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Creating jobs in Compton by keeping old tires out of the landfill

Aug 9, 2016
RCO is a green business, but it's also a company that doesn't shy away from employees who've made mistakes in their pasts.
At RCO Tires in Compton, workers ready tire treads for recycling and 'upcycling'
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Straight out of a changed Compton, 27 years later

Aug 12, 2015
The city would like to distance itself from the violent portrayal in a new biopic.