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Teenager rescued from 50ft deep abandoned mine shaft after climbing rope broke

A 16-year-old boy was rescued after his climbing rope broke while exploring a 50-foot-deep vertical mine shaft in California.

The Independent UK

Judge orders leaders of cult-like ‘Zizian’ group to be held without bail

Jack LaSota, a blogger known as Ziz, was arrested with two other suspects and tied to a series of six recent killings.

Al Jazeera

Bad To Worse

From insurance to affordable housing mandates, California's regulatory noose tightens over wildfire rebuilding efforts.

Reason

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How California can rebuild safer, more resilient cities after wildfires without pricing out workers

The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, but the damage was much more widespread. Many working-class families lost their homes, businesses and jobs. In all, more than 16,000 structures – most of them homes – were destroyed, leaving thousands of…

The Conversation

Man Drives To Hospital Feeling Unwell, Hours Later Develops Hallucinations, Seizures: He's Now Battling Rare 'Brain On Fire' Disease

The 48-year-old from California was diagnosed with Anti-NMDA Encephalitis, also known as "Brain on Fire" disease, an auto-immune condition where the body attacks the brain.

Medical Daily

The Radio Show Taking on California’s Youth Mental Health Crisis

From a small station in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights, 18-year-old Kennia Camacho talks with teens about anxiety, stress and depression. We should listen.

Capital & Main

Trump Targets California's Gas Car Ban. Here's What It Means For The Rest Of Us

Like it or not, almost every new development in the global automotive industry is dominated by the new Trump administration. What impact will its very different set of policies have on the world's second-biggest car market? What happens with any new auto tariffs? And what does it mean for the…

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Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts review – powerful, poignant and suffused with millennial dread

A young couple encounter catastrophic fires and ruined rivers on a California road trip, searching for art and hope in a darkening world

The Guardian - AU

‘Disaster amnesia’: The Los Angeles wildfires revealed a deeper, more vicious cycle that has plagued California for decades

The secret is out, but the charred remains of LA neighborhoods still might not be enough to change the Golden State’s approach to housing.

Fortune

Brickbat: Checks in the Mail

Joivian Tjuana Hayes, a U.S. Postal Service supervisor in Costa Mesa, California, has pleaded guilty to theft of mail matter… The post Brickbat: Checks in the Mail appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Alice Evans 'being evicted' from Los Angeles home

Alice Evans has claimed she's being "evicted' from her Los Angeles home along with her two daughters and she's struggling to find anywhere else to live amid the housing crisis brought on by the California wildfires which destroyed thousands of properties across the state.

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65 Things Crazy-Rich People Purchase That No One Else Would Even Think They Actually Need

While money can’t buy rich people happiness, it sure can buy many other things, some of which the poor didn’t even know existed. The post 65 Things Crazy-Rich People Purchase That No One Else Would Even Think They Actually Need first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Inside the ‘Zizians’: How a cultish crew of radical vegans became linked to killings across the United States

They seemed like just another band of anarchist misfits scraping by on the fringes of Silicon Valley — until the deaths began. Io Dodds unravels the complex web of ideology, friendship, and bloody violence that has baffled investigators nationwide

The Independent UK

More than 80% of new California properties are in high fire-risk areas

And the problem isn’t limited to the region – across the US, nearly a third of homes are at high risk

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Killings across three states shine spotlight on cultlike ‘Zizian’ group

Police search for member currently on the run from charges linked to homicides across the US

The Independent UK

What to know about the killing of a Border Patrol agent and ties to a cultlike group

The killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland is tied to a cultlike group that federal prosecutors have linked to five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California

The Independent UK

How a traffic stop in Vermont cracked open a cultlike group linked to deaths in multiple states

A traffic stop in Vermont has cracked open a cultlike group called Zizians linked to six deaths in three states

Sports Illustrated

How to Watch NWSL Teams at Coachella Valley Invitational

Six clubs will face off at a pre-season tune-up in Southern California from February 16th-22nd.

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California boy, 13, dies after falling out a window at a Mexico hotel while on his family vacation

Ruben Navarro Jr. was a ‘hilarious’ 13-year-old with an ‘old soul,’ his aunt said

Fortune

After the Palisades fire burned down this L.A. home, the plot sold for more than $1 million as a ‘blank canvas’

The original home was purchased in 2005 for $1.54 million.

Capital & Main

Burned: “Good Neighbor” State Farm Seeks Huge Rate Hikes After L.A. Fires

Will Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara bow to the industry giant or protect disaster-stricken Angelenos?

Reason

How Do Board Diversity Mandates Affect Firm Value?

A new study suggests California's ill-fated board diversity requirements did not enhance firm value.

International Business Times

US Retail Sales See Biggest Drop In Nearly Two Years On Harsh Weather

US retail sales plunged by the most in almost two years last month as cold weather hit the country alongside wildfires in California, data showed Friday, reflecting broad declines while President Donald Trump returned to office.

Reason

200,000 Layoffs

Plus: Possible quid pro quo between the DOJ and Eric Adams, DEI in the federal government, and more...

The Conversation

Parents can soon use QR codes to reveal heavy metal content in baby food

Parents across the U.S. should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year.

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