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🌱 Why LA County’s data-center ban puts Vernon’s mega facility in spotlight

Vernon, California Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why LA County’s data-center ban puts Vernon’s mega facility in spotlight

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 67.
  • Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• LA County issues temporary ban on mega data centers, with ordinance in the works (dailybulletin.com) — Los Angeles County has temporarily banned new hyperscale AI data centers in unincorporated areas while it drafts a permanent ordinance, a move closely watched in industrial cities like Vernon. The article highlights Prime Data Center’s massive 33‑megawatt Vernon facility as an example in the debate over water use, power demand, pollution, and union jobs, signaling potential implications for future projects nearby.
   

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    Tuesday September 22
  • Student Zone: Homework Help for K-12 Students
    Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library
    2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • ⚠️ Magnitude 3.09 earthquake reported
    Sep 17 at 1:32 PM PDT: 3.09 magnitude earthquake occurred near Compton, CA. More than 514 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Huntington Park

  • Free Nob Hill Outdoor Movie Night 'The Sound of Music' + Free Popcorn (2026) (funcheap.com)
  • Hamilton is having a wasp moment. Here's when they should disappear (thespec.com)
  • Farm workers in California and the country mourn Mo Jourdane – Voices of Monterey Bay (voicesofmontereybay.org)

East Los Angeles

  • Boyle Heights Fire Enters a New Phase: What the City Actually Decided (parriva.com)
  • ICE Stripped of Warrantless Arrest Authority in Southern California by Federal Court (latintimes.com)
  • Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles presents the 16th Annual LACLA Student Film Festival (calonews.com)

Beverly Hills

  • Beverly Hills Police Promote 20-Year Department Veteran To Captain (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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