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Highland Park Marijuana Shops to Remain Open, For Now
141 Marijuana Dispensaries across Los Angeles have been ordered to shut down immediately, none of them are in Highland Park.

David Fonseca is the editor of Mount Washington-Highland Park Patch. He got his start in reporting as an intern for the Fall River Herald News in southeastern Massachusetts in 2005.
After earning his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2006, he worked as both a freelancer and as a crime and education reporter for the Bourne and Sandwich Enterprise newspapers on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
David briefly freelanced for South Pasadena Patch before launching Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch in December of 2010.
When not reporting, he enjoys playing basketball, watching movies and doing his darndest to overcome inertia.
141 Marijuana Dispensaries across Los Angeles have been ordered to shut down immediately, none of them are in Highland Park.

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