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@latimes breaking news reporter. alum: @columbiajourn . past: @mercnews @mcclatchy . DM or summer.lin @latimes .com for tips

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Before a search warrant was executed at the home of Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed three in Riverside, two of his coworkers at the Washington County Sheriff's Office got there first. They took a trash bag and a cop vehicle. W/ @erinblogan
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Called three different places to track this down — made the front page twice yesterday 🙏🏼
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As a journalist in the U.S., I knew covering a mass shooting was a matter of when, not if. It never occurred to me that the first would be in my community. Thanks to all who helped with this & my colleagues for their relentless coverage of this tragedy.
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A newly unearthed video shows two people next to the house, one of them holding a trash bag. An eyewitness said the deputies drove off separately, one in a patrol car and the other in a Washington County Sheriff’s Office truck that had been parked in Edwards’ driveway for days.
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Thrilled to share that I've joined @latimes as a Fast Break Desk Reporter and will be moving to the LA area in the next few months! I'll share updated contact information soon, but in the meantime, feel free to DM me with any tips. More to come soon 🥳
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The Riverside Police Department, which is leading the homicide investigation, did not know about the Washington County Sheriff’s Office’s actions. “We are not aware of any action taken at his house prior to the Nov. 26 search warrant,” said spokesperson Ryan Railsback.
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Although the unhoused population represents about 70,000 of L.A. County’s more than 9.8 million people, they accounted for nearly half — 5 in 12 — of deaths from heat last year. Experts say the crisis is getting worse. My latest for @latimes
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“They’re still very traumatized. Time helps to heal and it’s kind of fading away, but when they talk about it, it’s still like it was yesterday." Six months after the Monterey Park shooting, survivors have returned to dancing and pushed for gun control.
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“I was in shock,” said Santa Monica resident Rob Leonard, after he got notice of his $100 per month rent increase. “Twelve hundred dollars a year — that’s people’s grocery money." My latest for @latimes
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SCOOP: Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased Virginia cop who killed a 15-year-old girl's Riverside family in November, groomed and solicited nude photos from another teenage girl years before the slayings, the woman told The Times. Latest with @erinblogan
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@heba_elorbany I'm so sorry Heba 😭
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Jeong, this is such a devastating loss not only to our newsroom but for Southern California's AAPI community. You always treated story subjects with such empathy and care. I'm proud to have worked with you and know any paper would be lucky to hire you.
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I'll have more reflection once this wears off, but hey, how many people can say they've worked their dream job before turning 30? I can say that. I have no regrets -- But hopes the LA Times can keep the beat of covering Asian American communities which remain vital to SoCal.
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I've spoken to ex-Jehovah's witnesses, experts, and attorneys about how the NY Child Victims Act could theoretically open up a floodgate of lawsuits against the organization, via @VICE
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After meeting Greg for the first time at a company party, I was struck by his willingness to share his boundless knowledge of L.A., his infectious laugh and how kind he was. The Fast Break team won't be the same without him.
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Hundreds gathered Wednesday night in L.A. in solidarity with the protests in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained by Tehran’s morality police last week and accused of not wearing her hijab properly.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mychelle Blandin shares for the first time what happened the day Virginia cop Austin Lee Edwards killed her parents and sister and kidnapped her teen niece. He faked an investigation to get inside the Riverside home, she said. w/ @erinblogan
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10 people killed and 10 injured in one of the worst mass shootings in California’s history. A gunman opened fire on a dance studio in Monterey Park on the eve of Chinese New Year. w/ @JeongPark52 @Rjaellis @LAcrimes @ronlin @liborjany @sherlyholmes
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Xiujuan Yu's life was tragically cut short last month in the Monterey Park shooting. Relatives and friends gathered Thursday afternoon to pay their respects. "How can I go on without a mother?” asked Yu's daughter Weishan Liang.
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I'm walking out in solidarity with my L.A. Times colleagues, in our first newsroom union work stoppage since the paper started printing in 1881. As a young journalist of color who started at The Times a year and a half ago, it's absolutely vital that we preserve diversity in…
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“Nothing has been the county,” said Liberty Guerrero, who started a plowing company after storms trapped people in their homes in the San Bernardino Mountains. She's among the community members who rallied together after the storms. w/ @tarantulaarms
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2 years
Sad to announce that today is my last day as a Breaking News Reporter for @mercnews . I'll be announcing my next position soon but I can't emphasize enough how much I'll value and miss my colleagues at BANG and how invaluable this experience has been.
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On the Monterey Park shooting anniversary, survivors and the community found joy and grappled with grief through a candlelit vigil, a roundtable discussion and a banquet filled with dance. w/ @JeongPark52
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SCOOP: The head of the Virginia State Police explains the errors in the agency's hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased cop who killed the Riverside family of a 15-year-old girl he catfished. w/ @erinblogan
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California went from housing 1.88 million dairy cows in 2008 to about 1.72 million today. Farmers say they've by hurt by shrinking real estate, more affordable land in other states, permitting processes and shortage of water and other natural resources
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Virginia cop who killed Riverside family was detained and transported to a psychiatric facility in 2016 after after threatening to kill himself and his dad and experiencing relationship troubles with his then-girlfriend. With @erinblogan @grace_2e
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The L.A. Times reviewed nearly 4,000 messages provided by the woman that show that Edwards repeatedly pressured her to share nude photos of herself — even after she disclosed that she was barely a teenager.
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After the incident, the teen slowed her communication with Edwards and blocked him, though he kept reaching out to her through the years. She said she was baffled he was hired as a cop. “It’s just crazy that he was able to become a cop with me knowing his mental health issues."
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SCOOP: Police never searched a Richmond-area apartment belonging to Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed three family members of a 15-year-old Riverside girl whom police say he catfished online. w/ @erinblogan @RichGriset @jessmnocera
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Nearly 2,000 people gather at #WashingtonSquare Park to protest Trump's plans to construct a wall at the Mexican border. #NoBanNoWall
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Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who killed the Riverside family of a 15-year-old girl he catfished, told Virginia State Police during the hiring process that he checked himself into a mental health facility in 2016. VSP hired him anyway. W/ @erinblogan
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@brittny_mejia @Rjaellis painstakingly mapped out the layout of Star Dance by obtaining floor plans and conferring with dancers who weren't there that night but have knowledge of the studio. @JeongPark52 and @jaweedkaleem helped with interviews and establishing a timeline
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Looking to interview people who moved out of L.A. or California during the pandemic for a story. Please send me a DM or email summer.lin @latimes .com if you would like to share!
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The atmospheric river storms that pummeled California for weeks inflicted “extensive” damage to as many as 40 of the state’s 58 counties, and total repairs could reach as much as $1 billion. Latest for @latimes
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An upcoming play about the Jan. 21 mass Monterey Park shooting, timed for the one-year anniversary, attempts to grapple with the question: When mass shooters die, do the answers die with them? w/ @brittny_mejia @JeongPark52
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Around 50 people attended a rally Friday for K’aun Green, the man shot and injured by San Jose police last weekend after disarming another person during a fight in a restaurant. @Jason_T_Green @mercnews
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Stanford University’s championship-winning soccer goalie Katie Meyer, who was found dead in her on-campus dorm room Tuesday, died by suicide, the coroner's office confirmed.
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A 67-year-old Half Moon Bay man is accused of opening fire at two rural locations, shooting some of the victims in front of children who lived nearby and had recently been released from school. Latest w/ @SalHernandez @susrust @brittny_mejia
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@jjluna17 @bykatielicari helped with production of this beautiful piece. Audio production by @COMBATmusic and video editing by @RobertMeeksRT . Graphics edited by @rhymeswthgeorge . Audio recordings of Shally come from an interview recorded by @latfoto .
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Antioch resident Teresa Cardenas got a notice May 31 informing her that starting Aug. 1, her rent would go up by more than 30%. California landlords have been raising rents 10% under a rent increase cap — but the law doesn't apply to all buildings.
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The woman video chatted via Skype with Edwards on Feb. 7, 2016, the night he was detained for psychiatric evaluation after cutting himself and threatened to kill himself and his father, the Times previously reported. She said Edwards showed her the cut and the hatchet he used.
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Bethany and Andrew Jansen said housing costs were a big factor in why they moved from L.A. to St. Louis, Missouri in 2020. They now pay $1,300 a month to live in a three-bedroom house, compared to their one bedroom in L.A. which costs $1,800 a month.
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Art direction by @itstaylorle and Alex Tatusian. Our story was edited by @marialaganga and copy-edited by @kevinueda . @MKMetivier and @maeeza planned the promotion and engagement.
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At least 7 people were killed in Half Moon Bay, just two days after a mass shooting in Monterey Park on Lunar New Year's Eve sent shockwaves across the Asian community. By @SalHernandez
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Rain showers continue on Friday in the Bay Area as the region braces for Sunday's big storm.
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In the same leaked audio clips posted in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made racist remarks about Black people and Oaxacans, she also made crude remarks about Jews and Armenians. My latest with @SalHernandez @TerryCastleman
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Walgreens could be held liable for fueling the opioid epidemic in San Francisco by shipping hundreds of thousands of "suspicious orders" of prescription drugs, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. My latest for @latimes
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Virginia State Police blame “human error” for hiring Austin Lee Edwards, who "catfished" a teen girl and killed three of her family members in Riverside. Edwards worked for VSP and was a Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy. W/ @erinblogan @grace_2e
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Raw sewage leaked onto the playground at East Oakland Pride Elementary on Thursday, forcing students indoors for recess and some parents to keep their children at home
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Around 1,000 Kaiser workers are striking in sympathy at the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center on Thursday. Local 39 engineers have been striking for roughly two months over wages.
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Special thanks to @bert_robinson for hiring me, @grace_lightning @dakizuki & @DMJreports for pushing to be a better reporter, @robertsalonga @Jason_T_Green @HarryHarris15 @3rdERH for teaching me the crime reporting ropes, @JakobRodgers @MaggieAngst for being amazing collaborators
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About 10 days before Austin Lee Edwards arrived in Riverside, he was hired as a Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy in Virginia. Edwards is accused of killing a teen girl's relatives before fleeing in a vehicle. My latest w/ @SalHernandez @grace_2e
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Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed 3 in California, used his dad as a job reference for his application to be a deputy in the Washington County Sheriff's Office, which he started 9 days before the deadly rampage. w/ @erinblogan
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The Colorado Fire, which ignited 12 days ago off the Big Sur coast, was 100% contained as of Wednesday. At the same time, another fire was reported along Highway 1 in the Los Padres National Forest, burning up to two acres before being fully contained.
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4 years
Sowers will make history as the first female and openly gay coach to work in the Super Bowl
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3 years
The teacher shortage was already a problem, but then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, prompting some teachers to retire early, leave the Bay Area, or change careers entirely. My latest for @mercnews :
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A day after a series of shootings at massage parlors left eight people dead, including six Asian women, a 75-year-old Chinese woman said she was attacked on the street in San Francisco and fended off the man with a stick.
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2 years
Light rain is heading to the Bay Area on Thursday night. "The storms were a nice head start. We’ll see how things play out with this one.”
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3 months
Devastating doesn't even being to cover how it feels to see such talented and hardworking friends and colleagues being laid off today. Our newsroom and Los Angeles at large will be worse off because of it.
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This piece was a culmination of more than 6 months of reporting. Thank you to Blandin, her attorneys, family members and neighbors for trusting @erinblogan and me with this story.
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A softball league was set up to bring members of different Crips sets together peacefully. Instead, Sunday's game at San Pedro’s Peck Park ended in gunfire, killing two and wounding seven. Latest for @latimes with @liborjany @GregoryYYee
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Excited to announce that it's my first week working for @mercnews as a breaking news reporter. DM or email me with any tips on crime, policing, etc. slin[at]bayareanewsgroup [dot]com.
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Authorities continued searching Tuesday for missing 16-year-old Kiely Rodni, who was last seen Saturday at a party near the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee. Police are investigating the case as a possible abduction. My latest for @latimes
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San Francisco officials declared a state of emergency today for the rise of monkeypox cases. Cases have reached 281 in San Francisco and 279 in Los Angeles County. My latest for @latimes
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@JeongPark52 Jeong, I'm so sorry. This is such a huge loss to our newsroom and our readers.
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My first for @latimes . An Anaheim woman found a stolen Olympic medal belonging to Jordyn Poulter of the U.S. Women's Olympic Volleyball Team. “I was very emotional and surprised"
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After the slayings, Edwards kidnapped the teen at gunpoint and walked back to his car, which he parked in a neighbor's driveway. The neighbor reported what she saw to Riverside Police and told them there was a girl with him who might need help.
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The Elon Musk-helmed Boring Company will no longer be building a four-mile underground tunnel for self-driving cars to the Ontario International Airport. But that doesn't mean the tunnel won't be happening. My latest for @latimes
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Through legal documents, Facebook messages, security camera footage and interviews with the victims' neighbors on Price Court, we pieced together what happened that day.
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An acceleration of people leaving coastal California began during the first year of the pandemic. But new data show it continued even after lockdowns and other COVID restrictions eased. My latest for @latimes
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“We are completely heartbroken and devastated over the loss of Jasper,” said the family of Jasper Wu, who was killed by a stray bullet on the Oakland freeway last weekend. Jasper's family has urged the shooters to come forward.
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Eight months after the unprecedented San Bernardino Mountain storms, residents are worried about the local infrastructure holding up this winter and if officials can fix the errors that left so many vulnerable last time. w/ @grace_2e @tarantulaarms
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It’s unclear if Virginia State Police asked any follow-up questions once Edwards disclosed his past mental health difficulties. VSP spokesperson Corinne Geller said in a previous statement that “human error resulted in an incomplete database query during Edwards’ hiring process.”
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As a fellow East Coaster, Alex made the newsroom and the Fast Break team feel a little more like home. She has amazing reporting chops and I have no doubt she'll find better things ahead. I'm gonna miss her jokes about coming to the office (from NYC) 😭
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AKA i was just laid off. By email. And then immediately booted from my email.
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👋Hi! Today's my first day at McClatchy as a Real-Time News Reporter, covering the West coast and California. Feel free to reach out at slin @mcclatchy .com.
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10 minutes into watching #TheBachelor and I can't unsee Peter as Amanda Bynes dressed up as a guy in "She's the Man."
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“If he murdered three people, he must have a deep-seated hatred." Relatives of missing Tarzana family seeking answers after the son of a Hollywood executive was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife and in-laws. w/ @LAcrimes
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@jservantez I'm so sorry, Jared. You were absolutely invaluable to our desk and I could always count on you to make my stories better.
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quarantine day 17: "wow I can't wait to move my laptop from my bedroom to my living room for the change in scenery."
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2 years
After nearly a month without significant rain, the Bay Area has two chances for scattered showers this week, with Thursday's storm shaping up to be stronger.
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me the entire episode trying to figure out who's getting killed through all of that snow flying around #gameofthrones :
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During California's heat wave, about 21 people a day visited the 11 cooling centers opened up by the city. “We don’t really go to them because they’re further from our encampment," said Anthony Willis, who is unhoused. "We just tough it out where we’re at"
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I can't believe a short film about a dumpling and a wizened, old Asian lady won an Oscar I could cry.
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The alleyway near where rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in South L.A. in 2019 will be temporarily closed to address what authorities say is a rash of criminal activity in the area.
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Six L.A. Starbucks stores permanently closed at the end of last month due to incidents "that make it unsafe to continue to operate," said a company spokesperson. Union leaders contend that it was to combat the wave of union organizing across the U.S.
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Amazon and Ring were hit with a class-action lawsuit after a series of hacking incidents in recent months
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The Washington County Sheriff said he ordered two deputies to search the home of Austin Edwards, who killed three in California, and says that they acted to protect the public. Riverside PD previously said it was unaware of the search. w/ @erinblogan
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Every year, I grow more concerned that I'm turning into Larry David, because I found myself nodding along when he was complaining about the wobbly table. #CurbYourEnthusiasm
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A Cal State Long Beach professor accused campus police of racial discrimination after an officer refused to unlock his office door when he accidentally locked himself out, prompting more than 100 faculty members to sign a letter in support.
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