Matthias Gafni

2 months ago | fresnobee.com | Matthias Gafni

Walking into court humming a song and wearing his long black hair in two ponytails, Maximilian Snyder pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to murdering Vallejo landlord Curtis Lind with a knife to keep him from testifying in another homicide case. It took two months since his arrest for Snyder, an associate of the cultlike "Zizians," to enter a plea and find an attorney. He is accused of stabbing to death the 80-year-old Lind in January in front of his Vallejo trailer yard.

2 months ago | sfchronicle.com | Matthias Gafni

As bailiffs wheeled Alexander Leatham out in a wheelchair Friday afternoon, the murder defendant and "Zizian" associate began screaming what has become her ritual chant over the past two years. "This is a show trial to coordinate the genocide of transgender people!" Leatham, who is a transgender woman and uses female pronouns, repeated dozens of times inside a Solano County courtroom.

Mar 1, 2025 | sacbee.com | Matthias Gafni

From a march and rally at Yosemite National Park to a protest hike at Muir Woods National Monument to a demonstration near the crater of Haleakala National Historic Park on Maui, fed-up rangers and supporters of the country's park system gathered Saturday to fight the "illegal firings" of full-time and seasonal workers.

Feb 28, 2025 | timesunion.com | Matthias Gafni |Megan Cassidy |Michael Barba

Through meandering pronouncements filled with cryptic language, Jack “Ziz” LaSota had become almost an unseen mythical figure as she led the cultlike Zizian movement. Suddenly last week, Maryland police arrested the 33-year-old former Berkeley tech worker, whose associates have been linked to six deaths around the country. She appeared in Allegany County District Court on Feb.

Feb 24, 2025 | sfchronicle.com | Matthias Gafni |Megan Cassidy |Michael Barba

Through meandering pronouncements filled with cryptic language, Jack "Ziz" LaSota had become almost an unseen mythical figure as she led the cult-like Zizian movement. Suddenly last week, Maryland police arrested the 33-year-old former Berkeley tech worker, whose associates have been linked to six deaths around the country. She appeared in Allegany County District Court on Feb.