- An elderly couple was attacked and robbed in front of their Oakland home. [KRON 4]
- William Hearst III gains a hat, as the chairman of the Hearst Corporation's board has also joined the board of the Emeryville-based Center for Investigative Reporting. [Fishbowl]
- [Priceonomics] ranks America's most and least vegetarian-friendly cities.
- Children's toys mysteriously left behind at East Bay reservoir. [SF Chronicle]
- A coalition of community groups in San Francisco has called for a reduction in the reliance on county jails. [CBS 5]
- A K-9 cop that was stabbed in Concord is back at home and resting. [ABC 7]
- A two-alarm fire that displaced six people in Hayes Valley in September was intentionally set. [KRON 4]