“I’ve survived four different fires up there until this one and now I don’t even know if my home is still standing at this point,” said California resident Denis Hendrickson. Source

Rivera’s son, Josey, told investigators that she helped him onto the boat before yelling for help and disappearing under the water, according to new reports. Source

Women and children slept under improvised shelters made of reed stalks, blankets and salvaged tents. Source

Baltimore native Jared Howard’s Honey Bunny’s Chicken, is still a concept in the making — but his success story during the COVID-19 pandemic has beat the odds already. He and other Black restauranteurs have partnered with Chef Greg Baxtrom, who opened the doors of his Brooklyn restaurant Maison Yaki to be used as a pop-up for their culinary brands and grow diversity in an industry that has lacked it. Michelle Miller speaks to Howard and Baxtrom. Source

Iran’s state TV is reporting that Navid Afkari was executed for allegedly murdering a man after President Trump asked for the 27-year-old’s life to be spared. Source

At least 19 people have died in California, Washington and Oregon as historic wildfires ravage the West. California residents who have survived are struggling with the devastation, while in Oregon, officials are preparing for a “mass fatality incident.” Danya Bacchus reports. Source

Protection of rights, particularly women’s, will be high on the peace talks agenda. Source

Nearly a century ago on September 16, 1920, the worst terrorist attack in American history until the 9/11 terror attacks was carried out in New York City. A bomb delivered via dynamite and horse-drawn carriage exploded in lower Manhattan’s financial district, killing 38 people and injuring 143 more. Jeff Glor looks back at the infamous crime, which no one was ever formally convicted for. Source

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank is coming out with a new memoir called “Good Company,” serving as a guide to business and life from a man who has spent over four decades running businesses. Aside from his NFL team, Blank owns the Atlanta United soccer team and PGA superstore, as well as having cofounded the Home Depot. He spoke to Dana Jacobson about the values he learned during his childhood, and how they fueled his success. Source

Ken Follett has sold more than 170 million books, including the acclaimed novel “The Pillars of Earth.” Now, Follett is out with a prequel titled “The Evening and the Morning,” a historical epic about the world emerging from the Dark Ages, a time of terror, back to something that resembles quality and class: the Middle Ages. Jeff Glor spoke to the groundbreaking author just outside of London. Source