Author: OCCLIPPER Editorial Team

Over the weekend, Southern California’s coastal communities were battered by strong waves that caused flooding and damage to homes as Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel moved through the region.

WATER is sprayed on a tank that overheated at an aerospace plant in Garden Grove, Calif., Friday, May 22, 2026. /Ethan Swope)

Don’t Snicker at This Dept. This being October, I spend a lot of my time thinking about Halloween. Being an Angels fan – what with the paucity of playoff action for the Anaheimers – I have lots of mental space to think about the most exciting thing that happens in the 10th month.

Cool and humid weather in Southern California is set to continue through today, the 12th, before giving way to returning seasonal temperatures, warming, and Santa Ana winds later this week.

A more lasting fix for frustrated California house hunters would be falling home prices, as they clearly are balking at homebuying, with statewide sales running near the Great Recession’s lowest levels.

Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced the sale of the Empire Apartment Homes, a 29-unit multifamily property in Anaheim, California. The property sold for $8.5 million, or $293,103 per unit.

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery this week after a nodular lesion was found in his lung, the Vatican said. Recovery is expected to take a week.

President Trump said Sunday that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to an “energy ceasefire,” shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to continue striking Russian oil refineries in response to criticism from Mr. Trump.

A passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was attacked again on Sunday, one day after a deadly strike on the Riyadh airport killed at least 12 people, including a U.S. citizen, and wounded hundreds of others.

Hurricane Simon’s eye remains just off Mexico’s Pacific coast, but the Category 3 storm’s most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean.