Academy , 150 E Colorado Blvd , Monrovia
  9:30 am
• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
  1:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Free Vaccine Clinic: Flu and COVID-19 for for All Ages
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  12:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  12:30 pm
• Read With STAR Volunteer Suze
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday Blues
  Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
  1:00 pm
• Computer Classes
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  3:00 pm

📣 Monrovia Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 12

• English Conversation With Ronnie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Smarty Pants Storytime
  Duarte Library , 1301 Buena Vista St , Duarte
  11:00 am
• Kids Night Out
  City of Arcadia Recreation Department , 375 Campus Drive , Arcadia
  3:00 pm
• Paint by Numbers
  El Monte Library , 3224 Tyler Ave , El Monte
  4:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Monrovia PatchAM possible:

• LA Fire Justice — (626) 684-3315
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Duarte. Apply here.
• Azusa Unified School District posted a job opening for Head Varsity Girls Softball Coach - Azusa High School in Azusa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monrovia here.

Ok Monrovia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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