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Headlines: Northern Vs. Southern California Cannabis; Instagram User Shows ‘How to Hack an Electronic Road Sign’

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—Thirty-seven-year-old Nicole Lorraine Linton, the driver suspected of causing a multi-vehicle crash that killed five in Windsor Hills last week, is being charged with six counts of murder. [LAT/LBPT]

—A site for administering a vaccine against Monkeypox is opening today in East Hollywood. [NBC]

—Someone shows their followers "How to Hack an Electronic Road Sign." [Instagram]

—LA Galaxy is accused of trying to throw Orange County Soccer Club out of Irvine's Championship Soccer Stadium [OCS]

—A grand jury is being convened to investigate the L.A. Sheriff Department's alleged cover-up of an incident in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes. [LAT]

—The fencing surrounding Echo Park will be replaced after being torn down on Sunday night. [LAist]

—Disney has released the trailer for a soon-to-air documentary called "Mija" on the experience of two daughters of undocumented Mexican immigrants trying to make their way in the music industry. [WOD+]

—The Environmental Protection Agency has identified 23 facilities in the U.S. responsible for toxic air pollution that puts people in their surrounding communities at elevated cancer risk. [ProPublica]

—Carlos Tamayo, the founder of La Tortilla Factory, has died at age 76. [PD]

—According to California's chief justice, the state's private, for-hire judge industry is in need of "stronger oversight." [LAT]

—The differences between Northern California and Southern California's cannabis markets. [KCRW]

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