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🌱 Patch AM: How a massive iPhone scam reached the Cerritos Apple Store
And check out You Are Invited to a Free Reggae Concert!! on the Cerritos Patch calendar

Good day Cerritos! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a massive iPhone scam reached the Cerritos Apple Store
Also on today's calendar: You Are Invited to a Free Reggae Concert!! and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 89 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 86, low: 65.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Two Sentenced in Counterfeit iPhone Scheme That Hit Pasadena Apple Store (pasadenanow.com) — Cerritos shoppers should know that the local Apple Store was among several Southern California locations hit in a long‑running counterfeit iPhone and iPad swap scheme that cost Apple over $16 million. Two Inland Empire men have now been sentenced to multi‑year federal prison terms and ordered to pay hefty restitution for orchestrating the fraud across numerous area malls and stores.
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📸 Around Cerritos
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cerritos
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★ Featured events ★
- You Are Invited to a Free Reggae Concert!! →
18177 Pioneer Blvd, Artesia, CA, 90701 (Parking lot behind Jack in the Box),
7:00 pm
Friday September 4
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Other local events
- AUHSD Envolve Training
John F. Kennedy High KPAC
8:30 am - AWAY - Varsity Girls' Volleyball @ Segerstrom HS
John F. Kennedy High Segerstrom High School
5:00 pm - Family Band Night
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle Artesia High School
5:30 pm - HOME - Varsity Girls' Volleyball vs Fullerton HS
John F. Kennedy High Kennedy Gym
4:45 pm - Miller Back to School Night
G.B. Miller Elementary School La Palma, CA 90623
5:30 pm - Senior Luau
John F. Kennedy High Kennedy First Court
6:00 pm - District Surplus Property Advisory "7-11" Committee
ABC Unified District Office Board Room
6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
📣 Cerritos Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- OC Record Show — Buena Park — The Orange County City Guide →
UFCW Union Local 324, 8530 Stanton Ave, Buena Park
9:00 am - Jonathan Montes →
Lakewood Gardens Civic Association lgca
1:00 pm - El Grito De Dolores
Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce Whittier High School Vic Lopez Auditorium
2:00 pm - Asen Mee Nasen Mee In Los Angeles →
John F. Kennedy High School, 8281 Walker St, La Palma
5:00 pm
Sunday August 30
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My daughter officially fired by dad ((lol)!
She's leaving family business to her new job as a RN….she will be a great nurse! (Nextdoor Carmenita/South)
- Bank of America posted a job opening for Relationship Banker - Orange County Central Market in La Palma. Apply here.
- CarMax posted a job opening for Inventory Associate - Part Time in Buena Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cerritos here.
🗞 Nearby News
Artesia
- Who Is James Harden? Biography, Career & Net Worth (thebulletintime.com)
Norwalk
- SGV Varsity football wrap-up: Game stories, photos and scores from Week 1 (sgvtribune.com)
Ok Cerritos! 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
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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