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Proof: SoCal heat wave shatters multiple records, and the misery is far from over

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T19:50:28Z","headline":"SoCal heat wave shatters multiple records, and the misery is far from over","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"latimes","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-05/extreme-heat-breaks-socal-records-when-will-it-end","v":1}

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SHA-256

dc122501aba545cba228641065293f31cc0244a2d2f15be6e76df5760aa19fcb

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970074, mined 2026-10-05 20:11 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 19:53 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 19:54 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-dc122501aba5.json prints dc122501aba545cba228641065293f31cc0244a2d2f15be6e76df5760aa19fcb. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-dc122501aba5.json and headline-dc122501aba5.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-dc122501aba5.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, 2 min after it was first seen.