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- Two LAPD officers in their 20s have been charged with insurance fraud.
- Followingan accident that injured ten passengers, Knott's Berry Farm's Pony Express roller coaster is back in operation.
- An apartment fire in the Seal Beach Leisure World retirement community was quickly extinguished, and no one was injured this afternoon.
- The Hollywood Reporter has announced they're bringing on SF Chronicle's TV critic Tim Goodman.
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