BAY AREA NEWS

• Wealthy Palo Alto Parents Greg and Amy Colburn Plead Guilty in College Admissions Scandal
• Santa Clara County Supes Require All-Electric Appliances, EV Charging Hookups In Push For Green Construction
• Amazon Web Services Reports Major Outage; Netflix, Venmo, Instacart Among Many Affected Sites
• One Injured In Shooting Near Oakland’s Mosswood Park
• ‘Prolific’ San Francisco Retail Theft Suspect Back In Jail After New Arrest
• UC Berkeley Report Finds 2,750 People Have More Wealth Than Half the Planet
• Elizabeth Holmes Grilled On Claims Of Battlefield Use Of Theranos Testing Technology
• Scott Peterson Returning To San Mateo County Courtroom Wednesday For Re-Sentencing
• Gov. Gavin Newsom Writes Children’s Book About Dyslexia
• Suspect Sought In Armed Robbery At Cloverdale Convenience Store
• Arrest Made In East San Jose Fatal Hit-&-Run
• Monterey County Employee Dies While Driving Heavy Equipment to Jobsite
• 73-Year-Old Woman Killed By Comfort Sheep At Cultivate Care Farms Near Boston
• San Francisco Safeway Adds Barriers To Deter Rampant Shoplifting
• SF Supervisor Preston Proposes 10-Day Warning Period For Renters Facing Eviction
• Redwood City Retail Theft Suspect Arrested; Stolen Home Depot Merchandise Recovered
• 2 Tigers At Pittsburgh Zoo Test Positive For COVID-19
• California Drought: Big October Storm’s Deluge Draining Out Of Lake Sonoma
• SFPD: Suspects In Violent Smash And Grab Robberies, Car Burglaries Will Be Arrested, Convicted
• As Oakland Lawmakers Prepare To Vote To Increase Police Staffing New Report Questions Need

SF Gate

• Human remains found at new California Costco site
• 4 members of Sacramento family killed in plane crash
• Massive Christmas tree in Oakland’s Jack London Square set ablaze, believed to be arson
• Unknown vandal beheads historic San Francisco statue
• 'We are hiring anyone that shows up': San Francisco's labor crisis is real
• 5 cases of omicron variant identified in Alameda County, mild symptoms
• King tides over 7 feet to bring coastal flooding to San Francisco Bay Area
• Bay Area CHP brings in helicopter to catch cyclist who ran red light
• Major stretch of Northern California highway to close for 10 hours Saturday
• Why the air in the Bay Area is so gross right now

ABC7

• JFK Unsolved: The Real Conspiracies
• Remembering the Japanese-American heroes who fought in WWII despite prejudice at home
• Watch ABC7's holiday yule log
• SoCal salon captures burglar on camera slithering through salon, escapes with thousands
• Hawaii faces life-threatening flooding after some areas see more than a foot of rain in 48 hours
• Pleasanton City Council to consider smoking ban in townhomes, condominiums
• Oakland Unified among Calif. school districts phasing out D, F grades for high school students
• Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affected like Venmo, McDonald's, Disney+
• Oakland City Council to take up Mayor Schaaf's plan to hire more police officers
• Daddy Yankee, Roselyn Sanchez join 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' 2022 from Puerto Rico

Claycord

• Man Arrested After More Than $14K Stolen From Home Depot Found
• The Water Cooler – Teacher Telling Kids Santa Claus Isn’t Real
• EdSource: Why Some California Schools Districts Are Changing How Students Earn Grades
• Walnut Creek City Council To Pick New Leaders As Mayor Kevin Wilk Steps Down From Top Spot
• Retail Theft Suspect Arrested In Walnut Creek, $2,000 In Stolen Goods Returned To Stores
• Claycordians – Can You Identify This Strange Vehicle On The Road In Concord?
• Weather, Wood Smoke Expected To Bring Less Than Ideal Air Quality This Week
• The Water Cooler – Saving Water While Building More Homes
• The ‘Eye of Diablo’ To Shine Bright Over The Bay Area On Tuesday Dec.7
• San Ramon Planning Commission To Consider Condos On Golden Skate Site

CALIFORNIA NEWS

• Low Concentrations Of Omicron COVID-19 Variant Found In Sacramento County Sewage Sample
• Man, 46, Suspected Of Firing Gunshots, Barricading Himself Inside Vehicle In Stockton
• ‘Pharma Bro’ Case: $40M Settlement Announced Over Daraprim Hike; Martin Shkreli Trial To Move Forward
• Woman Accused Of Kidnapping Sacramento County Kids Arrested In Las Vegas
• Raging Fire Damages Sacramento County House
• Study: Marijuana May Make Sleep Worse, Especially For Regular Users
• Witness Describes I-5 Shooting That Left Man With Life-Threatening Injuries In Sacramento
• No Injuries After Rollover Crash On Highway 99 Near Galt
• 73-Year-Old Woman Killed By Comfort Sheep At Cultivate Care Farms Near Boston
• San Francisco Bay Bridge Toll Increasing To $7 On New Year’s Day
• 2 Tigers At Pittsburgh Zoo Test Positive For COVID-19
• Ceres Officers Arrest 2 Drivers, Impound Their Cars After Alleged Street Race
• Gavin Newsom On East Coast Talking About His New Children’s Book About Dealing With Dyslexia
• Music Community Mourns Sacramento Pilot Involved In Deadly Plane Crash With 3 Family Members
• Crews Extinguish Townhouse Fire In Orangevale

• Metro GoPass Program Gives LA Community College Students Free Bus, Train Rides Through End Of 2022
• Shokat Kamali, 70, Reported Missing From Woodland Hills Found Safe
• Laugh Factory Hosts ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ Fundraiser
• Long Beach Confirms First Case Of Omicron; Patient Had Recently Traveled Internationally
• Police: Mark Shell Fired Shotgun At Teens Who Threw Water Balloons At His Pickup Truck In Ridgecrest
• Jose Guzman Given Gift Of Mobility After Wheelchair Is Destroyed In Santa Ana Hit-And-Run
• Boy Killed In Wilmington Shooting; Young Girl On School Playground Critically Wounded By Stray Bullet
• Compton Homeowner Shoots, Kills Attempted Robbery Suspect, Deputies Say
• Nick Cannon’s Infant Son Dies Of Brain Tumor
• Armed Robbers Steal $100K In Jewelry Outside Downtown LA Hotel
• New Details: Serial Killer Samuel Little Confessed To Strangling 16 Women In LA Area Before Dying In Prison
• Amazon Web Services Suffers Outage; Slows Disney+, Roku, Venmo
• Monorail Or Heavy Rail? Metro Wants Public Input On Ambitious Project To Connect San Fernando Valley To LAX
• New LA Program To Give Young People Work Experience, Help Communities Hit Hard By COVID
• 73-Year-Old Woman Killed By Comfort Sheep At Cultivate Care Farms Near Boston

U.S. News

• Unvaccinated NBA players unable to travel to Canada face pay cut, fines or suspensions: report
• Biden Supreme Court commission votes to send president report taking 'no position' on court-packing
• Nick Cannon’s 5-month-old son dead after battling brain cancer
• Michigan men raked in millions via unemployment fraud scheme, DOJ says
• Mississippi man on death row makes stunning admission just before execution
• Psaki breaks with AOC, Lightfoot on smash-and-grab robberies: 'We don't agree'
• Viagra may be promising drug candidate in treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds
• Surgeon general warns of youth mental health crisis amid COVID-19
• 35 GOP Reps warn North Korea must denuclearize before end of war or there will be ‘disastrous consequences’
• The Atlantic mocked for revising headline asking if it's 'safe' to hang out with the 'unboosted'

CNN

• A recent convention in NYC might offer some of the 'earliest looks' at the Omicron variant's spread in the US
• This Midwest state is a Covid hot spot right now
• Early reports on Omicron offer some hope, but it's too soon to know
• WHO says Delta variant is Europe's main problem
• Parents knowingly sent their child to school after they tested positive for Covid-19. 75 classmates were forced to quarantine
• Meet the doctor that hunts new Covid-19 variants
• Some teens may get a Covid-19 vaccine booster soon, but younger kids might not get one at all
• Biden told Putin that 'things we did not do in 2014, we are prepared to do now' if Russia invades Ukraine, adviser says
• If this doesn't strengthen Democrats' power it's not clear what will
• Teenager arrested for beheading sister as mother allegedly held victim's legs

CBS News

• Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville will be melted down into artwork
• New York City issues COVID vaccination rules for children for indoor and higher-risk activities
• White House preps for video call with Russian president Putin amid Ukraine border concerns
• Rising concerns over Russia and Ukraine as Biden and Putin hold talks
• Coming to a grocery store near you: Low-carbon beef
• Survivors gather in Hawaii to commemorate 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
• 12/7: CBSN AM
• Scientists using creative solutions to protect, rescue manatees after record number of deaths
• U.S. marks 80 years since attack on Pearl Harbor
• France arrests possible suspect in Jamal Khashoggi's murder

CDC: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• Cases in the U.S.
• Omicron Variant: What You Need to Know
• v-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry
• Communication Resources for Travelers
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• COVID-19 Vaccines for People Who Would Like to Have a Baby
• Science Briefs
• Breastfeeding and Caring for Newborns if You Have COVID-19
• Staffing Resources
• How CDC Determines the Level of a Country's COVID-19 Travel Health Notice