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Guards hop to it: Huge rabbit artwork gets 24/7 security

SAN FRANCISCO

Several large illuminated rabbits installed at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza will have round-the-clock security until the exhibit comes down this month.

San Francisco TV station KCBS reported Monday that the giant inflatable bunnies are part of a public art installation.

To prevent the kind of vandalism that hit Super Bowl 50 artwork earlier this year, the bunnies will get 24-hour security until the exhibit ends April 25.

The two-story art piece titled “Intrude” by Australian artist Amanda Parer toured much of the world before arriving at the steps of City Hall.

Kate Patterson of the San Francisco Arts Commission said the exhibit is ideal because it’s in a space where people can come and enjoy it and “take what they want from it.”

W.Va. ice plant experiences meltdown, no injuries in fire

BECKLEY, W.Va.

An ice business north of Beckley went up in flames, requiring three crews to extinguish the blaze.

The Register-Herald reported that Home City Ice caught fire around 9 a.m. Monday, and all employees were evacuated safely.

Bradley-Prosperity Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Jeff Johnson said the blaze started between the wall and attic space of the aluminum-sided building. The building sustained heavy damage, mainly in the roof.

Brian Penturff, operations manager of the facility, said within 15 minutes the entire roof was engulfed in flames. He said workers were removing items in the attic area when a spark struck dry wood, causing the blaze.

9-year-old reporter defends her homicide coverage

A 9-year-old reporter who wrote about a suspected murder in her small Pennsylvania town is defending herself after some locals lashed out about a young girl covering violent crimes.

Hilde Kate Lysiak got a tip Saturday afternoon about something untoward happening on Ninth street in Selinsgrove, about 150 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

She went to the scene to get the details and posted a story and video clip on her website, Orange Street News, later that day.

Soon after, her Facebook page and YouTube channel were clogged with negative comments urging her to “play with dolls” and have a tea party, and questioning her parents’ judgment in letting her do such work.

“It kind of gets me angry because, just because I’m 9 doesn’t mean I can’t do a great story,” she said Tuesday. “It doesn’t mean I can’t be a reporter.”

Hilde has run Orange Street News since 2014. She gets some help from her father, Matthew Lysiak, a former reporter for the New York Daily News, and her 12-year-old sister, Isabel Rose, who handles videos and photos.

Associated Press