🌱 How a Walnut housewarming turned into a deadly 2025 shooting
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Walnut housewarming turned into a deadly 2025 shooting
- How a windy day in Walnut rewrote discus history forever
Also on today's calendar: Rolling Deep 4 Charities Car Show | 2026 | West Covina, CA and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 54 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 52.
- Sunday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Suspect in fatal shooting of Baldwin Park officer, Walnut man had religious references on weapons, authorities say (presstelegram.com) — A man is headed to trial in connection with the 2025 shooting that killed Walnut resident Darius Wong and Baldwin Park Officer Samuel Riveros during a housewarming gathering on Filhurst Avenue. Testimony described a chaotic gunbattle, religious markings on the suspect’s rifle, and emotional reactions from grieving families as prosecutors pursue murder and attempted-murder charges that could bring life without parole or the death penalty. 
• Mac Wilkins' world record-shattering season 50 years later (sgvtribune.com) — A half-century after Mac Wilkins’ record-breaking discus throw at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, this feature revisits how that windy Hilmer Lodge Stadium afternoon launched one of track and field’s greatest seasons. The story traces his training move to California, his breakthrough in Walnut, and his long rivalry with John Powell, while touching on his outspoken advocacy for athletes’ rights.
📸 Around Walnut
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Mt. SAC Relays
Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC, 1100 N Grand Ave, Walnut
9:00 am
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Knitting and Crochet Club
Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
1:00 pm -
Rolling Deep 4 Charities Car Show | 2026 | West Covina, CA
West Covina Elks Lodge , 841 W Merced Ave , West Covina
11:00 am -
Walk-In Tutoring With Saskia
Playa Vista Branch Library
10:00 am -
Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
12:30 pm -
Baby & Toddler Storytime
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
10:30 am -
English Conversation Class With Donies
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
3:00 pm -
Computer Classes
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
3:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Parent Workshop- Managing screen time
Workman Elementary Covina, CA 91723
8:30 am -
DIY Book Vase
Diamond Bar Library , 21800 Copley Dr , Diamond Bar
11:00 am -
Charter Oak Varsity Baseball @ Northview
Northview High School , 1016 Cypress St , Covina
3:30 pm -
Celebrate Día: Make a Puppet
Rowland Heights Library , 1850 Nogales St , Rowland Heights
4:00 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Senior Nutrition Food Service Worker in Walnut. Apply here.
- Walnut Valley Unified School District posted a job opening for Accounting Technician in Walnut. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Walnut here.
🗞 Nearby News
West Covina
- 10 CW Shows That Prove the Network Deserves a Comeback (movieweb.com)
Industry
- Corvette Flies Off Freeway And Into Maserati Dealership In LA County (patch.com)
- ‘Top Gun 3' is in the works with Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer (latimes.com)
- Tell us: How much did you spend on Olympics tickets? (latimes.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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