Light winds 0–5 mph; overnight lows near the upper 40s to low 50s.
National Weather Service point forecasts called for sunny skies and a high near 88°F in Reno on Thursday, with northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
South Lake Tahoe was forecast sunny with a high near 76°F and northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Overnight Thursday lows were near 53°F in Reno and near 51°F at South Lake Tahoe under mostly clear skies.
Read on NWSFull closure Vine–Keystone through Oct. 29; one-ways into mid-November.
The Regional Transportation Commission said major traffic changes begin Thursday on West Fourth Street as paving and safety work continue toward a mid-November finish.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 29 there is a full closure between Vine Street and Keystone Avenue, with detours via Second and Fifth Streets. Eastbound lanes also close from Keystone to Stoker with westbound-only access. From Oct. 5 to Nov. 13, Fourth Street between McCarran and Summit Ridge Drive is eastbound only.
Read on KOLOAbout two weeks of work on dozer lines, fences, and erosion control.
County, federal, and state agencies said fire-suppression damage repair around the Bug Fire perimeter begins Oct. 1 and is expected to take about two weeks.
Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Fuels and Wildfire Division Chief August Isernhagen said crews will work with the Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Division of Forestry on dozer lines, cut fences, and staging areas to reduce erosion and invasive-species impacts.
Read on This Is RenoStephen Bolin, 38, booked after Human Exploitation and Trafficking investigation.
Reno police said Stephen Bolin, 38, a Washoe County School District substitute teacher, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of luring a child under 16 with a computer after a regional Human Exploitation and Trafficking team investigation.
Police said Bolin engaged in sexual communications with a person he believed was a 15-year-old female and made plans to take her to his residence. The district said Bolin began substituting in August 2026 and no longer works for the district.
Read on RGJCallers use real deputy names; WCSO says it never demands immediate payment.
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office warned Wednesday of an increase in fraudulent phone calls impersonating law enforcement, some resulting in significant financial losses.
Officials said scammers may identify themselves as deputies or supervisors and use names of actual personnel, creating urgency around warrants or missed jury duty. WCSO said it will never call to demand immediate payment or require gift cards, cryptocurrency, prepaid debit cards, or payment apps.
Read on KOLOEmployers and job seekers meet face-to-face Oct. 1.
Fox Reno reported Wednesday that the Northern Nevada Career Fair returns Thursday to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center for in-person employer meetings.
Kyle Jones of Northern NV Jobs discussed hiring opportunities and preparation tips on ARC Reno ahead of the event.
Read on Fox RenoMostly sunny coast to inland heat; Coastal Flood Advisory through 5 p.m. PDT Oct. 1.
National Weather Service point forecasts called for San Francisco a mostly sunny high near 74°F on Thursday, with temperatures falling to around 69°F in the afternoon and west-southwest wind 2 to 9 mph.
San Jose was forecast a sunny high near 90°F with northwest wind 1 to 7 mph. Watsonville was forecast a mostly sunny high near 75°F with southwest wind 1 to 7 mph. An NWS Coastal Flood Advisory covers San Francisco Bay shoreline and northern Monterey Bay zones through 5 p.m. PDT Oct. 1.
Read on NWSRules committee hears privacy vs. public-safety arguments; staff to return with plan.
Protesters on Wednesday called for San Jose to shut down its network of roughly 500 automated license-plate reading cameras, rallying at City Hall before a City Council rules committee session, NBC Bay Area reported.
Supporters call the cameras public-safety tools; critics cite privacy concerns after reporting that an officer was fired for accessing ALPR data to help a family member. The committee directed staff to return with a plan before full-council public hearings.
Read on NBC Bay AreaDrug Hotline tip; loaded firearm, parts, rifles, and counterfeit-card gear recovered.
The Oakland Police Department said a community call to its Drug Hotline led to the Sept. 22 detention of a suspected Bay Area firearm trafficker and a follow-up search warrant published Sept. 30.
Police said officers recovered a loaded firearm and narcotics from a vehicle stop, then seized ghost-gun manufacturing equipment, firearm parts, handguns, assault rifles, ammunition, narcotics, and counterfeit credit-card equipment. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office filed multiple charges.
Read on City of OaklandJudge Orrick terminated monitoring tied to the 2003 Riders consent decree.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Tuesday ended federal monitoring of the Oakland Police Department after 23 years, Associated Press and Bay Area outlets reported, closing oversight that began after the “Riders” scandal settlement.
The independent monitor’s Sept. 15 report found 83% of reviewed Class I misconduct investigations finished on time versus an 85% threshold; Orrick still ended the case. Mayor Barbara Lee said responsibility for sustaining reforms returns to the city.
Read on PBS / APSFGate cites NWS ridge of high pressure; inland 90s; elevated fire risk above ~500–1,000 ft.
The National Weather Service said a ridge of high pressure and offshore winds are pushing Bay Area temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees above normal, SFGate reported Wednesday.
Forecast discussion cited elevated fire risk at elevations above about 500 to 1,000 feet. Inland spots including San Jose and Santa Rosa were expected in the 90s for multiple days; the pattern was forecast to persist into early next week.
Read on SFGateChrista Gail Pike given two doses of pentobarbital; remains alive; review ordered.
Tennessee officials were unable to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday after administering two doses of pentobarbital; she remained alive and was taken by ambulance, her attorneys and Associated Press reported via NPR.
Gov. Bill Lee ordered a comprehensive third-party review and said the remaining scheduled execution will not take place this year. The Death Penalty Information Center’s Robin Maher said surviving after receiving lethal-injection drugs was unprecedented in U.S. practice.
Read on NPR / APSonderling confirmed; data-center energy and stock-trading bills blocked Wednesday.
The U.S. Senate left Washington late Wednesday for a month of midterm campaigning after confirming Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, Punchbowl News and other Capitol outlets reported.
Votes addressing data-center energy costs and congressional stock trading failed earlier Wednesday. Majority Leader John Thune said government funding, the farm bill, and related items await the mid-November return; a permitting-reform procedural vote is teed for Nov. 9.
Read on Punchbowl NewsMandatory model uses international benchmarks; runs Jan. 1, 2027–Mar. 31, 2032.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Sept. 30 finalized the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) Model for certain separately payable Original Medicare Part B drugs.
CMS said the model tests an alternative inflation-rebate formula using international pricing information, applies in randomly selected geographic areas covering about 25% of Original Medicare beneficiaries, and may reduce out-of-pocket costs beginning April 1, 2027.
Read on CMSSalah Sarsour found removable on foreign-policy/national-security grounds.
An immigration judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. can deport Salah Sarsour, leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, on national-security/foreign-policy grounds, Associated Press reported via NBC News.
Judge Jayme Salinardi found Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s letter sufficient evidence of a foreign-policy risk but rejected the government’s claim that Sarsour lied to immigration authorities. A notice of appeal is due within 30 days; deportation cannot proceed until legal avenues are exhausted.
Read on NBC / APBEA: headline +3.4% year-over-year; core +3.0%; real PCE +0.6%.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Wednesday that the personal consumption expenditures price index rose 0.3% in August and 3.4% from a year earlier, with core PCE up 0.2% monthly and 3.0% year-over-year, market wraps summarized.
Personal consumption expenditures jumped $190.8 billion (0.9% monthly). The advance goods trade deficit widened to $132.6 billion in August from $118.9 billion in July, Census data showed.
Read on SharecastSeven killed; Ukrenergo imposes emergency cuts in Kyiv and three regions.
Russia carried out its heaviest combined assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in months on Wednesday, killing seven people and forcing emergency power cuts in Kyiv and three surrounding regions, France 24 reported with Reuters.
Ukrenergo said it was the first such emergency cuts in the capital since spring. Ukraine’s air force said defenses intercepted 254 of 285 drones; Moldova reported three drones in its airspace, and Poland and Romania scrambled jets.
Read on France 24 / ReutersQatar mediates; Iran says it received Washington’s response Wednesday.
Iranian officials said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received Washington’s response through Qatari mediators in Doha on Wednesday to a plan aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and returning to talks, The National and other outlets reported.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran’s UN delegation to leave the country amid stalled indirect talks; Tehran denied its diplomats left ahead of schedule. Sequencing of nuclear talks versus Hormuz steps remains contested.
Read on The NationalGaza City minibus strike kills five; three more dead elsewhere Wednesday.
Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians across Gaza on Wednesday, including five in an airstrike on a civilian transport vehicle in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, Middle East Eye reported, citing local accounts and AFP photography.
Separate attacks in Gaza City and Khan Younis killed three more people, the outlet said, as near-daily ceasefire violations continued about a year after the October 2025 agreement.
Read on Middle East EyePoland and Romania scramble; Lublin and Rzeszow flights briefly suspended.
During Wednesday’s Russian assault, Moldova’s defense ministry said three drones crossed its airspace, and NATO members Romania and Poland scrambled military jets, France 24 reported.
Flights at Poland’s Lublin and Rzeszow airports were suspended for a time. Russia said it struck Kyiv-region power plants, an Odesa-region industrial complex, and port infrastructure in Izmail.
Read on France 24 / ReutersDow 50,906.05; S&P 7,651.54 (−0.25%); Nasdaq 26,861.06 after PCE and trade data.
U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday as traders digested firmer August PCE inflation and a wider goods trade deficit, Investing.com and Sharecast reported.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.86% to 50,906.05, the S&P 500 lost 0.25% to 7,651.54, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.24% to 26,861.06. Tech led gainers; healthcare, financials, and industrials lagged.
Read on Investing.comNon-GAAP EPS $33.42; guides FQ1 revenue ~$61.5B ± $1.5B.
Micron Technology on Sept. 30 reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $54.23 billion and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $33.42 for the quarter ended Sept. 3, 2026, citing AI-driven memory demand.
Full-year fiscal 2026 revenue was $133.19 billion. Guidance for fiscal Q1 2027 calls for revenue of about $61.5 billion ± $1.5 billion and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $38.15 ± $1.00. The board declared a $0.15 quarterly dividend payable Oct. 29 to holders of record Oct. 14.
Read on Micron IRLargest gap since March 2025; imports up 5.5% to $336.1 billion.
An advance Census Bureau estimate showed the U.S. goods trade deficit widening to $132.6 billion in August from $118.9 billion in July, Sharecast summarized.
Imports climbed 5.5% to a 17-month high of $336.1 billion, led by industrial supplies and capital goods including computers and semiconductors; exports rose 1.9% to $203.4 billion.
Read on SharecastConference call 2:00 p.m. PT Oct. 1; Accenture also on the calendar.
Nike remains scheduled to report fiscal 2027 first-quarter results after the close Thursday, Oct. 1, with a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
Accenture also released fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 results around the Oct. 1 window, its newsroom said. September nonfarm payrolls are due Friday.
Read on Accenture NewsroomU.S. cash equities closed Wednesday mixed. Figures below mix Wednesday’s cash close and the forward calendar for Oct. 1–2.
AI/semiconductor names led activity after Micron’s record print.
Session wraps and earnings calendars highlighted heavy trading interest in Micron, Nvidia, Intel, and related memory/AI names around Micron’s after-close report and guidance.
Broader tape volume mixed as tech outperformed while Dow components in healthcare and industrials saw selling.
Read on Micron IRDow −0.86%, S&P −0.25%, Nasdaq +0.24%.
Wednesday closes: Dow 50,906.05 (−0.86%), S&P 500 7,651.54 (−0.25%), Nasdaq Composite 26,861.06 (+0.24%).
Investing.com cited Salesforce, Apple, and Amazon among Dow gainers and Walmart, Merck, and 3M among losers; Gen Digital, Cboe, and Synopsys led S&P percentage gainers.
Read on Investing.com10-year Treasury near multi-year highs; oil firm; PCE cooler than feared annual print.
Longer-dated Treasury yields remained elevated into the quarter turn, with market wraps citing the 10-year near levels not seen in decades and WTI around the low $90s in overnight trade Thursday.
Softer-than-feared August annual PCE (3.4% vs. some higher expectations) cooled immediate hike odds even as monthly inflation firmed 0.3%.
Read on ReutersMicron guidance, CMS GLOBE rule, Ukraine energy strike, Nike after the close.
Catalysts overnight and into Thursday include Micron’s record quarter and $61.5B revenue guide, CMS’s finalized Part B drug model, Russia’s energy-grid assault, and Nike’s fiscal Q1 report after the close.
Defined-risk interest centers on semis/memory, energy, consumer discretionary into Nike, and rates-sensitive growth.
Read on CMSWednesday closes: Dow 50,906.05 · S&P 7,651.54 · Nasdaq 26,861.06.
Cash indexes start Thursday from a mixed close after S&P and Nasdaq booked quarterly gains while the Dow fell for the quarter, Business Times summarized.
Relative-strength watches: memory/AI semis versus Dow industrials, Nasdaq versus duration-sensitive financials, and Nike into the print.
Read on Business TimesNike (NKE) after the close Thursday; Micron already printed record FQ4.
Nike is scheduled to release fiscal 2027 first-quarter results after Thursday’s close, with a conference call at 2:00 p.m. PT. Accenture reported fiscal Q4/FY2026 results around the Oct. 1 window.
Micron’s FQ4 revenue of $54.23 billion and FQ1 guide of ~$61.5 billion ± $1.5 billion set the AI-memory tone into the open.
Read on Micron IRAugust PCE printed Wednesday; September nonfarm payrolls Friday, Oct. 2.
Wednesday’s August PCE (+0.3% m/m, +3.4% y/y; core +0.2% / +3.0%) and the $132.6B goods trade deficit are the fresh macro prints into Thursday’s session.
Friday’s September payrolls remain the week’s labor-market climax after softer ADP private-payrolls readings earlier in the week.
Read on SharecastNo FOMC decision this week; PCE moderates near-term hike odds vs. elevated yields.
There is no FOMC decision this week. Softer-than-some-feared annual PCE cooled immediate October hike expectations even as longer yields and oil kept inflation risk in view, Reuters and Business Times noted.
Confirm Fed-funds futures odds on your platform Thursday morning against payrolls Friday.
Read on ReutersUkraine energy war risk, Hormuz diplomacy, CMS GLOBE, Micron AI guide.
Sector catalysts include Russia’s winter energy campaign against Ukraine, U.S.–Iran Hormuz mediation, CMS’s Part B international-benchmark drug model, and Micron’s AI-memory guidance.
Consumer and retail setups frame into Nike’s after-close report amid elevated rates and fuel costs.
Read on France 24 / ReutersMicron board declares $0.15 quarterly dividend; record Oct. 14, pay Oct. 29.
Micron’s board on Sept. 30 declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share, payable Oct. 29, 2026, to shareholders of record as of Oct. 14, 2026.
Broader megacap ex-div/split lists for Thursday’s session were not densely verified in checked wraps; confirm individual tickers with your broker.
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