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Headlines: Anaheim Barber Shop Owners Find Stolen Olympic Gold Medal In Street; Over 150 Grand Canyon Visitors Sick From Norovirus Outbreak

10:01 AM PDT on June 30, 2022

    Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely.

    —Maria Carrillo and Noe Hernandez, the owners of Noel Barber Shop in Anaheim, found the stolen Olympic gold medal belonging to volleyball player Jordyn Poulter in a plastic bag outside their store. [ABC]

    —49-year-old Juan Cristalinas was shot and killed while attempting to save a 76-year-old woman who was being attacked by four men, during his job as a pizza delivery man. [NBC]

    —Researchers have found over 1,000 forms of previously unknown bacteria in melting Tibetan snow and ice samples, causing concerns of new diseases spreading from continued global warming. [Phys.Org]

    —Talent agency CAA has closed its deal to purchase rival ICM Partners in a $750 million acquisition. [Deadline]

    —An out-of-control driver crashed into a power pole in San Pedro, knocking it over, before running away from police. [KTLA]

    —Singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a decades-long sex trafficking scheme including the sexual abuse of several children, by a New York court. [AP]

    —A movement in Glassell Park seeks to stop a new restaurant named Dunsmoor from succeeding in the neighborhood, claiming its owners will "cause heightened displacement - and homelessness - unless they are stopped." [Street Watch LA]

    —In yet another sign of the pending apocalypse, Taco Bell is making tostadas and Crunch Wrap Supremes out of oversized Cheez-Its. [CNN]

    —Sounds like a lot of people are planning to openly carry firearms around here soon. [Alene Tchekmedyian/Twitter]

    —A Chula Vista-based teenager is being celebrated for being a beautiful human and returning a lost purse. [SDUT]

    —More than 150 Grand Canyon visitors were infected with a Norovirus, and early investigation shows it may have come from rafting. [WP]

    —The Supreme Court has restricted the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions, with broad implications for fighting global warming. [NPR]

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