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The California Sun is a daily newsletter on the most interesting news from across California by former New York Times writer Mike McPhate.

In his 30s, Garth Bowles sold his possessions, donned robes and walked across America on a spiritual quest. After about ...
29/08/2026

In his 30s, Garth Bowles sold his possessions, donned robes and walked across America on a spiritual quest.

After about 4 years, in his telling, he grew weary of the ungraciousness that pilgrims face.

So in 1980, he created a sanctuary in the Mojave Desert open to free thinkers, seekers, and misfits.

All comers are welcome to stay the night for $50 at campsites set among giant boulders in what one visitor described as a “640-acre Shangri-la bubble.”

https://www.californiasun.co/newsletter/meta-avoids-big-tobacco-nightmare-with-settlement-5-places-to-reconnect-with-nature-near-l-a/ -12

20/08/2026

The drumbeat of delays and cost overruns plaguing California’s bullet train has been relentless for years. Most recently, the rail authority’s inspector general warned that the project could run out of money as soon as next year. Yet progress is increasingly visible in the Central Valley, where crews have now built 60 major structures and prepared more than 80 miles for track-laying between Merced and Bakersfield.

https://www.californiasun.co/newsletter/central-valley-farmers-embrace-agave-royal-couple-plans-montecito-exit/ -3

An Instagram account called VHS Dates has amassed nearly 900,000 followers with clips from what are said to be lost dati...
13/08/2026

An Instagram account called VHS Dates has amassed nearly 900,000 followers with clips from what are said to be lost dating-service videotapes from the 1980s.

Compelled, the reporter Sopan Deb scheduled an interview with the people behind the account. He writes: “But when I showed up to meet them at a cavernous studio near downtown Los Angeles, they said, ‘This is where we shoot the videos.’ The clips, they revealed, are not found footage from a lost era. The videos are staged.”

https://www.californiasun.co/newsletter/wildfire-threatens-tourist-destinations-in-big-sur-california-eagle-that-enthralled-millions-dies/ -11

Reaching the Sierra Nevada’s remote backcountry typically involves days of lugging at least 30 pounds of gear on your ba...
07/08/2026

Reaching the Sierra Nevada’s remote backcountry typically involves days of lugging at least 30 pounds of gear on your back. But there’s an alternative.

Aspen Meadow Pack Station has been leading groups into the Emigrant Wilderness, on the northern edge of Yosemite National Park, for more than 80 years. Guests ride on horseback, while mules carry the gear.

https://www.californiasun.co/newsletter/hard-line-ai-resistance-grows-in-the-bay-area-activists-chain-themselves-to-trees-in-pasadena/ -4

Bald eagles once soared over all eight of the Channel Islands before being all but wiped out by DDT dumping by around 19...
06/08/2026

Bald eagles once soared over all eight of the Channel Islands before being all but wiped out by DDT dumping by around 1960. A reintroduction campaign that began in the 1980s established thriving populations on five of the islands.

Now that number has grown to six. The first eaglets since the 1950s hatched and fledged on San Miguel Island, the windswept and westernmost of the archipelago, the Institute for Wildlife Studies recently announced.

https://www.californiasun.co/newsletter/a-deadly-boat-accident-in-san-francisco-bay-bald-eagles-thrive-on-channel-islands/ -12

In the middle of a roundabout in northeast Los Angeles, a collection of nine massive granite sculptures etched with huma...
05/08/2026

In the middle of a roundabout in northeast Los Angeles, a collection of nine massive granite sculptures etched with human faces call to mind the ruins of Stonehenge.

Dedicated in 2017, the installation known informally as Egghead Stonehenge displays the faces of actual nearby residents.

Its association with the ancient monument in the English countryside only deepened after a vehicle plowed into the eggs in 2019, toppling two of them.

https://www.californiasun.co/newsletter/wild-horses-are-rounded-up-in-the-eastern-sierra-oakland-firefighters-save-a-pigeon/ -12

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