AZ Briefing: Barrett-Jackson sells majority stake; Seed banks help AZ recover after wildfires; $5 sandwich goes viral on TikTok

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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

A global events company has just acquired a majority stake in Scottsdale's Barrett-Jackson. Here's what that means for the annual collector car auction.

Seed banks for native plants help areas in Arizona recover from wildfires and climate disasters. Here's how.

This Arizona-based grocery store offers a massive, inexpensive sandwich that won hearts on TikTok. Here's why and where to get one.

Today, you can expect it to be cloudy with a thunderstorm in some spots in the afternoon, with a high near 92 degrees. Expect it to be partly cloudy at night, with a low near 78 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 whites; scores of Blacks were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion. (Turner was later captured and executed.)

  • In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting was recovered two years later in Italy.)

  • In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.

  • In 1992, an 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver's teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed.

  • In 2020, a former police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, told victims and family members in a Sacramento courtroom that he was "truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Barrett-Jackson sells majority stake to events company