Arid California valley famed for winter resorts and music festivals
Recent studies show California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are under stress at levels not seen in a millennium, raising the risk of a large, multi-fault rupture. Cajon Pass could act as a bridge or barrier, and preparedness measures are urged as hazard models improve with physics-based simulations.
Los Angeles prosecutors have presented graphic photographs and forensic testimony at a preliminary hearing for musician David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, accusing him of murdering and dismembering 14‑year‑old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in April 2025. Medical testimony described stab wounds and extensive post‑mortem mutilation; prosecutors say DNA and purchases link Burke to the crime. Burke has pleaded not guilty.