- Everyone brace, it's SantaCon today. [SFist]
- Stanford researchers are working on a Shazam for earthquakes. [KRON]
- Twenty-unit building with no parking planned for Capp between 21st and 22nd. [SocketSite]
- The Sunset Holiday Mercantile Fair is going down today, and it's always fun! If you find yourself out west, you should come by. [Hoodline]
- SF State student is also a deckhand at Alcatraz Cruises, making my college job at TCBY look even crappier by comparison. [Golden Gate Xpress]
- Jeff Samardzija, who this week signed a $90 million, five-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, worries that he won't be able to find an affordable place to live in SF. [SF Business Times]
- Uber is cutting about 20 jobs in its policy and communications department, a move that insiders describe as an overhaul of those teams. [New York Times]
- A group of deep-pocketed Silicon Valley investors committed $1 billion to ensure that artificial intelligence serves societal needs rather than commercial interests. [Wall Street Journal]
- Pedestrian struck on 280 in SF. [Bay City News]
- After a double OT that had all of us running late to whatever holiday party thing we were supposed to be going to last night, the Warriors beat the Celtics, making them 24-0. [Associated Press]
- Mark Zuckerberg changed his child's diaper, then shared a photo of the act. [Us Weekly]
