The California Flyover Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills is retiring after nearly 50 years in law enforcement, including five years leading the city’s police department. Friends, colleagues, and community members honored him Thursday at the Palm Springs Convention Center.                 ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ […]

Friday, September 4, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1781, 44 settlers who had traveled more than 1,000 miles from present-day northern Mexico founded the farming pueblo of El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles. Today, we call it Los Angeles. A dime worth more than a million dollars? As we […]

Thursday, September 3, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1982, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launched the US Festival near San Bernardino, drawing an estimated 450,000 fans over Labor Day weekend for three days of rock, sunshine, and new tech. A real-life coyote finally got its Road Runner moment, and a California birder caught the […]

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1969, engineers at UCLA sent the first bits of data between a host computer and an Interface Message Processor, bringing ARPANET’s first node to life. The internet had just taken its first breath. Live bugs inside Tic Tac containers? We have the strange details below […]

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1964, San Francisco Giants reliever Masanori Murakami took the mound at New York’s Shea Stadium, becoming the first Japanese player in Major League Baseball, 31 years before Hideo Nomo became the next. Dolly Parton may have left Solvang years ago, but a little piece of […]

Monday, August 31, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1850, California pioneers in San Francisco founded the Society of California Pioneers to preserve the story of early California. It remains the state’s oldest historical society. A 101-year-old World War II veteran celebrated his birthday by skydiving for the second year in a row. We […]

The California Flyover The Nepal-Tibet flood left two Bay Area families with starkly different outcomes: Anjana Raja and Pattabiraman Venkatesan escaped, while 48-year-old Milpitas father Prabhath Sajeepa remained missing Saturday. ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ […]

The California Flyover Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a statewide labeling and marketing program Friday to help shoppers identify products substantially made in California.                 ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   […]

Friday, August 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1883, 25-year-old John Montgomery flew a 40-pound glider he designed and built at Otay Mesa near San Diego. His roughly 600-foot flight is considered the first reported controlled flight of a heavier-than-air craft in America. Labor Day road trips could come with some sticker shock […]

Thursday, August 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1964, Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins held its world premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The film, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, went on to win five Academy Awards. Catherine Breed is halfway through an extraordinary attempt to become the first person to […]