- The Giants are playing tonight in the Ultimate Game of Major League Baseball's 2014 season, in case you didn't know. As Fangraphs says, there's something rare and wonderful about a Fall Classic that goes the distance.
- The New York Times parses some of the statistical oddities that have emerged in the 2014 World Series. Sample: This is the first Series to have five games decided by five runs or more.
- President of college accrediting agency admits in court that she directed staff to edit out information favorable to City College of San Francisco. That admission came during testimony in a trial to determine whether the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges violated the law when it moved to revoke CCSF's accreditation. (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari remains little known, even to GOP voters, the Los Angeles Times says. The candidate tells the Times that, assuming he doesn't beat Gov. Jerry Brown next week, his top priority will be finding a job.
- Headline from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission: Stubborn Mediocrity Marks Local Streets and Roads. The MTC has published its annual report on the condition of streets and highways in Bay Area communities. Best: Brentwood, in eastern Contra Costa County. Worst: Larkspur, in Marin, tied with St. Helena, in Napa County. (Here's the full list.)
- The MTC notes it takes money to maintain roads. And far to the north, the state of Oregon is experimenting with a new way of funding its maintenance program: a pay-per-mile road tax. (OPB News Blog)
- A New York woman documents a day as a female pedestrian in the Big Apple. The result: 10 hours of harassment from total (and all male) strangers. (Minnesota Public Radio)
- U.S. movie-theater owners and the Motion Picture Association of America take on the latest piracy threat: wearable devices, like Google Glass.
- Children's horror author R.L. Stine has crafted a tale in 15 tweets. Yeah -- it's pretty creepy. (The Guardian)
- In honor of Tuesday's explosion of a rocket that was supposed to blast supplies for the International Space Station into orbit, here's a montage of launching-pad mishaps from the movie version of Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff." As Wolfe wrote, "Our rockets always blow up and our boys always botch it."