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The crash Wednesday morning at Long Beach Airport claimed Tom Dean and Jeff Berger, developers at LCW Partners who were involved in a city of Long Beach land swap for the Los Cerritos Wetlands, and Mark Bixby, a bicycle advocate and member of one of Long Beach's founding families. Their plane crashed shortly after take-off. Press-Telegram, LB Report.com
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