🌱 How is a former Cerritos College leader tied to an LA bomb plot?

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In today's newsletter:

• How is a former Cerritos College leader tied to an LA bomb plot?

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Car Wash and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 50 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 72, low: 51.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Radical Anti-Israel Group Planned To Bomb Los Angeles Buildings Marked With Hamas Triangles, FBI Reveals (freebeacon.com) — Norwalk readers should know that one of the four people charged in an alleged New Year’s Eve bombing plot across Los Angeles previously served as student body president at Cerritos College in Norwalk. Federal authorities say the radical anti-Israel group Turtle Island Liberation Front planned coordinated pipe-bomb attacks on multiple LA targets, but the FBI intervened during desert test preparations and arrested the suspects before any devices were completed.
   

📸 Around Norwalk

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Norwalk

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Smarty Pants Storytime
  Alondra Library , 11949 Alondra Blvd , Norwalk
  12:30 pm
• Computer Classes
  Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  3:00 pm
• Office of Child Protection Listening Session - District 4
  Norwalk Library , 12350 Imperial Hwy. , Norwalk
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Dungeons and Dragons for High School
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  4:00 pm

Friday December 19

• English Conversation With Ronnie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am

Saturday December 20

• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
  1:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center , 2729 E Carson St , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center , 2729 E Carson St , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Smarty Pants Storytime
  Alondra Library , 11949 Alondra Blvd , Norwalk
  12:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost cat!
  Yuki was LOST on December 12, 2025 in Norwalk, CA 90650 near Pioneer blvd Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the owner… (Nextdoor Mapledale)

• H&R Block posted a job opening for Guest Services Coordinator in Norwalk. Apply here.
• Sync Staffing posted a job opening for Sit-down Forklift Operator (Anaheim Hills-1st shift) in Norwalk. 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)

Artesia

• New School Board President Loredo Wins Applause, Highlighting a ‘First' (culvercitycrossroads.com)
• Soccer Game Preview: Artesia vs. Norwalk (maxpreps.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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