California

Governor Newsom builds nation’s largest state service corps — 50,000 members sworn in since… · gov.ca.gov

California Court of Appeal Finds Managers Not Liable for Whistleblower Retaliation · ogletree.com

What’s new in California employment law: Court of Appeal holds managers and supervisors cannot… · reedsmith.com

Southern California

Tropical Storm Rachel brings coastal flooding concerns to Southern California · cbsnews.com

Hurricane Rachel Takes Alarming Turn Toward Southern California (Video) · surfer.com

Extreme heat accelerates mosquito breeding, prompts emergency spraying amid health concerns · abc7.com

Parenting

Stigma in Parents of Children with Mental Health Problems · news.weill.cornell.edu

A New Study Finds Gentle Parenting In Early Childhood Can Help Protect Kids Against Depression · news18.com

‘I’ve become significantly more cautious’ · theguardian.com

Climate

Climate fingerprints reveal stronger evidence of human-caused warming after more than 30 years · phys.org

Inside the deadlock at the world's top climate science body · reuters.com

Top climate scientists set out five steps to help the world prepare for super El Niño · phys.org

Film

‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘Elsinore’ take top prizes at the Hamptons International Film Festival · yahoo.com

Devil in the detail: 100 years on, FW Murnau’s Faust scrapbook reveals the secrets of his… · theguardian.com

Microsoft Announces Xbox XP Division To Expand Games Into Movies And TV · explosionnetwork.com

Culture

Cornell and Toxic Frat Culture · nytimes.com

Why the Cornell gang rape case has raised concerns about fraternity culture · aljazeera.com

Ella Langley spent a record 24 weeks at No. 1. Most U.S. music fans didn’t know her… · fortune.com

Television

Local TV's chokehold makes newspapers look competitive · axios.com

NFL legend Terry Bradshaw says he realizes his TV career is ‘coming to an end’ · nbcnews.com

'Adventure Garage With Bear Grylls' Launched · variety.com

Geography

In memoriam: Professor Andrew Goudie (1946-2026) · geog.ox.ac.uk

War is forcing the world to reckon with geography’s power · inquirer.com

Video Games

["DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO" Future Update Roadmap Revealed!] · en.dragon-ball-official.com

Google, Unity launch platform to create video games from prompts · straitstimes.com

Google and Unity are launching an AI platform to build video games from text prompts · qz.com

Economy

Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine · nytimes.com

The economics Nobel went to the scholar whose work shaped Fed 'forward guidance,' a practice… · fortune.com

US consumer sentiment near record low as frustration over economy mounts · reuters.com

Music

Barriers facing black and south Asian music events ‘cost London up to £141m a year’ · theguardian.com

Michael Stipe Shares Debut Solo Album Release Plan, Talks New Music With Monica Lewinsky · stereogum.com

Calvin Harris Announces Spring 2027 North American Tour Dates - · music.mxdwn.com

Entertainment

Skydance mashes proven properties of Paramount and Warner Bros. into an uncertain Hollywood… · apnews.com

Sony Pictures Entertainment Launches Crunchyroll Storyworks, Aiming To Boost Japanese Anime’s… · deadline.com

Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment and manage the home · apple.com

Los Angeles

Eaton, Palisades wildfire response was marred by poor communication and other failures · abc7.com

4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate · nytimes.com

Bass and Raman face off in high-stakes debate just weeks before election day · latimes.com

Media

Iranian operatives used AI to plant fake stories in multiple US media outlets · cnn.com

What Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Reveals About Media’s Future (Guest Column) · variety.com

What The Steve Ballmer Scandal Says About Sports Media · defector.com

San Diego

How San Diego Tenants Went on Strike Over Their Utility Bills · voiceofsandiego.org

ICE launching 'Operation Safe California' crackdown starting in San Diego · kpbs.org

San Diego agencies prepare for possible flooding, outages from Tropical Storm Rachel · nbcsandiego.com

Tourism Industry

Immersive experiences fuel inbound tourism boom over China's National Day holiday · news.cgtn.com

Africa’s most peaceful country and tourist hotspot rocked by worst unrest since 1999, putting… · africa.businessinsider.com

WTTC Members Announce $2BN Investment Commitment in Malta, Reflecting Strong Confidence in the… · hospitalitynet.org