A man in Novato is irritated by the excessive Christmas decorations of his neighbor. The house features 90,000 lights, wise men, baby Jesuses, Santa Clauses flying over the manger, and a pointy-eared Elvis impersonater named "Elfis" who sings "Blue Christmas," and the large number of people driving by and parking on the street (as well as the extremely loud generator used to power the lights) are driving him mad. This festivity, known as The Christmas House, has gone on for 15 years, and, he notes, after the Christmas decorations come down, the neighbor starts decorating for Easter. more ›

Pant pant, running -- sorry we're late! Post-Thanksgiving Internet woes. The Chron gets all underground rap with a story about the complicated beefs involved in the shooting of Mac Dre. And hey, remember that dude who tried to carjack the newlyweds outside a Taco Bell? He pled not guilty. Dude, didn't they catch him running from the scene of the crime, with a lady in a big puffy white dress and guy in tux running after him? Drop the chalupa! And we find out more about the three single teenage moms involved in the San Jose Amtrak accident where a two-year-old toddler was killed -- the mother of the toddler had asked her friend to babysit her two children while she attended a job training at Toys R Us, her friend passed the kids to her roommate when the first friend realized she had to take a drug test, and the roommate was crossing the railroad tracks when a train was oncoming. more ›