Fog lingers in Sonoma Valley as seen from above in sunny Sugarloaf Ridge State Park on Saturday, Dec. 6. Temperature inversions have gripped Northern California in recent weeks, with sunny, warm weather in the mountains and cold, foggy conditions in the valleys.

Don’t miss Noir City Xmas December 17! Grand Lake Theatre.

Congrats to Arapahoe Basin for winning the race for earliest Colorado ski area to open their doors! They’ll open for the season tomorrow. And they’ll get a little natural snow tomorrow night as well! #COwx

Atlantic Tropical Storm Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 11a issued at Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:36:20 +0000 ...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA AND JAMAICA THROUGH THE WEEKEND... Additional Details Here.

California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. 🪶 www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...

Did not know Sean Penn is mentioned in Vineland (p.378) published in 1990, the Pynchon novel that inspired One Battle After Another. No wonder PTA had to cast him!

The next cancer-fighting mRNA vaccine may already be here Early-phase research shows that Covid mRNA vaccines could give immunotherapies a cancer-fighting boost. www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...

A couple of severe turbulence reports over the mountains and near Denver…lots of wind shear gonna make it a bumpy flight day in/out of DIA this afternoon. #COwx

Guy In San Francisco built a wearable, LED illuminated dinosaur costume equipped with a sound system. 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Anouk Aimée and Marcello Mastroianni at the premiere of the film "La dolce vita" (1960)

YOUR BOSTON RED SOX ARE POSTSEASON BOUND!

@eddiemuller.bsky.social Sorry to hear of the passing of your cat. We will raise a glass in toast to Tizzie in Oakland.

And the Giants won! Again!

The haze you're seeing outside is coming from far away and most of it for is aloft. Highest levels of ground level smoke pollution are from local fires, including one east of Rodeo and near Diablo earlier today. Time to get reacquainted w/ fire.airnow.gov and map.purpleair.com again

Mike Yastrzemski drove in three runs as the San Francisco Giants extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Discover the poster of our 9th edition! Adapted by Annie St-Amant, from a MGM Studios illustration for the film High Wall (1947) by Curtis Bernhardt. See you every Sunday, from July 13 to August 17, 2025 at Square Saint-Patrick, in the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal. All infos: filmnoiraucanal.org

NOIR CITY: Boston returns to the Brattle Theatre, June 13-15. This year’s program will turn a spotlight on the women of film noir. Foster Hirsch will host the three-day event. #noircityboston program details and tix: bit.ly/4dQ2hrV @brattletheatre.bsky.social @eddiemuller.bsky.social

An Appreciation of ’50s ‘Scream Queen’ and Noir Actress Kathleen Hughes, 1928-2025: She Came From Hollywood by Alan K. Rode. variety.com/2025/film/ob... via @variety.com @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

#NoirAlley plays twice a week (Sat. @ 9 pm PT & Sun. @ 7 am PT). So, whether you’re out partying Saturday night or have a hangover on Sunday morning, we’ve got you covered. Just set your DVR & join us at NOON PT on Sunday (6/1) for THE BIG STEAL (1949). #DarknessAtNoon

Off the coast of Rhode Island, a group of rehabilitated gray seals is making a splash. "Seals help nourish the ocean. They spread nutrients around. And they're just such a vital part of the environment,” said Sarah Callan, manager of the animal rescue program at Mystic Aquarium. John Yang reports.

In Minima Moralia (1951), Adorno speaks of some tech advancements encouraging Fascistic behavior inherently through use. To wit, the car: "which driver is not tempted, merely by the power of his engine, to wipe out the vermin of the street, pedestrians, children, and cyclists?"

There it is. 5.13% on the 30yr. An 18-year high. 🇺🇸 @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

Fieldwork,… Giants & Royals & The Bay

UK inflation jumps to 3.5% in April https://www.ft.com/content/3aacd162-a8c0-48db-b20d-b3688b5bdcfc

I am often asked who is the most genuine human being I have worked with or met in my industry almost 10-20 times a year as a publicist. My answer every time without hesitation is Henry Winkler. This is who Henry is. Every damn day.

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." ~ Robin Williams

When someone tells me what to do

The red flag conditions will stretch from Modesto to Redding, going into effect at 8 a.m. Sunday until 8 p.m. Monday.

Officials say a hot summer forecast combined with lush and likely very flammable vegetation, are fueling their prediction for an active wildfire season in California. #CAwx

5/15/60: Antonioni's L'Avventura, w/Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari @bilgeebiri.bsky.social: "Alienation is certainly one of its themes, but as a movie... it’s hypnotic" More: @cinephiliabeyond.org: cinephiliabeyond.org/lavventura/ Robert Koehler: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

In loving memory of Moshu 🍎

Using boxes installed on vines, researchers had an idea to put GPS tracking devices on the owls to study their behavior.

During the summer of 1896, Monet rose at 3:30am, rowed a short distance on the confluence of the Epte and Seine to board his studio boat and set off downstream to a bend in the river; here he sat working on paintings as the sun came up, capturing the effects of the lightening sky.

Mariners and the A’s in West Sac. May 6. Fieldwork.

Belated report on my fieldwork,… Reds and Rockies in Denver April 25 (AERA). Wicked cold. Light rain.

DARK PASSAGE (1947) — 1:45 pm ET — 1h 46m (TCM Weekend Movie) Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett; directed by Delmer Daves A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer. #TCM #TCMParty

Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO had its world premiere in San Francisco on May 9, 1958.

Wanna see something cool? At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is. The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

California poppies and fog season.

We're thrilled to welcome back @eddiemuller.bsky.social to celebrate the newly revised and expanded edition of Dark City Dames from @runningpressbooks.bsky.social and @tcmtv.bsky.social. LISTEN: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...

Tigers & White Sox in Detroit. Fieldwork.

A Day at the DIA (Detroit Institute of Art) #Photography #Detroit #Art

MELANCHOLY WOMAN, 1902 Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973 Oil on canvas Unframed: 39 3/8 × 27 1/4 inches (100 × 69.2 cm) Detroit Institute of Art

Still Life with Lilies, 1949 Max Beckmann, German, 1884-1950 Oil on canvas 37 1/4 × 24 inches (94.6 × 61 cm) Detroit Institute of Art

A full house at this morning’s CSCC Presidential Plenary Session! Special thanks to Dr. Xueli Wang for this session and it’s awesome speakers: Brandy Johnson, Pres MI Comm Coll Assn; Demetri Morgan, Assoc Prof UM; and Steve Robinson, Pres Lansing CC.

Congrats to the Office of Community College Research & Leadership (OCCRL), recipient of the 2025 CSCC Presidential Citation of Excellence Award! For over three decades, OCCRL has been a driving force in advancing equity & improving policies, programs, & practices that enhance cc education.

Congrats Dra. Marissa C. Vasquez, recipient of the 2025 CSCC Arthur M. Cohen & Florence B. Brawer Distinguished Service Award! Dra. Vasquez uses an anti-deficit lens to interrogate transitional experiences of community college/transfer students & equity-centered institutional effectiveness.

Congrats Dr. Keyimani Alford, recipient of the 2025 CSCC Community College Professional Award! Dr. Alford is a visionary leader whose groundbreaking work spans community college student retention & success, financial access, advocacy, & personal empowerment toward opportunity for all.

Congrats Dr. Xueli Wang (@xueliwang.bsky.social), recipient of the 2025 CSCC Senior Scholar Award! Dr. Wang’s work spans students’ success & mental health, transfer trajectories, faculty development, teaching & learning, & change & innovation toward holistic strategies that foster student success.