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That’s because, during the week, the Cactus Ranch is a wholesale nursery business, closed to the public, but on weekends it’s open to anyone from 11 a.m. Reporter Jeanette Marantos said the nursery "feels secret and special because as nurseries go, it’s relatively unknown, and thus uncrowded. The Los Angeles Times got an inside look at the San Fernando Valley hot spot, just northwest of downtown Los Angeles. No ifs, ands or buts about it: California Nursery Specialties Cactus Ranch is a super cool place.
Ventura County Star reporter Megan Diskin details how investigators used genetic genealogy to identify Soosay.
During the perpetrator's 2018 trial in Ventura County, jurors and attorneys referred to her based on where her body was found on July 15, 1980: Kern County Jane Doe. Thanks to genetic genealogists' use of historical records, social media and DNA, the public can now call Kern County Jane Doe by her true name: Shirley Ann Soosay.įor 40 years, Soosay was an unidentified woman known to the public only as a victim of a brutal rape and murder. Soosay's killer was also connected to a Ventura County murder case. Her body was found in July 1980 but she remained nameless until investigators used genetic genealogy. Genetic genealogy has identified Shirley Soosay as the rape and murder victim in Kern County. Nearly 200,000 people left the Golden State last year, "marking the first population decline ever recorded in the state and underscoring larger trends that recently led to the loss of a Congressional seat," according to the Los Angeles Times. Here's some more news you may want to know ahead of the weekend: California's population falls for first time ever Have a friend who wants California news delivered to their inbox? Let them know they can sign up via this link. “It's been ground zero for them for forever.” Local gay men treat this as their living room,” said David Farnsworth, the co-owner and general manager of nearby Streetbar. Some started GoFundMe pages for Arenas bars. Customers sat in outdoor patios in 120-degree heat when they could have stayed home. Giesecke partially credits his business’ survival to the tight-knit community that came together and “formed ranks” around the historic street. Bartender Masio Winston prepares a drink at Chill Bar in Palm Springs, Calif., on Friday, April 30, 2021.