Dec. 22, 2023

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EAGLE, ID - DECEMBER 5, 2023: Retired 30-year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department fishes behind his new home on a man-made pond at the master planned community called Legacy on December 5, 2023 in Eagle, Idaho. Across the pond, 90% of the home owners are retired cops from California. Nearly 90,000 members of CalPERS, California's main public employee retirement system, receive their checks outside the state, according to a Times analysis of 2022 data, the most recent year available. But no zip code outside of California received more CalPERS money than 83,616 in tiny, distant Eagle.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

California public pension money is the lifeblood of the economy in the small-government, Republican boomtown of Eagle, Idaho, which is popular with retired police officers and firefighters.

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Black Santas are local heroes, spreading joy and love to children and families at a bustling mall during the Christmas season.

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