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- A Palisades wildfire arrest marks a rare arson case tied to a major Los Angeles fire, with prosecutors naming Jonathan Rinderknecht as the suspect.
- Prosecutors allege he listened to a French rap track and created an AI image depicting a burning city as the fire began, tying media and digital imagery to the ignition narrative.
- Court filings indicate ignition occurred near New Year’s Eve with rapid escalation along a Palisades trail, underscoring a swift spread of the inferno in the hills.
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