California Governor Newsom assured an audience at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil that his state, which holds the 4th largest economy in the world, would continue to prioritize green technology, while blasting President Trump's "dumb" decision to reverse the federal government's course on climate action. | NBC News

A clever California couple managed to free a hummingbird that was trapped inside their condo by using a flower to lure it out. “I immediately called my husband and asked him to come over immediately with a hibiscus flower and a long pole,” Corrine Draper told Storyful. “The hummingbird did not respond to the hibiscus, but did to a coleus flower I had on my balcony.” | ABC News

Several arrests made at UC Berkeley as Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour” arrived at its last stop, exactly two months after group founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination. | Newsweek