The Guardian · CaliforniaJackie and Shadow’s eaglets emerged from eggs on Easter weekend in Big Bear Valley as watched by thousands online
Over Easter weekend, thousands of people tuned in to celebrate something spectacular unfolding 145 feet up a pine tree in southern California’s San Bernardino national forest – the hatchings of two bald eagle chicks.
Two eaglets were born to Jackie and Shadow, the southern California pair that have become avian celebrities thanks to the webcam that has livestreamed their activities since 2018.
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Dani Anguiano · Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 1:53 PM
The Guardian · US newsCommodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over sports event contracts, a ‘big win’ for Kalshi
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A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state to use its prediction market to place financial bets on the outcome of sporting events.
A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based third US circuit court of appeals ruled 2-1 in finding that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the sports-related event contracts that Kalshi allows people to trade on its platform.
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Reuters · Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 11:11 AM
The Guardian · US newsAn expletive-ridden post on social media shamed the office of the US president. Its substantive message, if acted on, would be a war crime
Article 52 of the first additional protocol to the Geneva conventions prohibits attacks on civilian targets. It is on those grounds that the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for Russian military officers and officials responsible for attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Such assaults, and the missiles rained on Ukrainian cities and towns in order to terrify and demoralise, constitute war crimes. Exactly the same would apply to the United States, should Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran back to the “stone age” this week be carried out.
Such basic tenets of international law bear repeating at a time when Mr Trump and his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, appear to speak as if from within a bloodthirsty fever dream. Glorying repulsively in his capacity to order death and destruction from the Pentagon, Mr Hegseth, an Evangelical Christian, has presented Operation Epic Fury as a 21st-century crusade “to break the teeth of the ungodly”. On social media at the weekend, Mr Trump topped that by unleashing a stream of expletive-ridden abuse, ranting that unless Iran reopens the strait of Hormuz to shipping, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day … Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell”.
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Editorial · Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 11:09 AM
The Guardian · US newsJP Morgan boss warns of risks of higher inflation and interest rates due to Iran war in annual letter to shareholders
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The head of the US’s largest bank has pressed the White House to strengthen Washington’s allies economically in order to “avoid truly adverse consequences”, in the latest intervention in an increasingly testy relationship with the Trump administration.
As the Middle East conflict sparked by US and Israeli attacks on Iran enters its sixth week, Jamie Dimon, the chair and chief executive of JP Morgan Chase, said in his annual letter to shareholders that good US foreign policy should put America first “though not alone”.
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Simon Goodley · Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 8:17 AM
The Guardian · CaliforniaMove to back the Republican candidate could dash party’s hopes of locking Democrats out of the November runoff
Donald Trump has endorsed the Republican former Fox News host Steve Hilton in the California governor’s race, a move that could dash Republican hopes of locking Democrats out of the November runoff.
Trump announced his backing on Monday on Truth Social, writing that Hilton “has my COMPLETE & TOTAL ENDORSEMENT” and pledging federal support for his candidacy. “Steve can turn it around, before it is too late, and, as President, I will help him to do so,” he wrote.
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington · Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 7:35 AM
The Guardian · CaliforniaSome cities are cutting ties with firm that provides license plate reader cameras, others are signing new contracts and many are still looking for their footing
In recent city council meetings in Dunwoody, Georgia, a spokesman for Flock Safety, a Georgia-based firm that provides automated license plate readers, has found himself in the hot seat again.
For two months running, some residents of the affluent north Atlanta suburb in the region’s tech corridor have been demanding an end to the city’s contract with the security firm, which has drawn similar protest from California to New York.
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George Chidi · Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 4:00 AM
Astoria & Co.Economist N. Robert Branch hosts 100+ participants in Beverly Hills to discuss restoring market order amidst LA’s 5.5% unemployment and regulatory friction.
Jesse Mulhouse · Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 6:23 PM
The Guardian · CaliforniaThe artist performed songs from her new album in a five-night residency at Hollywood high school’s auditorium
With a swaying ocean projected on the stage, bathing the space in the brilliant light of sunset and sea, the figure holding a microphone almost appeared to be floating with the waves.
It added to the surreal effect that permeated the auditorium of Hollywood high school on Thursday night as singer Mitski performed Dead Women from her new album Nothing’s About to Happen to Me.
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Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles · Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 7:00 AM
The Guardian · CaliforniaCrimson, seen alone in Santa Monica mountains for days, gets care in Oakland zoo after mother nowhere to be found
It was an unusual scene. A lion cub alone for days in southern California’s sprawling Santa Monica mountains, emitting a noise that sounded like a cross between a purr and a light squeal, perhaps calling out for his mother.
Where was his mother?
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Uwa Ede-Osifo · Sat, Apr 4, 2026, 2:10 PM
The Guardian · CaliforniaSprings fire, which had spread quickly by windy conditions, at least 45% contained on Saturday, say fire officials
California fire protection crews on Saturday were getting a handle on the wildfire that broke out the previous evening in Riverside county, fanned by high winds that quickly spread the flames to more than 4,100 acres.
The Springs fire, about 64 miles (103km) east of Los Angeles, was at least 45% contained on Saturday, a fire department spokesperson said. It was 25% contained late on Friday evening.
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Guardian staff and agencies · Sat, Apr 4, 2026, 11:13 AM
The Guardian · CaliforniaState department said niece and grandniece of Qassem Soleimani, killed in 2020 US drone strike, celebrated attacks against US soldiers
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US federal agents have arrested the niece and grandniece of the late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after the Trump administration’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, revoked their lawful permanent resident status, officials said on Saturday.
“Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” or ICE, the state department said in a statement.
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Marina Dunbar · Sat, Apr 4, 2026, 9:25 AM
The Guardian · CaliforniaResearchers warn the high-pressure conditions could disrupt marine life and ecosystems if it continues
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For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures along the California coast. This year, they are flashing a warning sign.
Over the last three months, several stations have repeatedly posted record-breaking daily high temperatures – with the La Jolla station registering temperatures a full 10F above historical average at one point last month.
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Roque Planas · Sat, Apr 4, 2026, 5:00 AM
