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Downey High student says man tried to grab her as she left campus

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DOWNEY — Police on Friday investigated the claim from a student at Downey High School that a man tried to grab her and pull her into his car as she left campus. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon on the 11000 block of Brookshire Avenue as the girl exited the rear of the campus through the…

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Robin Leach, of ‘Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,’ dies in Cabo at age 76

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By Adam Bernstein, The Washington Post Robin Leach, a British-born TV personality and unapologetic practitioner of “Jacuzzi journalism” whose long-running show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” ogled the world’s most conspicuous consumers consuming conspicuously, died Aug. 23 at a hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He was 76. The cause was a stroke, his…

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As Trump attacks California auto emissions standards, counties stay on track with electric train and mass transit projects

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On the same day Donald Trump was elected the 45th president, voters in Los Angeles County approved a half-cent sales tax that establishes a permanent revenue source for boots-on-the-ground strategies that will reduce smog and global warming emissions by getting motorists out of their cars and into electric-powered light-rail trains, subways and buses. Today, as…

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Fishing tournament to benefit fire explorers across the country

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By Karen Robes Meeks Contributing writer About 100 people from Southern California will compete in a fishing tournament to benefit fire explorers across the country. Participants will depart from Boathouse on the Bay in Long Beach Sept. 7 for a day of fishing in Catalina as part of the Fifth Annual Kevin Woyjeck Fishing Tournament….