🌱 How Canyon’s six-game streak included a shutout win at Tustin

Good day Tustin! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Canyon’s six-game streak included a shutout win at Tustin
• See how MCAS Tustin teens honored Navajo Code Talkers this year

Also on today's calendar: NYE - New Years Eve - That 80s Prom with Missing Persons - 80s band Flashback Heart Attack and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 73 and low of 59 degrees.
• Wednesday: A few a.m. showers, then rain, temps: high: 62, low: 59.
• Thursday: Heavy morning rain, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Soccer Recap: Canyon Picks Up Sixth Consecutive Win (maxpreps.com) — Canyon’s boys soccer team recently notched a 2-0 road win at Tustin as part of a six-game streak that stayed alive with a 4-2 victory over Bishop Amat. The Comanches are now 6-1-2 and will close out the year against Gahr, while Bishop Amat’s loss snapped a long away winning run.
   

• Bravo for these teens remembering service (ocregister.com) — Young Marines based at MCAS Tustin recently traveled to Window Rock, Arizona, to honor Navajo Code Talkers through service projects, memorials, and time spent learning their history. The Bravo roundup also highlights a Mission Viejo sailor’s Navy career, Anaheim students winning a national history award, and a Laguna Niguel family receiving a donated HVAC system.
   

📸 Around Tustin

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tustin

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• NYE - New Years Eve - That 80s Prom with Missing Persons - 80s band Flashback Heart Attack
  Tiki Bar, 1700 Placentia Ave, Costa Mesa
  8:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Trabuco Hills High School Marching Unit Performing in the 2026 London News Years Day Parade
  London, UK on PBS SoCal,
  5:00 am

Saturday January 17

• Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Anaheim, CA!
  Embassy Suites by Hilton Anaheim South, 11767 Harbor Blvd, Garden Grove
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday January 2

• ImprovCity Show - Tickets
  ImprovCity , 138 W Main St , Tustin
  7:30 pm

Thursday January 8

• Community Networking Luncheon
  Tustin Chamber of Commerce , 17390 17th St Suite C , Tustin
  11:30 am

Friday January 9

• Pageant of the Masters Open Casting Call and Family Fun Fest
  650 Laguna Canyon Rd , Laguna Beach
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Stay and Play at the Sunkist Branch
  Sunkist Branch , 901 S Sunkist , Anaheim
  11:00 am
• Boys Basketball Varsity vs Cedar Park
  Anaheim High School , 811 W Lincoln Ave , Anaheim
  4:00 pm
• Live Music: KellyBoyz — Brewery X
  Brewery X , 3191 E La Palma Ave , Anaheim
  5:00 pm
• Nightly Tree Lighting at Irvine Spectrum Center
  Irvine Spectrum Center , 670 Spectrum Center Dr , Irvine
  5:00 pm
• Family Storytime at the Sunkist Branch
  Sunkist Branch , 901 S Sunkist , Anaheim
  5:30 pm
• Music Makers ( A Mommy and Me Music Group)
  9801 S Newport Blvd , North Tustin
  5:30 pm
• Vivid Reflections
  Pinot's Palette , 2479 Park Ave , Tustin
  6:30 pm
• Senior Day Out
  24231 El Toro Rd , Laguna Woods
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• New Year's Eve Day
  Newport Harbor High School , 600 Irvine Ave , Newport Beach

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog!
  FOUND on December 28, 2025 in Orange, CA 92868 near Town and country/parker Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor 17th/Yorba)
• Urgent Foster or Adopter Needed
  Chihuahua puppies in need of  fosters! Please help! Willing to split up the litter! Found dumped in Anaheim now in our care with a temporary… (Nextdoor Rancho Mariposa)

• Cintas posted a job opening for Warehouse Associate - Loader/Unloader - 2nd Shift in Tustin. Apply here.
• Two Roads Professional Resources, Inc. posted a job opening for Commercial Battery Technician in Tustin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tustin here.

🗞 Nearby News

Santa Ana

• The Orangewood Foundation provided over five thousand holiday gifts to OC youth (newsantaana.com)
• Santa Ana completes $2.8 million in improvements for Santiago Park, with more to come (ocregister.com)
• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, Dec. 29 (ocregister.com)

Irvine

• How an Irvine teen built a successful racing team, combining his love of cars with a knack for engineering (ocregister.com)
• Great White Release Jack Russell Era Double Concert Blu-Ray (xsrock.com)

Los Alamitos

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-- The Patch AM Team

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