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The Sacramento Fire Department confirmed on Thursday that a post on its official X account claiming a terror attack at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara was the result of a hack. The false post, made at 11:36 a.m., alleged that the department had responded to a "mass casualty incident" near the stadium, prompting the relocation of a scheduled World Cup match to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

The post included a video of firefighters battling burning structures and stated, "Responded to an MCI near the World Cup venue. Sacramento Fire and multiple agencies are on scene triaging and transporting victims.

Match moved to SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles. Incident suspected terror-related cause."

However, Sacramento Fire officials quickly clarified that the department had not responded to any incident at the San Francisco Bay Area stadium, which is located over two hours away from the capital city. A spokesperson confirmed that the social media account had been compromised and that the fraudulent post was removed within seconds.

The department is investigating the breach and working to secure the account.

The Thursday World Cup matchup between Paraguay and Australia proceeded as scheduled at 7 p.m. at Levi's Stadium, with no disruptions or security concerns.

The incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in social media security for public agencies. Sacramento Fire urged the public to rely on official channels for accurate emergency information and advised that any suspicious posts from its account should be disregarded.

A driver was killed early Thursday morning after his vehicle veered off Interstate 5, became airborne after striking a concrete barrier, crashed into another wall, and caught fire. The California Highway Patrol reported that on June 25, 2026, at approximately 5:05 a.m., officers responded to a solo-vehicle crash on Interstate 5, north of Highway 43.

According to the CHP's preliminary investigation, the driver, identified as a male, was operating a 2024 Subaru Impreza northbound on I-5 at an unknown speed. For reasons still under investigation, the driver veered into the dirt center median and struck a raised concrete barrier, causing the vehicle to become airborne.

The vehicle launched 150 feet, struck another concrete wall, and subsequently caught fire. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The CHP has not yet determined if alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash. The incident remains under investigation, and authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward.

The two men who died in a plane crash in the Tri-Cities area have been identified as California residents Caleb Stipkovits and Robert Desaulniers, according to authorities. The victims were traveling to an air show when their aircraft went down on Tuesday afternoon.

The crash occurred in a rural area near the Tri-Cities, a region in southeastern Washington known for its aviation events. Emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the aircraft destroyed and both occupants deceased.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched an investigation to determine the cause of the crash. Preliminary reports indicate that the plane was a small private aircraft.

The victims' families have been notified, and tributes have begun to pour in from the aviation community. Stipkovits and Desaulniers were both experienced pilots and enthusiasts, according to friends.

The air show they were headed to is a popular annual event that draws participants from across the country. Local authorities are cooperating with federal investigators to piece together the events leading up to the tragedy.

A rare pair of powerful earthquakes, known as a 'doublet,' struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, killing at least 188 people and raising new questions for Californians about whether a similar back-to-back quake could hit the Golden State. The two quakes, each with a magnitude of 7.5, hit just a minute apart and originated from different faults, according to the U.S.

Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS, using predictive modeling, estimated that the death toll in Venezuela would most likely run into the thousands, with a substantial probability of exceeding 10,000.

A website set up to track missing people by leaders from the country's opposition reported that about 24,000 people remain unaccounted for, according to Reuters. The worst-affected area was La Guaira state, near Caracas and home to the city's airport.

Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez said rescue crews from other countries would arrive soon and thanked leaders, including President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump said there had been a 'devastating' number of deaths.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said rescue teams were being deployed and the Pentagon would send assets to the damaged airport.

Beyond the devastation, the unusual timing of the quakes is drawing attention from earthquake experts because of how rare and destructive such events can be. Doublet earthquakes are rare; there is only a 5% chance of having two large quakes in a sequence be within 0.2 units of magnitude, according to the USGS.

Doublets can greatly increase damage with prolonged or repeated shaking. For California, where hundreds of active faults crisscross densely populated areas, the sequence is a reminder of the state’s own seismic risks and the possibility of complex, multi-event earthquakes.

California’s fault system is complex enough to produce earthquake sequences that resemble a doublet, though scientists say exact 'mirror' events like Venezuela’s are uncommon. California has over 500 active faults, many of them interconnected, and large earthquakes can trigger nearby faults, creating cascading events.

Recent research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa warns that stress is building across the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems, particularly near Cajon Pass — a key junction between fault zones in the Inland Empire. Researchers say that while no earthquake is imminent, the region could see a multi-fault rupture, in which several segments break together rather than as a single, isolated quake.

That kind of event could extend shaking over a wider area, increase duration and intensity, and amplify damage across multiple regions. While this isn’t exactly the same as two separate quakes minutes apart, it highlights a similar risk: compounded seismic impacts.

Like Venezuela, California sits along a major tectonic boundary — in this case between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Instead of colliding, the plates slide past each other along the San Andreas Fault system, building stress over time.

Key risk factors include long stretches of fault that haven’t ruptured in more than a century, dense population centers near major faults (Los Angeles, Inland Empire, Bay Area), and soft soils in some regions that can amplify shaking. Scientists say stress levels in parts of Southern California are among the highest in at least 1,000 years — though that does not mean a quake is imminent.

In a large rupture scenario, strong shaking could last 30 to 60 seconds or more, roads, pipelines and buildings could be offset by feet of movement, and areas near faults and on loose soils would face the greatest damage. Unlike common myths, California will not fall into the ocean; the motion along the San Andreas Fault is horizontal, meaning the land shifts sideways rather than drops.

Firefighters in Mendocino County responded swiftly to the Coyote Fire on Thursday afternoon, a blaze that threatened structures and prompted evacuation orders for several residential streets in the Redwood Valley area. The fire, first reported around 12:40 p.m.

as a vegetation fire near the intersection of Vineyard Oaks Drive and Forsythe Drive, quickly escalated, with fire officials noting that structures were at risk and calling for additional resources.

Within minutes of the initial report, the Coyote Fire was upgraded to a threat to buildings, leading to an evacuation order issued shortly after 1 p.m. for Forsythe Drive, Vineyard Oaks Drive, and Oak Pond Court.

Residents on these streets were instructed to leave immediately without delay. The evacuation order was a precautionary measure as crews worked to contain the fire's forward progress.

Thanks to the rapid response of Cal Fire and local firefighters, forward progress of the Coyote Fire was stopped by approximately 1:32 p.m., and all evacuation orders were lifted shortly thereafter. The fire, which burned in a rural, residential area of Mendocino County, did not result in any reported injuries or structural damage, according to initial reports.

The Coyote Fire, named after the nearby community of Coyote, is a reminder of the ongoing wildfire risk in California, even in areas not typically considered high-risk. The quick containment highlights the effectiveness of early detection and rapid response by fire agencies.

Residents are advised to remain vigilant and have emergency plans in place, especially during dry and windy conditions.