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Hi Pasadena! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How PCC students are beating UCLA's daunting 9.5% admit rate
  • How a Pasadena teen outperformed NASA with a homemade AI

Also on today's calendar: Singer-Songwriter Sarah McQuaid and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 103 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Very hot, temps: high: 103, low: 75.
  • Monday: Very hot, with a high of 101 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pasadena Community College beats every other transfer pipeline in California (localnewspasadena.com) — Pasadena City College is celebrating a decade of its transfer partnership with UCLA, which has helped more than a thousand students move on to four-year degrees. Local leaders praised PCC's success, noting partnership students enjoy a dramatically higher UCLA admit rate than average. Alumni stories highlighted how the program changes academic and career paths for Pasadena-area students.
   

• A High Schooler Taught an AI to Find 1.5 Million Things NASA's Own Scientists Missed (medium.com) — A Pasadena High School student, Matteo Paz, used AI to sift through NASA's NEOWISE data and uncover about 1.5 million previously unidentified astronomical objects. Working with Caltech mentors, he turned a summer project into published research, national awards, and a paid research role. His work shows how local students can contribute to cutting-edge space science from right here in Pasadena.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Long term foster or forever home wanted for this gorgeous girl!
    She was saved from euthanasia at the last minute from the San Bernardino shelter, and is now searching for a loving family who will give her the life… (Nextdoor Southeast Pasadena)
  • Available for adoption or foster.
    Female tortoiseshell kitten born on June 8th. She was in bad shape in the first few months of her life but she was nursed back to health and ready… (Nextdoor Caltech)
  • J&J Family of Companies posted a job opening for Field Reimbursement Manager, Neuroscience (Los Angeles, CA) Patient Engagement & Customer Solutions (PECS) in Pasadena. Apply here.
  • CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Manager in Training in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pasadena here.

🗞 Nearby News

Altadena

  • Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane lighting ceremony set for Dec. 5 (pasadenastarnews.com)
  • New California law to prevent overdevelopment in Altadena as rebuilding continues (cbsnews.com)
  • Rebuilding after the Eaton Fire: 3D-printed home in Altadena completes concrete printing phase (pasadenaweekly.com)

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Ok Pasadena! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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