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fromLos Angeles Times
4 hours ago

'One in a million' malfunction rained shrapnel onto 5 Freeway near Camp Pendleton, report says

A military round detonated prematurely over the 5 Freeway during a Marine Corps exercise at Camp Pendleton in October, causing investigators to classify it as a rare malfunction with no definitive explanation.
fromsfist.com
4 months ago

Thursday Morning What's Up: City Lights Unfurls Protest Banners

SF's iconic City Lights Bookstore in North Beach has put up banners on its facade quoting a poem by founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti that feels especially prescient for our times. The poem, "Pity the Nation," includes the line, "Pity the nation that praises conquerers and acclaims the bully as hero." [Chronicle] California legislators are seeking answers about what went wrong in the military display at Camp Pendleton in which shrapnel came down over I-5, damaging CHP vehicles.
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