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🌱 Patch AM: Why a deputy opened fire near the busy Imperial Beach Pier

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  • Why a deputy opened fire near the busy Imperial Beach Pier

Also on today's calendar: Peace Out 2025 - NYE at the Living Coast and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. πŸ€” (Answer below!)


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  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Monday: Sunlit and beautiful, temps: high: 70, low: 58.
  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 74 and low of 59 degrees.

πŸ“° News we're reading

β€’ San Diego police ID deceased man and the deputy who fatally shot him in Imperial Beach (nbcsandiego.com) β€” Imperial Beach residents are learning more about Sunday’s fatal deputy-involved shooting near the Imperial Beach Pier, as authorities identify Deputy Maxwell Hammond and 51-year-old Gary Gates. Investigators say Gates advanced with a knife and was shot, later dying at a hospital. Multiple agencies are now reviewing the incident, and anyone with information is urged to contact detectives or Crime Stoppers.
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