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Deadly Alpine Motel fire was predictable, but was it preventable?

Masters of the obvious, public officials and the press are calling it a tragedy. Of course that’s true. The first-floor fire on Sunday, Dec. 21 at the Alpine Motel at 213 N. 9th Street downtown killed six, injured 13, and left an estimated 75 more homeless.

October 1 emotions drive debate on bill to ban bump stock devices, give local governments more power

It was addressed to friends and family, written on advice of a counselor who told the Democratic Assemblywoman that it could help her process the trauma of having survived the mass shooting on October 1, 2017. On Monday, she read that letter publicly for the first time; detailing how her husband Truman covered her body to protect her from bullets, how she hid under bleachers, ran into gunfire to jump a fence and escape — and how she grappled with the guilt of survival.

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