On October 3, 1941 first-time director John Huston’s film ‘The Maltese Falcon’ premiered in New York City starring first-time leading man Humphrey Bogart.
From Wikipedia:
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 Warner Bros. film noir based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett.Directed by John Huston, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his “femme fatale” client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with Greenstreet appearing in his film debut. The Maltese Falcon was Huston’s directorial debut and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette.
The Maltese Falcon has been named as one of the greatest films of all time by Roger Ebert and Entertainment Weekly, and was cited by Panorama du Film Noir Américain as the first major film noir.
Three-Year Project Restores Popular Staging and Riding Areas near Big Bear, Calif. 
The California State Parks Foundation says that October is a great time to volunteer!
Today – October 1st, 2013 – Google is celebrating Yosemite National Park’s 123rd birthday with a Doodle.
There’s a place in Yosemite that I’ve only ever been to once in all my trips to Yosemite: the Yosemite Cemetery. For whatever reason, I didn’t expect to find a cemetery here. Yet, at the west end of Yosemite Village, past the museum and across the street, there is a quiet place where many of Yosemite’s earliest residents found their final rest – including many who added to the rich history of the valley.