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Headlines: Nine-Year-Old Drowns In Lake Elsinore; California Sending Up to $1,050 to Families In Inflation Relief As Early As October

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-LAPD Officers Faced a Heartbreaking Choice in Heroic Rescue of Family in Burning SUV. [NBC]

-How to cool off this summer and buy a day pass to take a dip at local hotels, without having to pay for the whole night. [LAT]

-At least 10 people are being treated after a tour bus crash near LAX involving a big rig. [ABC]

-A brawl between L.A. Angels and Seattle Mariners players on the field on Sunday's game resulted in eight ejections and a 20-minute delay. [CNN]

-Real Madrid star Gareth Bale is set to start playing for LAFC after his contract with La Liga is finished. [The Guardian]

-Video shows man apparently beaten during street takeover in South L.A. [ABC]

-Kyrie Irving to the Lakers, potentially? [ESPN]

-Long Beach celebrates the opening of an inflatable water playground at Alamitos Beach. [SHT]

-Alhambra Unified School District agrees to pay $750,000 to settle suit alleging a girl was bullied, and sexually abused. [PSN]

-A retail property on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena sold for a record-setting $52 million. [LABJ]

-Body of a nine-year-old drowning victim was recovered by the sheriff's dive team in Lake Elsinore. [ABC]

-Twenty-three million Californians will receive payments of up to $1,050 as part of a $17 billion "inflation relief" package, according to a news release from Newsom's office. [Newsweek]

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