201810.17
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Lone glass panel completes big blue wonder at Long Beach’s expanding Aquarium of the Pacific

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A single panel of glass sat on the sidelines of the Aquarium of the Pacific’s high-profile construction project on Wednesday morning, Oct. 17. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, various other community officials, designers, architects and other influential folks filed in one-by-one to watch a simple construction task performed. Glass installation doesn’t usually draw a crowd…

201810.17
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Roads in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim rank 3rd worst in U.S.

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Bumpy roads, uneven pavement and pot holes cost drivers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim areas more than $900 a year in repairs, maintenance, fuel consumption and tire wear, accelerating vehicle deterioration and depreciation, a nonprofit transportation group reported Wednesday. The report from the Washington D.C.-based TRIP ranked the top 20 large and mid-sized urban areas…

201810.17
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Canada now world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace

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By ROB GILLIES and GENE JOHNSON TORONTO — Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Canada but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Power was first…