Oct. 28, 2026 — An earlier version of this story placed the Oct. 26 berm break near El Carmel Place, citing NBC 7's account of the City. A CBS 8 report from the scene placed it at San Rafael Place; the story now gives both accounts.
Oct. 28, 2026 — More than 100,000 people have been killed in conflict in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup, the vast majority of them civilians, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar told a General Assembly committee on Oct. 27, according to the UN's meeting coverage. The head of the UN's investigative mechanism for Myanmar said planes had bombed a monastery in Sagaing Region and a church complex in Chin State two weeks earlier. Myanmar's military authorities say their air strikes target terrorist groups, the UN's special envoy told the committee.
Oct. 28, 2026 — Concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere reached record highs in 2025, the World Meteorological Organization said Oct. 27 in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, UN News reported. Carbon dioxide averaged 426.8 parts per million, 153% of the pre-industrial level of 1750. Its rise from 2024 to 2025, 2.8 parts per million, was smaller than the surge of 3.5 a year earlier, which coincided with a strong El Niño, the agency said. The Bulletin measures the gases that build up in the atmosphere, not each year's emissions.
Oct. 28, 2026 — Unsheltered homelessness in California fell about 7.3% in the 37 regions that conducted new counts this year, according to preliminary data released by Gov. Gavin Newsom's office. Across all 44 regions, the state estimates unsheltered homelessness fell 6.5% and total homelessness 3.4% from reported 2025 figures, the office said. The statewide estimate combines the new counts with the last counts from seven regions that did not count this year. The office said unsheltered homelessness is now slightly below 2019 levels. Federal figures for 2026 have not been released.
Oct. 28, 2026 — Dolores Huerta, the labor leader and civil rights activist, has died, Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom said in a statement, and the governor ordered flags flown at half-staff in her honor. Huerta began as a teacher working with the children of farmworkers and became a leader in the National Farm Workers Association and later the United Farm Workers, the statement said. It credited her with the declaration "Sí, se puede" and noted the Delano grape boycott. She was a member of the California Hall of Fame.