In 1928, California garbage collector Art Beal began a hillside shack; over 50 years, discarded cans, car parts, and shells became Nitt Witt Ridge

Art Beal built Nitt Witt Ridge with materials others discarded, shaping a steep California hillside into nine levels of terraces and structures. He lived there until 1989. (Wikimedia Commons)

Most people see the city dump as the place where broken things go to die. Art Beal saw a source of building materials. In 1928, he bought two and a half acres of pine-covered hillside in Cambria Pines, California, and began building a home from salvaged objects. According to the SPACES Archives profile of the … Read more

Who is James Cody Bryant? Washington resident accused of helping Canada Tumbler Ridge school shooter before attack

Workers install a fence around a makeshift memorial for the victims two days after a deadly mass shooting took place at a school in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo (REUTERS)

James Cody Bryant, a 30-year-old from Bellingham, Washington, has been arrested and charged in connection with the deadly Tumbler Ridge school shooting in British Columbia, Canada. Workers install a fence around a makeshift memorial for the victims two days after a deadly mass shooting took place at a school in the town of Tumbler Ridge, … Read more

Why is I-5 closed today? Ridge Fire spreads in Los Angeles County as smoke blankets area

Image of Interstate 5 on June 03, 2026 in Castaic, California.    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)

Interstate 5 was closed in both directions near Gorman, California, Friday as the fast-moving Ridge Fire burned near the major highway. The brush fire caused smoke to spread across the area and disrupting travel. Image of Interstate 5 on June 03, 2026 in Castaic, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES … Read more