Chick-fil-A opened at 7411 Fair Oaks Blvd in Carmichael on July 9, bringing roughly 60 jobs and a $25,000 donation to the Sacramento Food Bank. The new spot offers drive‑thru and mobile ordering.

A PSEG outage near Rockville Centre left the LIRR Babylon Branch running 15–35 minutes late Thursday morning, snarling commutes to Penn Station and Grand Central.

A True Texas Project conference in Fort Worth scheduled for Aug. 1 has sparked criticism for sessions on "Islamization," remigration and immigration and lists local and national conservative figures on its agenda. Critics and civil‑rights groups say the lineup risks stoking anti‑Muslim sentiment.