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Headlines: Four Men Shot in Skid Row; Interest Rate on Home Loan Rises to Above 6%

Homeless encampments in Skid Row. (Photo by by Philip Iglauer/LA Taco archive)

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—Patagonia owner Yvon Chouinard claims he will give the estimated $3 billion company away to a trust sworn to fighting humanity's climate crisis. "Earth is now our only shareholder," he wrote in a statement. [MSN]

—For the first time since 2008, a widely watched survey shows the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed home loan is above 6%, the latest in a series of increases that have sharply slowed the housing market. [LAT]

—Four men were shot on Wednesday afternoon at 5th and San Julian streets on Skid Row. [NBC]

—Two people have been arrested for their suspected parts in Karen Bass's home robbery. [LADN]

—Flight attendants on major U.S. airlines are increasingly using tacos as an example of how to store your overhead luggage. [WSJ]

—After serving a search warrant at the home of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, L.A. Sheriff's deputies seized boxes at the home of Civilian Oversight Commissioner Patty Giggins. [Kate Cagle/Twitter]

—Minnesota accidentally legalized cannabis sodas, something craft brewers are taking advantage of quickly. [Vice]

—A Reseda family is fighting to keep their autistic son's emotional support dog from being seized by animal control following a fight with another dog. [KTLA]

—Fred Franzia, the inventor of Two-Buck Chuck, died at the age of 79. [Wine Spectator]

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