Patrol car struck by shrapnel from artillery round fired over I-5 from Camp Pendleton, CHP says

[ad_1] California Highway Patrol officials say that a patrol vehicle was struck by shrapnel from an artillery round that was fired during Saturday’s live-fire event at Camp Pendleton to celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary.  The metal shrapnel came from an “explosive ordnance fired over the Interstate 5 freeway” that had “detonated overhead prematurely,”…

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Charles M. Blow on the crisis facing local newspapers

[ad_1] By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers have vanished since 2005, with an estimated two newspapers closing each week. As funding for public broadcasting also shrinks, political analyst Charles M. Blow talks about the importance of local media as the connective tissue of communities – an essential public good jeopardized by industry consolidation…

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