Dani Anguiano

California

Contributor at Freelance

Reporter at The Guardian

Reporter @GuardianUS. Coauthor of Fire in Paradise from @wwnorton

Articles

‘National disgrace’: US lawmakers decry treatment of students detained by Ice

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

Congressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, the students being detained by US immigration authorities for their pro-Palestinian activism, as a “national disgrace” during a visit to the two facilities in Louisiana where each are being held. “We stand firm with them in support of free speech,” the Louisiana congressman Troy Carter, who led the delegation, said during a press conference after the visits on Tuesday.
Meet the seed collector restoring California’s landscapes

5 days ago | msn.com | Dani Anguiano

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Meet the seed collector restoring California’s landscapes - one tiny plant at a time

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

Deep in California’s agricultural heartland, Haleigh Holgate marched through the expansive wildflower-dotted plains of the San Luis national wildlife refuge complex in search of something precious. She surveyed the native grasses and flowering plants that painted the Central valley landscape in almost blinding swaths of yellow. Her objective on that sweltering spring day was to gather materials pivotal to California’s ambitious environmental agenda – seeds.
Further delay as Menendez brothers seek freedom after decades in prison

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

The Menendez brothers have spent years waiting for another day in court and a chance to prove that they should be freed after serving over three decades in prison for the 1989 slayings of their parents. This week it appeared their time was perhaps finally coming – a judge was set to review their request for a resentencing and determine whether they have been rehabilitated.
Cut back your roses? Berkeley sets new rules for its most wildfire-prone areas

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

The city of Berkeley has a new message for residents of its most fire-prone neighborhoods: it’s time to cut back your gardens. People living in the most high-fire-risk areas of the California city will be required to remove plants and other flammable materials close to their homes as part of strict new wildfire safety rules the city moved to adopt this week.
Unhoused man wins $1m jackpot from California lottery scratcher

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

An unhoused man in California won $1m from a lottery ticket that he bought from a liquor store on the state’s central coast. The winner, who has not been publicly identified, purchased the scratcher ticket from Sandy’s Deli-Liquor in San Luis Obispo where he has been a customer for years, according to media reports. “He came to the store, he scratched it and is like: ‘Oh my god, is that real?” the store manager, Wilson Samaan, told KSBY.
LA county facing financial turmoil after wildfires and $4bn abuse settlement

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

Los Angeles county is experiencing unprecedented financial challenges amid growing costs from the historic wildfires that ravaged the region earlier this year and a $4bn sex abuse case settlement, the county CEO said this week. The region faces roughly $2bn in expenses related to January’s fires, which killed 30 people and destroyed nearly 17,000 structures.
LA wildfires death toll climbs to 30 after officials find more human remains

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

Months after wildfires tore through Los Angeles communities, officials announced this week they had discovered another set of human remains, bringing the death toll in the disaster up to 30. Investigators were dispatched to Altadena on Wednesday to investigate possible human remains in the community, which was hit hard by the Eaton fire in January. The special operations response team confirmed that the remains were human, the Los Angeles county medical examiner’s office said in a .
Joe Rogan breaks with Trump, calling Venezuelan deportations ‘horrific’

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

Joe Rogan, the influential podcast host and prominent supporter of Donald Trump, has criticized the president’s administration over the deportation of a professional makeup artist and hairdresser to a prison in El Salvador, calling it “horrific”. Andry José Hernández Romero, who is gay, had sought asylum in the US, telling officials he faced persecution because of his sexual orientation and political views.
California wildfire threatening forest home of world’s oldest tree

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dani Anguiano

Firefighters have managed to make “strong progress” containing a fire burning through eastern California near the world’s oldest trees, but the blaze remains an active threat, officials said. Since igniting on Sunday afternoon, the Silver fire has scorched nearly 1,600 acres (647 hectares) in the eastern Sierra Nevada, and forced residents of about 800 homes to evacuate.