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🌱 Breakthrough Basketball Training Academy (6th-8th) - Jan - Monterey Park, CA 2026 and 10 more events
Also check out Milky Market place vol. 5 on the Monterey Park Patch calendar

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- Breakthrough Basketball Training Academy (6th-8th) - Jan - Monterey Park, CA 2026 at Barnes Park
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 79 and low of 50 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 54.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 49 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monterey Park
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★ Featured events ★
- Milky Market place vol. 5
Atlantic Times Square, 500 N Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park
11:00 am
Sunday December 28
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Other local events
- Breakthrough Basketball Training Academy (6th-8th) - Jan - Monterey Park, CA 2026
Barnes Park , 350 S Mc Pherrin Ave , Monterey Park
6:00 pm
Wednesday January 7
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🗓 Events Nearby
- EXIN BCS Artificial Intelligence Foundation Training in Downey, CA
Regus - Commerce Corporate Center , Corporate Center , 5800 S Eastern Ave Suit 500 , Commerce
9:00 am - Street Fleet at the Boyle Heights City Hall
Boyle Heights City Hall , 2130 E 1st St , Commerce
12:00 pm - Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
12:30 pm - Teen Craft Corner
Malabar Branch Library
4:00 pm - Board of Education Meeting
Alhambra Unified School District , 1515 W Mission Rd , Alhambra
5:00 pm - Free Citizenship Classes | Clases de Ciudadania Gratis
El Sereno Branch Library
5:30 pm - Read With STAR Volunteer Suze
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
6:00 pm - Book Club: Best Reads of 2025
Pico Rivera Library , 9001 Mines Ave , Pico Rivera
6:00 pm - Regular City Council and Successor Agency to the South El Monte Improvement District Meetings
South El Monte City Hall , 1415 Santa Anita Ave , South El Monte
6:00 pm - Elliott Caine Live
1020 Mission St , South Pasadena
6:30 pm
Tuesday December 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Need a handy man to cover a couple holes in my house .
Please provide me with an estimate . Located in Monterey park . There’s rats that been coming into the house and i think it’s through these holes . (Nextdoor Monterey Park-Edison Trails Park) - Firefighters respond to a structure fire in Leimert Park, with smoke visible from a unit and a knockdown of the fire achieved.
11:04PM on Dec 14: Thirteen units are responding to a structure fire on South Leimert Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Nextdoor )
- PSG Global Solutions posted a job opening for Night Auditor in Monterey Park. Apply here.
- Panda Restaurant Group posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (P1-1465083-4) in Monterey Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monterey Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Alhambra
- Soccer Recap: Granite Hills' Victory on Saturday Extends Winning Streak to Four (maxpreps.com)
East Los Angeles
- South El Monte Partnership Supports Holiday Aid (midvalleynews.com)
- Cooper Jacoby by Shahryar Nashat (bombmagazine.org)
- Carl Carlton, funk singer behind ‘She's a Bad Mama Jama,' dies at 72 (latimes.com)
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