Red Berry residents hunt for home as highway bridge looms

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Red Berry residents hunt for home as highway bridge looms

Winnifred McClarty and her 87-year-old mother, Lena Patterson, are now in limbo as the construction of a section of the South Coast Highway, that will run above their property in Red Berry district, has forced their relocation. McClarty said her...

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