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In Altadena’s burned yards, a photographer captures nature’s comeback

In Altadena’s burned yards, a photographer captures nature’s comeback

Published by Sam Flores

Night is falling in Altadena as bats circle, peacocks wail and photographer Kevin Cooley tries to capture what’s left of a tree. Using strobes and a long exposure time to allow the maximum amount of available light to hit his lens, Cooley snags about 50 shots of the 20-foot-tall tree, which stands vigil over a street where nearly all the homes burned. The tree’s limbs were lopped off in the wake of January 2025’s Eaton fire, which ravaged Altadena and part of Pasadena, but all these months after the fire, there’s new growth on the tree. Photographer Kevin Cooley sets up a camera to take photos for his series. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Little tufts of green leaves have emerged from the raw cuts where the burned branches once were, proving the tree to be more resilient than its otherwise relatively stark exterior might suggest. A fine art and news photographer for decades, Cooley, 51, is using pictures like the one he snapped of the tree as part of his new project, “In …

Over 15,000 acres burned in Miami-Dade wildfires

Over 15,000 acres burned in Miami-Dade wildfires

Published by skeptic

A second wildfire burning in west Miami-Dade county has covered an area equivalent of nearly 150,000 basketball courts. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) and the Florida Forest Service are currently working on supressing the Well Fire and the Quarry Fire, which have burned a combined 16,400 acres since their ignition two days ago. The Well Fire, which only covers 500 acres, was 25% contained in the early hours of Wednesday. As of the evening, the larger Quarry Fire was 50% contained, according to the Florida Forest Service’s Fire Response tracker. Prepare for poor air quality and power outages, MDFR warns In a social media post MDFR advised keeping all entrances to residents homes sealed and to limit time outdoors, as a high level of smoke caused by the brush fires could aggravate respiratory conditions. Several road closures were in place around the affected areas and drivers were encouraged to “use extra caution, increase your following distance, and use low-beam headlights.” Krome Avenue was closed in both directions, as well as U.S. Highway 27 southbound at Pines …

Belfast stabbing victim ‘burned alive by gang members’ in earlier horr | UK | News

Belfast stabbing victim ‘burned alive by gang members’ in earlier horr | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

The man who lost his eye in the recent Belfast knife attack was previously set on fire by a gang leader. Stephen Ogilvie, 44, also suffered knife wounds to his face, neck and back during the stabbing on Monday night (June 8). It has now been revealed that Mr Ogilvie, who has learning difficulties, previously moved from Belfast to West Lothian, in Scotland, to live with David McLeave. However, the gang leader, who was 21 at the time, attacked Mr Ogilvie as the pair watched TV in 2001. He drugged him with the date rape drug GBH before stripping him down, pouring aftershave on his body, and setting him on fire. Mr Ogilvie woke up to find his body on fire while the attack was captured on video by the drug gang. The ordeal forced Mr Ogilvie to flee back to Belfast. As reported by the Daily Record, McLeave was jailed for 14 years at the High Court in Edinburgh in April 2003. Meanwhile, his fellow gang members, Paul Campbell, then aged 20, Thomas Irvine, …

Spiritually burned out? Tish Harrison Warren and some ancient monks have advice.

Spiritually burned out? Tish Harrison Warren and some ancient monks have advice.

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Tish Harrison Warren had everything going for her. A job as a priest at a church she loved. A family she adored. Good friends. And a dream gig writing about faith for The New York Times. And yet, she, like millions of Americans, was exhausted. And God had gone silent. “I would sit to pray, but it felt as though the line had gone dead. I did not feel a sense of God’s nearness. I didn’t feel much of anything at all,” writes Warren in her new book, “What Grows in Weary Lands,” out Tuesday (May 12) from Penguin Random House. “And I’d begin to think, is anyone there?” Warren, who is ordained in the Anglican Church in North America, found a way forward with the help of some friends and advice from the desert fathers and mothers, a group of ancient spiritual guides who fled into the desert to find God more than 1,500 years ago. Their advice, Warren writes, helped her build a sturdier spirituality for taking on the modern world. …

Hong Kong Residents Return to Burned Homes

Hong Kong Residents Return to Burned Homes

Published by Sam Flores

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Their homes burned in the Eaton fire. Why Edison has kept information about the fire under wraps

Their homes burned in the Eaton fire. Why Edison has kept information about the fire under wraps

Published by Sam Flores

After last year’s disastrous Eaton fire, Southern California Edison executives vowed to be transparent about what caused the inferno that killed at least 19 people and left thousands of families homeless in Altadena. “As we better understand exactly what happened on Jan. 7, we do so with a commitment to remain transparent,” Pedro Pizarro, chief executive of Edison International, the utility’s parent company, said in a published statement after the fire. In court, however, Edison is keeping crucial documents of the cause of the Eaton fire secret, a legal strategy it has used to shield what happened in at least seven earlier wildfires it was blamed for igniting, according to a Times review. Edison’s stance has caused mounting frustration with attorneys representing fire victims who are seeking compensation for their losses. “The Eaton Fire cases should be decided on their merits, not on what information that SCE has been able to withhold,” lawyers for the victims wrote in a recent court filing. State regulators have repeatedly criticized Edison for its secrecy in previous fires, saying …

‘I felt like I’d stumbled on a cheat code’: what is the burned haystack dating method? | Well actually

‘I felt like I’d stumbled on a cheat code’: what is the burned haystack dating method? | Well actually

Published by Sam Flores

It was 2023, and Dr Jennie Young was sick of online dating. She was looking for a partner, and instead all she found in the apps were inappropriately sexual come-ons and conversations that went nowhere. It felt like looking for a needle in a big, rancid haystack. So one day, frustrated and totally out of ideas, she Googled “how do you actually find a needle in a haystack?” The answer: burn it down. Thus, the burned haystack dating method (BHDM) was born. With the help of some friends and her academic expertise, Young – a professor of rhetoric at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay – developed a set of rules for “people who are searching for a long-term, stable, monogamous relationship”, as the Facebook group dedicated to the method states. The BHDM has two main components: 1. The 10 “rules of engagement”, or guidelines for using dating apps: these include not spending too much time on the apps, not becoming “pen pals” (messaging for too long), and blocking any user who doesn’t seem like a match. …

What did Pompeii smell like before it burned?

What did Pompeii smell like before it burned?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In 79 CE, one of the most infamous tragedies of antiquity rocked the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii beneath ash and pumice, preserving the ancient Roman city’s final moments in astounding detail.  The plaster casts of the victims are arguably the most famous Pompeiian remains, but the volcanic debris also preserved another revealing element—ash residues from incense burners in domestic altars.  In a paper recently published in the journal Antiquity, scientists analyzed ash from two incense burners from Pompeii and a nearby villa. Ancient Romans used these burners to present sacrifices to their pantheon of divinities. Inside, they found traces of more than just native plants. Pompeian incense burner with the investigated ash residues. Image: Parco Archeologico di Pompeii / Photo by Johannes Eber “We can now pinpoint which fragrances were actually burned in Pompeian domestic cult practices,” Johannes Eber, lead author of the study and an archaeologist at the University of Zurich, said …