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9:14 AM PDT on August 9, 2021

    • UN Report: Climate Emergency Has Reached Code Red (LAT)...Five Takeaways From UN Climate Report (LAT)
    • Latest L.A. County COVID Tally: 3,000 New Cases, 8 Deaths (LAT, Daily News)
    • Residents Lost A Lot In LAPD Fireworks Explosion (LAT)
    • Assemblymember Holden: Extend the Gold Line (Pasadena Star News)
    • DA Gascón Recall Campaign Struggles To Gain Traction (LAist)
    • Carnage: One Killed, Five Injured, In Castaic Car Crash (SC Signal)...Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 75-Year-Old In Norwalk (Whittier Daily News)...DUI Road Rage Driver Kills Pregnant Woman In Long Beach (LB Post)
    • Deadly Pandemic Speeding Hasn't Let Up (LB Post)
    • Refinery Flaring Lighting Up El Segundo Night (LAT)

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