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Obituary: Vanessa Romain, Long Beach LGBTQ+ community icon

V leaves, in her wake, a loud, proud life of accomplishments and personal challenges.

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Labor

‘Incomprehensibly tragic’: Friends, colleagues mourn unexpected death of local union leader

Andrea Zinder, 67, had been president of UFCW Local 324 for six years before dying of a heart attack over the weekend.