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Sunday, October 4, 2026
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Early voting sites open Oct. 5 for the Nov. 3 electionEarly voting sites open Oct. 5, and Oct. 19 is the last day to register to vote for the Nov. 3 general election, NBC Los Angeles reported. Los Angeles County election officials began mailing ballots Thursday, according to the report. Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan said: "With Vote by Mail ballots arriving soon, voters can begin making their plan and don't have to wait until Election Day to vote."
Bouquet Fire reaches 1,044 acres, 30% contained; orders downgraded to warningsThe Bouquet Fire at Bouquet Canyon and Quarry roads in the Angeles National Forest had burned 1,044 acres and was 30% contained by Saturday night, NBC Los Angeles reported (single source). NBC Los Angeles reported evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings by 5:30 p.m. Saturday, and ABC7 listed evacuation warnings for zones LAC-E018, LAC-E020, LAC-E021 and LAC-E031 in an 11:03 p.m. update. Bouquet Canyon Road at Vasquez Canyon Road was closed, a smoke advisory runs through 8 p.m. Sunday, and the cause is under investigation, according to NBC Los Angeles.
Idaho Fish and Game restocking three area reservoirs this weekIdaho Fish and Game will stock Spring Valley Reservoir near Troy with 6,000 rainbow trout and Moose Creek Reservoir near Bovill and Elk Creek Reservoir near Elk River with 3,000 trout each next week, Pullman Radio reported Oct. 2. The fish are catchable size, about 11 inches long, according to the report.
Hegseth calls Strait of Hormuz blockade "ironclad"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is "ironclad" and that "Iran will never ever ever have a nuclear weapon," CBS News reported in an update posted at 11:29 p.m. EDT Saturday (single source).
Springsteen headlines voter-turnout festival in MarylandBruce Springsteen headlined Tom Morello's "Power to the People" festival Saturday at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, with ticket proceeds going to VoteRiders and HeadCount, the AP reported. Performer Killer Mike said: "Vote locally in thirty days."
Ethiopia: TPLF withdraws from Tigray capital Mekelle as federal forces enterTigray People's Liberation Front leaders announced they withdrew from Mekelle, the Tigray regional capital, and federal troops and allied forces entered the city, the AP reported Sunday; Al Jazeera reported a TPLF statement late Saturday saying it had "temporarily moved out of Mekelle" to "operate from somewhere else." TPLF Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael said the fighting was a "continuation of the previous war," according to the AP. Ethiopia ranks 12th of 179 countries in the Fund for Peace Fragile States Index (2024), in the top quarter.
Houthis claim missile and drone strike on oil facility near RiyadhHouthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Saturday the group "targeted an oil facility in Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones," and an AFP correspondent saw flames and smoke rising from an Aramco facility south of Riyadh, SBS News and Japan Today reported, citing AFP. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported 26 Saudi strikes on Sanaa (single source), and Saudi authorities had not commented on the Riyadh facility, according to the AFP report. Yemen ranks 6th of 179 countries in the Fund for Peace Fragile States Index (2024), in the top quarter.