{"id":13539,"date":"2026-06-10T04:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13539"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:04:43","slug":"gkn-aerospace-exec-apologizes-at-garden-grove-council-meeting-for-chemical-threat-says-in-early-stages-considering-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13539","title":{"rendered":"GKN Aerospace exec apologizes at Garden Grove council meeting for chemical threat, says in early stages considering what\u2019s next"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>Three weeks after a chemical tank in Garden Grove failed, threatening over the Memorial Day weekend either a poisonous street-level spill or an explosion and toxic plume, the Garden Grove City Council and residents heard directly for the first time from a GKN Aerospace executive at a special meeting.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13527\">Heavy security in advance of White House 250th festivities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of GKN and the Garden Grove plant, I want to say I\u2019m sorry this event, this incident occurred. I understand what a disruptive event it was, and how unsettling it is to the greater community,\u201d GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin said during the Tuesday, June 9 meeting.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rodrigo Garay of Garden Grove holds up an American Red...\" class=\"wp-image-13529\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff8170e903b8df3a9c1c5540821ac9ca-1024x730.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff8170e903b8df3a9c1c5540821ac9ca-1024x730.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff8170e903b8df3a9c1c5540821ac9ca-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff8170e903b8df3a9c1c5540821ac9ca-768x548.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff8170e903b8df3a9c1c5540821ac9ca-1536x1095.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff8170e903b8df3a9c1c5540821ac9ca.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Rodrigo Garay of Garden Grove holds up an American Red Cross blanket he slept under for several days while evacuated from his home, as he expressed his anger with GKN Aerospace, where a hazmat incident forced tens of thousands of residents in several cities to evacuate, during a special city council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sue Parks, President and CEO of Orange County United Way,...\" class=\"wp-image-13530\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d5b7036fd9482e7b13936feffe968e00-1024x689.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d5b7036fd9482e7b13936feffe968e00-1024x689.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d5b7036fd9482e7b13936feffe968e00-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d5b7036fd9482e7b13936feffe968e00-768x517.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d5b7036fd9482e7b13936feffe968e00-1536x1034.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d5b7036fd9482e7b13936feffe968e00.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Sue Parks, President and CEO of Orange County United Way, updates the public and Garden Grove city council members about the organization\u2019s response to provide services during and after a hazmat incident at GKN Aerospace that displaced tens of thousands of residents during a special meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garden Grove councilmembers Yesenia Mu\u00c3\u00b1eton, left, and Ariana Arestegui listen...\" class=\"wp-image-13531\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1a8c9c1c16c8d3d60633f74bb1f10e76-1024x740.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1a8c9c1c16c8d3d60633f74bb1f10e76-1024x740.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1a8c9c1c16c8d3d60633f74bb1f10e76-300x217.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1a8c9c1c16c8d3d60633f74bb1f10e76-768x555.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1a8c9c1c16c8d3d60633f74bb1f10e76-1536x1111.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1a8c9c1c16c8d3d60633f74bb1f10e76.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Garden Grove councilmembers Yesenia Mu\u00f1eton, left, and Ariana Arestegui listen to public comments during a special meeting before their regular Tuesday meeting regarding the hazmat incident that occurred at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joe Lucas, a toxicologist representing the South Coast Air Quality...\" class=\"wp-image-13532\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e8346c9d181bdb10e2b9722380a2f23-1024x712.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e8346c9d181bdb10e2b9722380a2f23-1024x712.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e8346c9d181bdb10e2b9722380a2f23-300x209.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e8346c9d181bdb10e2b9722380a2f23-768x534.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e8346c9d181bdb10e2b9722380a2f23-1536x1068.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e8346c9d181bdb10e2b9722380a2f23.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Joe Lucas, a toxicologist representing the South Coast Air Quality Management District, gives an update about the agency\u2019s ongoing air monitoring program following a hazmat incident at GKN Aerospace that displaced tens of thousands of residents during a special city council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin answers questions from...\" class=\"wp-image-13533\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84452c0ae6993de6099f6c786aa77588-1024x692.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84452c0ae6993de6099f6c786aa77588-1024x692.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84452c0ae6993de6099f6c786aa77588-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84452c0ae6993de6099f6c786aa77588-768x519.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84452c0ae6993de6099f6c786aa77588-1536x1038.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84452c0ae6993de6099f6c786aa77588.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin answers questions from the Mayor Pro Tim George Brietigamabout the company\u2019s hazmat incident that displaced tens of thousands of residents for several days during a special meeting before the regular Garden Grove City Council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin addresses the public...\" class=\"wp-image-13534\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/890f7b3db32318bbdf487221b8a236f9-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/890f7b3db32318bbdf487221b8a236f9-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/890f7b3db32318bbdf487221b8a236f9-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/890f7b3db32318bbdf487221b8a236f9-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/890f7b3db32318bbdf487221b8a236f9-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/890f7b3db32318bbdf487221b8a236f9.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin addresses the public and answers questions from the city council about the company\u2019s hazmat incident that displaced tens of thousands of residents for several days during a special meeting before the regular Garden Grove City Council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin addresses the public...\" class=\"wp-image-13535\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4d9451383fae4003eba4151aa53623d1-1024x716.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4d9451383fae4003eba4151aa53623d1-1024x716.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4d9451383fae4003eba4151aa53623d1-300x210.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4d9451383fae4003eba4151aa53623d1-768x537.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4d9451383fae4003eba4151aa53623d1-1536x1074.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4d9451383fae4003eba4151aa53623d1.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin addresses the public and answers questions from the city council about the company\u2019s hazmat incident that displaced tens of thousands of residents for several days during a special meeting before the regular Garden Grove City Council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin addresses the public...\" class=\"wp-image-13536\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16d3254b5d05b1f9c72beda630281427-1024x716.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16d3254b5d05b1f9c72beda630281427-1024x716.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16d3254b5d05b1f9c72beda630281427-300x210.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16d3254b5d05b1f9c72beda630281427-768x537.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16d3254b5d05b1f9c72beda630281427-1536x1074.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16d3254b5d05b1f9c72beda630281427.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin addresses the public and answers questions from the city council about the company\u2019s hazmat incident that displaced tens of thousands of residents for several days during a special meeting before the regular Garden Grove City Council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Residents hold up signs critical of GKN Aerospace as the...\" class=\"wp-image-13537\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db0df1b5046614dc8af87c3bf17ab37e-1024x732.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db0df1b5046614dc8af87c3bf17ab37e-1024x732.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db0df1b5046614dc8af87c3bf17ab37e-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db0df1b5046614dc8af87c3bf17ab37e-768x549.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db0df1b5046614dc8af87c3bf17ab37e-1536x1097.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db0df1b5046614dc8af87c3bf17ab37e.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Residents hold up signs critical of GKN Aerospace as the company\u2019s Senior Vice President, Steve Carlin, addresses the public and answers questions from the city council about the company\u2019s hazmat incident that displaced tens of thousands of residents for several days during a special meeting before the regular Garden Grove City Council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garden Grove Mayor Stephanie Klopfenstein, right, addresses GKN Aerospace Senior...\" class=\"wp-image-13538\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2c62d902b13c5a7a6cf35914e2e40f32-1024x751.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2c62d902b13c5a7a6cf35914e2e40f32-1024x751.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2c62d902b13c5a7a6cf35914e2e40f32-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2c62d902b13c5a7a6cf35914e2e40f32-768x564.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2c62d902b13c5a7a6cf35914e2e40f32-1536x1127.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2c62d902b13c5a7a6cf35914e2e40f32.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Garden Grove Mayor Stephanie Klopfenstein, right, addresses GKN Aerospace Senior Vice President Steve Carlin, demanding that the company hold a town hall meeting to make themselves accountable to residents, also asking if the company would be willing to \u201cremove those chemicals altogether\u201d from their Garden Grove plant, as he answers questions from the city council about the company\u2019s hazmat incident that displaced tens of thousands of residents for several days during a special meeting before the regular Garden Grove City Council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>Rodrigo Garay of Garden Grove holds up an American Red Cross blanket he slept under for several days while evacuated from his home, as he expressed his anger with GKN Aerospace, where a hazmat incident forced tens of thousands of residents in several cities to evacuate, during a special city council meeting in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Councilmembers had demanded a company representative come to the meeting to address questions swirling since the evacuation that affected some 50,000 residents of Garden Grove and neighboring cities because of the threat from an overheating storage holding 7,000 gallons of the chemical methyl methacrylate, or MMA.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, council members said they now want GKN Aerospace to host a town hall meeting to hear community concerns and provide a timeline for holding such a meeting. Councilmembers asked various questions of Carlin \u2014 including whether the company would remove the toxic chemicals from its premises, enforce tighter regulations and directly compensate impacted businesses and residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlin agreed to hold a town hall \u201cor some sort of public event\u201d but on the latter questions, offered no specifics or timeline, saying \u201cwe are still in the very early stages of evaluating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garden Grove residents have crowded city chambers at multiple meetings since the threat to make clear their abiding concerns, raising previous violations recorded at GKN Aerospace\u2019s Garden Grove plant, including in 2023, when the company received a citation for the overflow of 200 gallons of MMA, a volatile liquid used in plastics manufacturing with the capacity to cause respiratory irritation.<\/p>\n<p>Many called for GKN Aerospace\u2019s shutdown or relocation and for direct reimbursements to evacuated residents and shuttered businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Poyourow lives with his wife on Bently Avenue, in a quiet residential block just yards east of the 15-acre GKN Aerospace facility. Though allowed back into their home after the long holiday weekend, Poyourow was among several residents who spoke at Tuesday\u2019s meeting about feeling unsafe, with one evacuee saying a \u201cfeeling of impending doom\u201d persists.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhile removing stabilized MMA is the right step right now, it\u2019s not a plan. It\u2019s a pause,\u201d Poyourow said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13525\">Steve Hilton projected to advance in California governor race, joining Xavier Becerra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill MMA be stored at this site again? We were lucky once and I\u2019m asking you to make sure our safety never depends on that luck again,\u201d he said. \u201cIf GKN\u2019s operations require (MMA), those operations belong somewhere where people don\u2019t sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Day weekend should have been about graduation parties, honoring fallen soldiers and enjoying the annual hometown Strawberry Festival, retired GGUSD principal Sandi Ishii said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, for Memorial Day weekend, memories will be those of fear, being evacuated and unhoused, and a lingering fear in our youth of \u2018could this happen again?\u2019\u201d Ishii said. \u201cGKN is a stone\u2019s throw away from homes, families, children and schools. I ask on behalf of the community, move all your high-risk chemical storage off-site to an industrial area that\u2019s appropriate to house volatile chemicals.\u201d<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>GKN Aerospace last week donated $3 million to the OC Community Resilience Fund, a partnership of Orange County United Way and 211-OC, which will provide qualifying residents with up to $500 in cash assistance to help recoup evacuation costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to evaluate a number of alternatives, and also, a lot of different alternatives, and figure out ways to better serve the community,\u201d Carlin said. \u201cWe continue to do that. At this stage, we choose to go to the United Way for the first stage of this, because of their experience of working in these types of things, and their outreach across all of Orange County. But we are continuing to evaluate different ways to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday afternoon, the fund had received \u201cnearly 4,500 applications,\u201d with more than 150 residents receiving financial assistance, OC United Way President and CEO Sue Parks said in a presentation during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>GKN\u2019s contribution will help approximately 6,000 residents in the evacuation zone, Parks said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13523\">Impeachment sought against federal judge over alleged sex in chambers, lying to investigators<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story, please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councilmembers had demanded a company representative come to the meeting to address questions swirling since the evacuation that affected some 50,000 people because of a chemical threat.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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