He's the next mayor
I left LA for Chicago why?Carlos Ivan Rodas, 32, died in a pool of blood outside Guido's Italian restaurant (where he worked) not from a shooting (as the sheriff's first said), nor from a group beating (as the sheriff's later said), but from a respiratory infection (the sheriff's office now says.) Honestly, I'm not sure that's better news for the residents of Malibu.
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Notice the weather widgets this afternoon?
Malibu dishwasher now died of...respiratory infection
Malibu kitchen worker now may have died naturally
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