Question

Hundreds of sick children in this metropolitan area painted murals to decorate a 165-foot-tall Tower of Hope. Erin Brockovich sued a school district in this metro area in 2003 for damage from toxic fumes from nearby structures. A mayor in this metro (-5[1])area celebrated “an outstanding contribution to civic beauty” at the opening of the Cardiff Tower synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. An explosion in this metro area’s (*) Fairfax District (10[1])forced (-5[1])this metro area to designate “methane zones” with special ventilation requirements for development. A prominent street in this metro area is named after Edward Doheny, the first person to successfully drill this metro area’s massive oil fields. For 10 points, (10[1])name this large (-5[1])metropolitan area in Southern (-5[1])California (10[1])where active drilling (10[1])still occurs in Inglewood and Long Beach. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Los Angeles metropolitan area [or L.A. metropolitan area; anti-prompt on Long Beach or Inglewood]
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2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y683%17%33%108.80
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%0%57%115.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%67%117.67
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%50%123.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y4100%50%0%76.25

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Darren PetrosinoParden the InterruptionNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)41-5
Peter SchmidtLet's Fighting Lovebruh6910
Karthik PrasadchamPAIN and cornHELL in ColumbiaJJaryland70-5
Will Alston1.g4 Test MixtureNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse11010
Aum MundheThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh TutuolaJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz113-5
DMAboy's jitches (ft. DMA)protobowling for soup117-5
Michael Boreckiprotobowling for soupboy's jitches (ft. DMA)11810
Iain CarpenterSandmännchen im Helikoptermnemonists12110
Caleb KendrickJJarylandchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia12910
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from WikiquizThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola12910
Emma Victoria ByronNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)Parden the Interruption12910