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By
Joe Linton
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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