October 2026
Months after protest, SF Giants won’t commit to wearing Pride Night hats again
The biggest story of the disappointing San Francisco Giants season was the Pride Night debacle. And the team still isn’t set on how to handle things next year.
MLB-best Brewers score in bunches but rarely homer, upending baseball’s launch-angle revolution
The NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers produced the best record in Major League Baseball and won a franchise-record 103 games with a statistical profile that hadn’t been seen in over six decades….
The Trump admin cut funding to a conservation nonprofit. The group has no idea why.
The Great Basin Institute has long partnered with federal agencies on national park projects. Now, it has lost millions in funding.
Newsom signs law aimed at fighting Trump’s Oakland coal facility
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Wednesday night that’s aimed at shattering President Donald Trump’s dreams of a massive Oakland coal facility.
GOP Speaker Johnson and Bernie Sanders are fighting over Bakersfield
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Bernie Sanders are bringing a national focus to a Central Valley district that is one of the most competitive races.
California adds Native American Day as new paid holiday
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill on Sept. 25, the day of the holiday this year.
Search and rescue personnel find missing kayaker dead at Clear Lake
The Lake County Search and Rescue Team spent days searching for Karmagit Singh, before he was found dead at Clear Lake on Sept. 21.
Nearly 100 earthquakes reported at Hawaii’s most active volcano
An earthquake swarm hit Hawaii Island’s Kilauea volcano this week, starting on Wednesday.
‘Game on’: Bay Area now epicenter of California flu cases
San Francisco reported the city’s first flu fatality of the season as hospitalizations are increasing.
Dolphin dies after pod gets stranded on California mudflats
The Marine Mammal Center was able to save three of five dolphins that were stranded in Morro Bay. However, one was found deceased, and another is missing.