🌱 Can Norwalk avenge last year’s narrow loss to Artesia?
Good morning Norwalk! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Can Norwalk avenge last year’s narrow loss to Artesia?
- How Norwalk farm fields helped shape a world-renowned artist’s vision
Also on today's calendar: Christmas Car Wash and 9 more events.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 72 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 76, low: 50.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Soccer Game Preview: Artesia vs. Norwalk (maxpreps.com) — Norwalk High’s Lancers host the Artesia Pioneers at 5 p.m. Wednesday, giving local fans a home-field chance to see if Norwalk can rebound from a close 1-0 loss to Gahr. Artesia arrives on a three-game skid and narrowly edged Norwalk 2-1 last December, so this rematch could be tight and meaningful for both teams’ early-season records. 
• Ruth Asawa Connected Everything (newrepublic.com) — Norwalk appears here as the farming community where Ruth Asawa’s Japanese American parents worked leased fields before World War II, shaping her early life. The piece then follows Asawa’s journey through internment, Black Mountain College, and her celebrated wire sculptures and public-school arts advocacy, now highlighted in a major Museum of Modern Art retrospective running into early 2026.
📸 Around Norwalk
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Upcoming Events in
Norwalk
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★ Featured events ★
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Christmas Car Wash
Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
5:00 pm -
Christmas Car Wash
Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
6:00 pm -
Christmas Car Wash
Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
5:00 pm
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
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Other local events
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Dungeons and Dragons for High School
Playa Vista Branch Library
4:00 pm -
English Conversation With Ronnie
Playa Vista Branch Library
10:00 am -
Knitting and Crochet Club
Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
1:00 pm -
Christmas Car Wash
Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center , 2729 E Carson St , Lakewood
5:00 pm -
Christmas Car Wash
Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center , 2729 E Carson St , Lakewood
5:00 pm -
Smarty Pants Storytime
Alondra Library , 11949 Alondra Blvd , Norwalk
12:30 pm -
Computer Classes
Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
3:00 pm -
Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Norwalk Library , 12350 Imperial Hwy. , Norwalk
11:00 am -
Teen Crochet Club
Norwalk Library , 12350 Imperial Hwy. , Norwalk
11:30 am
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Monday December 22
Tuesday December 23
Wednesday December 24
Saturday December 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Norwalk. Apply here.
- Caltek Staffing posted a job opening for 5-axis Set-up Machinist in Santa Fe Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Norwalk here.
🗞 Nearby News
Santa Fe Springs
- Philatron Expands U.S. Manufacturing Capacity to Support the Surging Demand for High-Performance Data Center Cabling & A.I. Infrastructure (manufacturingtomorrow.com)
- STV completes draft of CHSRA environmental impact report for Los Angeles-Anaheim route (masstransitmag.com)
Artesia
- Artesia Earns Gold Level Gateway Cities Energy Action Award for Third Consecutive Year (loscerritosnews.net)
- New School Board President Loredo Wins Applause, Highlighting a ‘First' (culvercitycrossroads.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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