After ABC7 aired a story on Jack Nguyen's struggle to get electricity at his rebuilt home, he received a phone call from L.A. Mayor Karen Bass.
An ATF special agent returned to the stand Wednesday in the federal arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, telling jurors investigators found software on the defendant's phone linking him to the dark web.
Prosecutors allege the suspect's motive was anger at society because he had no friends and received no invitations to New Year's celebrations.
Thousands of property owners who lost homes in the Palisades Fire are now suing the city of L.A., and among the plaintiffs is the brother of Mayor Karen Bass.
Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting a blaze that prosecutors say grew into the deadly Palisades Fire.