Children's Fairyland in Oakland marks its 75th birthday on September 1 with a parade from 19th Street BART, performances including DJ Lance Rock, and cake from Reems's Bakery and other Oakland bakers. The Lake Tahoe June storm killed eight people and produced sudden violent weather and even June snow near Donner Pass, documented with new photos and videos. A massive employee walkout occurred at CDC headquarters after six senior directors were fired and an unqualified deputy was installed as active director. Two children killed in a Minneapolis school shooting were identified as Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, ten. College football season resumed and Ariana Grande announced a 2026 tour stop in Oakland.
The famed Oakland amusement park Children's Fairyland, which helped Walt Disney inspire Disneyland, has its 75th birthday party on Monday, September 1. The birthday party schedule starts with a parade from the 19th Street BART station at 9:30 am, the 10 am - 4 pm park hours will feature a performance from former Yo Gabba Gabba! host DJ Lance Rock, and there will be cake served by Reems's Bakery and other Oakland bakers. [KTVU]
The New York Times has a brutal feature with new photos and videos from that freak Lake Tahoe storm in June that killed eight people, including an SF Doordash executive. The multimedia piece shows how the weather was very calm early in the day, but then went haywire, and there was even June snow near Donner Pass during the storm. [NY Times]
There was a massive employee walkout at the Centers for Disease Control headquarters after six senior directors were fired this week, and RFK, Jr installed one of his unqualified deputies as active director. [MSNBC] The two victims of Wednesday's Minneapolis school shooting have been identified as eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and ten-year-old Harper Moyski, and seeing the pictures where the kids were alive and smiling is a real tearjerker. [NBC News]
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