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- Metro has some oddball clipping/notching policy regarding inoperable TAP cards.
- The return of the carhop? Come Monday, Ruby’s Diner will open its first restaurant with carhop service in Anaheim.
- Clean bathrooms at public schools? Nahhhhhh.
- A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the beautiful San Miguel Island in Channel Islands National Park today.
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