- The death of Ben Bradlee: There's great coverage of the passing of one of the giants of American journalism in the Washington Post, of course, and in the New York Times. Jim Romenesko has a great list of obits, reactions and tribute pieces. Among the best of the observations: a reminiscence by former Post publisher Donald Graham on how Bradlee turned the Washington paper into an institution of consequence.
- And here's a clip of Bradlee from a 1986 interview with the Poynter Institute, talking about the first lesson a journalist needs to learn:
- In World Series news: Giants 7, Royals 1 -- and here's a photo gallery of the game's defining moments. (Olivia Allen-Price, KQED News)
- FiveThirtyEight takes a look at the Giants and Royals and asks, "So What If These Aren't The Two Best Teams In Baseball?"
- World Series Game 1 earns lowest TV ratings ever. (USA Today)
- Columnist Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News writes about the Giants' forgotten man, erstwhile Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
- Mayor Ed Lee and his Kansas City counterpart, Mayor Sly James -- Sly James! -- have made a World Series bet free of the usual food and wine nonsense. (San Francisco Appeal)
- Gov. Jerry Brown and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon have made a World Series bet full of the usual food and wine nonsense. (Sacramento Bee)
In non-Ben Bradlee, non-World Series news:
- Bay Area News Group reporters Thomas Peele and Josh Richman delve into Gov. Jerry Brown's personal wealth and find a record of investing that "belies his monastic image." The report also looks at Brown's close ties to a couple of Oakland businessmen he used to regulate as the city's mayor.
- A federal jury in Washington, D.C., has found four operatives of the Blackwater security firm guilty of homicide charges arising from a 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad (NPR). "Adversarial" news site The Intercept offers background on the case and a glimpse at the current activities of Blackwater's founder, Erik Prince.
- Robert Gammon of the East Bay Express calls out the San Francisco Chronicle for claiming to be neutral and evenhanded while, he says, showing a strong bias for centrist candidates.
- We cannot improve on this SFGate headline: "Huge, honkin' gold nugget hits the market in S.F."
- A nice visualization of the slow demise of California's largest lake (by surface area): Drought, drawdowns and the death of the Salton Sea (Los Angeles Times)