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Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Birthday: November 3, 1986
Alejandro Lopez de Haro was born in Caracas, Venezuela to a Venezuelan father and Nicaraguan mother. He graduated from Bates College in 2009 with a degree in political science.
Alejandro also holds a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was a staff writer for The Brooklyn Ink and the Columbia News Service. He was also a fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.
Alejandro joined Patch as an editorial intern in Silicon Valley. He was a reporter for Diario Las Americas, a Spanish daily in Miami, FL, prior to working with Patch. Alejandro has also completed summer internships with radio news divisions at Caracol Radio of Colombia and Circuito FM Center of Venezuela.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission says six people were killed by fireworks in 2012-- and more than 8,700 were injured. Approximately 5,000 of those injuries happened around the July 4 holiday.
Eight robberies occurred in Los Angeles, two in West Covina, one in Glendale, two in the San Diego County community of Chula Vista and two in the San Bernardino County community of Rancho Cucamonga.
According to Dean Logan, the county registrar-recorder/county clerk, more than 500 couples completed online marriage license applications between Friday and Monday.
This is the forecast for South Gate and Lynwood until Friday, according to the National Weather Service: Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.
An inauguration ceremony for Mayor Eric Garcetti took place Sunday outside City Hall.