USC grad is designing L.A.'s first solar community fridge

Bee Burlingame is building Los Angeles' first solar community fridge
Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • September 18, 2020
In early June, my colleague Sam Dean sent me an enthusiastic yet slightly cryptic Slack message: “The fridges are spreading!” He attached a link to an Instagram post of a refrigerator in front of what looked like a machine repair shop, the words...
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