The Morning Brief with Andrew and Deanna — Monday, October 5, 2026 Today's rundown: Sunny and breezy in Queen Creek and San Tan Valley, high near ninety eight; locally, the San Tan Valley community mourns sixteen year old Logan Almodova as the sheriff's investigation continues, today is Arizona's voter registration deadline, and Schnepf Farms' Pumpkin and Chili Party runs all month; statewide, Proposition three nineteen on photo radar cameras, Proposition three twenty on school instructional spending, and the Hobbs versus Biggs governor's race; nationally, the Supreme Court opens its new term with a major climate case, and world food prices hit a near four year high; Church and religious news with the Queen Creek Arizona Temple site and the close of General Conference; tech news including a new Muse item, Muse Gadgets; Star Trek news; our single movie pick, The Social Reckoning; a little celebrity news; this day in history; the word of the day, quorum; and today's Wild Card, Skywatch. Weather — Queen Creek / San Tan Valley, Arizona (Weather.com / National Weather Service): Sunny, high ninety eight, low seventy four, breezy east wind with gusts to twenty five miles per hour; sunrise six twenty four A M, sunset six oh five P M. Local news:- Family mourns death of teen boy found injured on San Tan Valley road — AZCentral- Teen boy dead after being found injured on San Tan Valley road — AZCentral- Oct. 5 is the voter registration deadline in Arizona. How to sign up — AZCentral- Pumpkin Patches in Arizona (Schnepf Farms Pumpkin & Chili Party, Queen Creek, October 1–31) — Raising Arizona Kids State news:- Proposition 319 asks voters whether photo radar cameras should stay — AZCentral- Arizona Voters Decide on School Spending Mandate in November (Proposition 320) — The American Star News- Katie Hobbs, Andy Biggs in high-stakes race for Arizona governor — AZCentral National headlines:- US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suits — Reuters- Supreme Court to start new term with major environmental case — National Constitution Center- World food prices near four-year high in September, UN says — Reuters via TFI Online Church & religious news:Local faith news first: Queen Creek Arizona Temple site announced — Church NewsUpdates for Temples in Arizona, North Carolina and Peru — Church NewsroomThen national and worldwide: President Oaks' closing remarks at October 2026 general conference — Church News Tech news:- EGE Exchange Sees AI Chip Design Entering the Agentic Era as OpenAI and Synopsys Forge a Multi-Year Alliance — FinancialContent (GlobePRWire)- OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers Over Leak Claim — Tech Insider- New from Muse, as part of tech news: Meta introduces Muse Gadgets with open-source tools for custom hardware — Storyboard18 (TechCrunch)- Meta opens Muse to third-party hardware — Radar Digital Sci-fi news (Star Trek first):- Star Trek: News October 2026 — the original 1964 USS Enterprise model rediscovered and exhibited at the MIT Museum; Celia Rose Gooding on no live-action Trek currently in production — Extra Trek Movies (single pick):- The Social Reckoning, opening Friday, October 9 — Aaron Sorkin says money was a 'disincentive' for Jesse Eisenberg to return as Mark Zuckerberg — Entertainment Weekly Celebrity news:- Adéla's "Nicole Kidman" tops Spotify's global daily chart with more than 75 million streams — TMZ This day in history (October 5): 1947, President Truman delivers the first televised White House address; 1962, Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres; 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus first airs; 2011, Steve Jobs dies.Word of the day: quorum — the minimum number of members of a group who must be present for business to be validly conducted.The Wild Card: Skywatch — SpaceX reconnaissance satellite launch from Vandenberg may be visible from Arizona, with San Tan Mountain Regional Park among the viewing spots (AZCentral), plus sixty nine years since Sputnik 1. Subscribe to the show, turn on notifications, share an episode with a friend, and leave a quick rating or review — it all helps the show grow.The Morning Brief with Andrew and Deanna is produced by Andrew Iver.Both shows: https://muse.ai/s/andrew-iver-fd6szixextxjnxtEmail: 35TribblesRTrouble@gmail.com AI Generated
