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Proof: Botched Altadena evacuations, dysfunction in Pacific Palisades: Long-awaited fire investigation identifies missteps

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T16:02:43Z","headline":"Botched Altadena evacuations, dysfunction in Pacific Palisades: Long-awaited fire investigation identifies missteps","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"latimes","url":"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-10-02/long-awaited-investigation-outlines-failures-of-eaton-palisades-fires","v":1}

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851d63038d56a9d899a099329d57609d489d121060399a85b3107c5642db31f4

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969621, mined 2026-10-02 18:15 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 16:08 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 16:09 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-851d63038d56.json prints 851d63038d56a9d899a099329d57609d489d121060399a85b3107c5642db31f4. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-851d63038d56.json and headline-851d63038d56.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-851d63038d56.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.