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🌱 Patch AM: How a San Marino doctor’s idea helped firefighters save a life.
You won't want to miss Music in the Rose Garden on the San Marino Patch calendar
Greetings San Marino! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a San Marino doctor's idea helped firefighters save a life.
- How did San Marino edge Burroughs in that tight 8-6 game?
- Three San Marino seniors are one step from the Rose Court.
Also on today's calendar: "This Land is" Exhibition - The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: Who's in favor of bringing back Roman Numerals? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 89 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 91, low: 68.
- Sunday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 86 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• SMFD Responds to Heat-Related Emergency (outlooknewspapers.com) — San Marino firefighters recently used a locally developed cooling-bag protocol to save an unconscious driver suffering from extreme heat on San Gabriel Boulevard. Thanks to swift treatment and equipment now standard on all SMFD apparatus, the patient's dangerously high body temperature dropped to a safer level before hospital transfer, underscoring the importance of heat safety during local heat waves. 
• Burroughs Flag Football Registers Shutout Of Temple City 19-0 (myburbank.com) — Burroughs High's girls flag football team recently shut out Temple City 19-0, but their season record also includes a tight 8-6 loss at San Marino. The story walks through key plays, interceptions, and scoring drives that shaped Burroughs' up‑and‑down campaign against familiar local rivals, including multiple matchups with South Pasadena and other nearby schools.
• Three SMHS Seniors Among Rose Court Finalists (outlooknewspapers.com) — Three San Marino High School seniors have advanced to the final round for the prestigious Rose Court, putting local students in the spotlight ahead of the 2027 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. If selected, they'll receive scholarships, leadership training, and extensive community service opportunities, representing both the Tournament of Roses and the San Marino community on a very public stage.
📸 Around San Marino
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🗓 Upcoming Events in San Marino
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★ Featured events ★
- Music in the Rose Garden →
The Huntington Rose Garden, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
1:00 pm
Monday September 28
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Other local events
- School Tour
Washington Elementary STEM Magnet School Pasadena, CA 91101
8:15 am - "This Land is" Exhibition - The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens →
The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino - Family Dance
Sierra Madre Elementary School Pasadena, CA 91101
5:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
📣 San Marino Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Thriving at Every Age/Middle School Challenges - Parent/Caregiver w
Columbia Elementary El Monte, CA 91731
8:30 am - Module 2: Arcadia, California →
Agile Body Studio, 308 S 1st Ave E, Arcadia
9:00 am - Altadena Libraries' Mobile Library →
Kidspace Children's Museum, 480 N. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena
1:30 pm - Teen Advisory Board
Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
4:15 pm - Mobile Vaccine Clinic →
Primrose Park, 5940 Primrose Ave., Temple City
5:00 pm - MHS Movie Night
Monterey Hills Elementary School South Pasadena, CA 91030
5:00 pm - VR Football @ South El Monte
El Monte High El Monte, CA 91731
7:00 pm - Live Music at Visionarium with Steve Sieck →
1020 Mission Street, South Pasadena
7:00 pm
Friday September 25
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making San Marino PatchAM possible:
- The Gooden School — (626) 355-2410
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- What kind of bird would build this nest?
🪹 Found this interesting nest on the underside of a banana leaf. Can the local birders and enthusiasts check and give your best advice. Browse… (Nextdoor SMHS District)
- Ross Stores posted a job opening for Retail Associate in Alhambra. Apply here.
- The Bizzell Group posted a job opening for NASA JPL Energy Management Control Systems Manager (EMCS) in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near San Marino here.
🗞 Nearby News
San Gabriel
- October/November 2026 in the Gallery at San Gabriel (artistsandmakersstudios.com)
- Safe Cozy SGV Home: 2BED/2BATH,Move-in Ready! 安全舒适 SGV 住宅租房: 2房/2卫,即可入住! (chineseinla.com)
- Meet Alley, Callie and Liz Taylor, this week's Pets of the Week in the San Gabriel Valley (sgvtribune.com)
South Pasadena
- South Pasadena, California, Measure SOS, Bond Measure (November 2026) (ballotpedia.org)
Ok San Marino! 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: I for 1. (Thank you Bill L. for sending it in!)
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