- Google has released its top searches of 2016. [KRON 4]
- A former research scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who was found guilt of falsifying data and reports in order to receive federal funding has now been sentenced to 18 months in prison. [East Bay Times]
- Freak San Jose car crash injures mother, son in separate vehicles. [ABC 7]
- The City of San Jose is facing a $1 million mistake and it’s telling retirees — including former police officers and firefighters — that they’re going to have to pay up. [CBS 5]
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SF man gets 22-year prison term for shooting, paralyzing sex worker. [Bay City News]
- Activists who have been pushing for police reform from the Mission District said Tuesday they are waiting for the newly appointed police chief William Scott to prove himself. [Mission Local]
- San Francisco is still trying to welcome back the thousands of residents displaced by redevelopment decades ago. [SF Examiner]
- SF-based author J.D. Vance wants to use his newfound fame and fortune to return home to Ohio and make a difference - and maybe one day run for office. [SF Chronicle]
- Police are looking for the man who stole more than a hundred rings worth $218,000 from a Sears in Concord. In other news, the Sears in Concord somehow sells thousand (plus!) dollar rings. [KRON 4]