An FAA air traffic control failure in the Northeast led to over 400 delayed flights at SFO on Monday. The failure was caused by a cut fiber line in New Jersey, accidentally cut by an Amtrak crew, and a subsequent failed circuit at the FAA's Philadelphia air traffic control facility. [Chronicle]Some sort of altercation involving two pilots for Air New Zealand, which occurred at the flight crew's layover hotel in San Francisco, ended up delaying a return flight to Aukland by 14 hours as a replacement crew was flown in. [Chronicle]Governor Gavin Newsom declared an official state of emergency Monday for this year's forecast super El Niño season, which allows state agencies to "move faster to protect communities, [and] stage critical resources" ahead of what could be a nasty storm season. [CNN]A New York Times reporter gave over much of his life to Meta's new Muse AI agent, the first commercially available, personal agent to take care of day-to-day tasks, and while it was useful in dealing with a dental insurance chore, it raised plenty of privacy concerns. [New York Times]There's a big job fair Wednesday at Levi's Stadium for high schoolers wanting to go into skilled trades, but you have to "request an invite" to attend.The Ripley's Believe it Or Not! attraction, or "museum," or whatever it is will close at Fisherman's Wharf at the end of the year after around 60 years in SF. [KTVU]The comedian Carrot Top, aka Scott Thompson, was apparently accused of sexual misconduct with a 19-year-old man — allegedly engaging in sexual activity when the man was too drunk to consent — prior to his reported suicide attempt on Friday in Las Vegas. [Orlando Sentinel via Bay Area News Group] ...read more read less