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Los Angeles man charged in Southern California catalytic converter theft spree
A Los Angeles man has been charged in connection with a string of catalytic converter thefts across Ventura County, prosecutors announced Friday. Efran Esau Flores Alvarez, 20, is facing nine felony grand theft charges after investigators linked him to a series of thefts reported in Thousand Oaks a...
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Los Angeles man charged in Southern California catalytic converter theft spree
A Los Angeles man has been charged in connection with a string of catalytic converter thefts across Ventura County, prosecutors announced Friday. Efran Esau Flores Alvarez, 20, is facing ni...
40,000 under evacuation orders after chemical tank leak in Southern California
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40,000 people under evacuation orders for a chemical tank leak in Southern California
Authorities in Southern California on Friday were racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts.
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