Back on  July 14, 2026  CA Post - NY Post reporter Zain Khan wrote a Ladera Ranch article  before he knew about the oil wells; Families in the affluent Southern California community of Ladera Ranch are being urged to come forward as attorneys launch an investigation into an alarming number of rare childhood cancer cases . Bond Legal said it is confidentially gathering information from those whose children lived in or regularly visited Ladera Ranch in Orange County and were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma or other childhood cancers.  The probe comes after at least six children connected to the master-planned community have been diagnosed since 2013, according to affected families. "The concentration of cases in a single community is deeply troubling, especially to those who live there," said Candice Bond , managing partner of Bond Legal . “Families deserve transparency about what their children may have been exposed to,” Bond said. “ When rare cancers appear i...