Friday Morning Constitutional: First Measles Case In Napa In 14 Years
Jan 23, 2026
Napa County has just reported its first case of measles since 2012. The patient is an unvaccinated child who recently traveled to South Carolina, which has been having a severe outbreak of measles. [KTVU]A few more details have come out about Thursday morning's police shooting on I-80 in Hercules, i
ncluding that the subject was reported driving erratically and at high speeds through Vallejo, getting into several collisions. The man was shot by an off-duty, plainclothed Richmond police detective who had pulled over to help after the car was blocking the left lane of I-80 during rush hour. [ABC 7]A low-income student housing complex in Berkeley, Evans Manor, is facing $9 million in renovation and deferred maintenance costs after the discovery of black mold and other issues. [Bay Area News Group]Shares of computer processor maker Intel fell 17% after a bleak forecast and several rough years. [Bloomberg]A family in Antioch is mourning the loss of 21-year-old D’Juan Brown Jr., who was one of three people killed in a wrong-way crash on I-80 in Fairfield on Sunday morning. [KTVU]Hundreds of businesses are closed today in Minneapolis and many people vowed to pause their regular activities as part of a general strike in protest of the ICE presence in the city. [New York Times]If you are flying anywhere to the east this weekend you could see your flight canceled and/or you will be traveling into some serious weather, with large snowfalls and ice predicted across a huge swath from the Rockies to Massachusetts and down the Eastern Seaboard. [CNN]Photo by Tyke Jones
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