Rediscovered notes from the developer of a ritzy California neighborhood are raising questions about the cause of an unusually high number of rare cancer cases among children in the area.
There have been at least six confirmed cases of Ewing sarcoma in Ladera Ranch, a wealthy master-planned community of about 25,000 just east of Laguna Beach, between 2013 and 2024.
The incredibly rare and painful form of cancer, which is diagnosed in just 200 people in the US annually, disproportionately affects children and teenagers. It grows in bones or soft tissue, and unless caught early, has a survival rate of just 30 percent…