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What happened to the Northern California ecological utopia Califia?

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Long before Silicon Valley billionaires purchased tracts of Solano County land to build a tech utopia, a group of Bay Area environmentalists proposed one of their own: an “ecovillage” to serve as a model for sustainable communities worldwide. In the early 2000s, Bay Area environmentalists and futurists designed “Califia,” a 10,000-person community named after a … Read more

Northern California ‘Zizians’ linked to 6 deaths, including border agent’s shooting – The Mercury News

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By HOLLY RAMER, PATRICK WHITTLE and MARK SCOLFORO In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. Tenants wore long black coats and parked box trucks outside the duplexes. They ran an electrical cord from one box truck into one of the condos, … Read more