Competing in his fifth and final Winter Olympics, 35-year-old Shaun White finished fourth in the snowboarding halfpipe final on Friday. After his last run, the San Diego legend lifted his helmet off and nodded. He wiped a tear as the crowd cheered. “I’m proud of this life I’ve led, and what I’ve done in this sport, and what I’ve left behind,” he said afterward. N.Y. Times | L.A. Times

“It’s been the love of my life.” See White’s emotional post-competition interview. 👉 @NBCOlympics

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On this week’s California Sun Podcast, host Jeff Schechtman interviews Erich Schwartzel, author of the new book “Red Carpet,” which chronicles the rise of China as a competitor to Hollywood. He talked about how China has shifted in the last decade from being an important market for movies to being an industry player with the power — and will — to shut Hollywood out.

Since being arrested with her husband Tuesday in connection with a $3.6 billion cryptocurrency heist, the colorful biography of Heather Morgan has come into sharper focus. The daughter of a biologist father and librarian mother, the 31-year-old grew up in California, graduated from UC Davis, and according to her account “became immersed in the tech startup scene” in Silicon Valley. At some point, she adopted an alter ego named Razzlekhan, a rapper whom she described as “like Genghis Khan, but with more pizzazz.” Forbes

After two years of remote work, Salesforce, San Francisco’s largest employer, is trying to reinvigorate its workforce with a 75-acre work-and-wellness retreat set among the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Dubbed Trailblazer Ranch, the facility has 140 living suites, a communal dining hall, firepits, and a pond that you are supposed to throw a pebble into to set an intention. Wall Street Journal | S.F. Chronicle

With the far-right takeover of Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors all but certain, a new agenda is taking shape. Supervisor Patrick Jones, who led the effort to remove a moderate colleague from office, shared his immediate priorities:

Only about 5% of California’s ancient coastal redwoods still stand. Most are protected within parks along the North Coast, but the magnificent trees still face the threat of poaching. The photography team Kirk Crippens and Gretchen LeMaistre documented the trend of burl thievery, in which poachers saw away exquisite knots of bark from redwoods for sale on the black market. One ranger compared it to hacking up a church. Time | Feature Shoot

Hot, dry winds fueled a pair of wildfires in Southern California Thursday during what is usually California’s wettest month. A blaze in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier burned two homes before being brought under control. A second fire in the hills west of Laguna Beach triggered evacuations. “If this is any sign of what’s to come throughout the rest of the winter and spring, we’re in for a long year,” said Brian Fennessy, Orange County’s top fire official. L.A. Times | A.P.

A day after Los Angeles County advanced a motion designed to force vaccine compliance among defiant sheriff’s deputies, Kern County circulated a recruitment video addressed to law enforcement in Los Angeles. “Drive north,” it said. “We have a place for you.” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned that the Tuesday motion could lead to the firings of thousands of unvaccinated employees. San Joaquin Valley Sun | Bakersfield Californian

“The degradation of life in L.A. is exponential, and I don’t see an end,” a white voter said.

“California is the fifth-largest economy in the world. Why can’t we do anything?” a Black voter asked.

“I run into one or two every day, and I wonder: This is someone’s son. Did he refuse help? How can you help them? We’re failing them,” a Latino voter said.

In a survey of voter sentiment on homelessness in Los Angeles, analysts were stunned by the depth and unanimity of anger across party affiliation, socioeconomic status, and race. L.A. Times

Federal authorities have warned law enforcement agencies that a group of truckers plans to protest Covid-19 vaccine mandates this weekend at site of the Super Bowl in Inglewood. The bulletin says a “freedom convoy” would block streets in major cities as it heads east to Washington, D.C., for President Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1. Right-wing figures celebrated the protest on Twitter. Rep. Wendy Rogers, of Arizona, said it would “partially be payback for Colin Kaepernick.” LAist | CBS News

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