• Rise and shine: 45 wrote a damning tweet to both Pelosi and the “decaying city” she represents. "Crazy Nancy Pelosi should spend more time in her decaying city and less time on the Impeachment Hoax!,” the stable genius penned on Twitter this morning, the tweet attached to a video showcasing San Francisco’s homeless problem. [Twitter @realDonaldTrump]
  • An Oakland principal was one of the six men who managed to cross the infamous Drake Passage (unassisted) in South Africa, becoming the first people to do so. The team of men dodged icebergs, held their breaths as giant whales neared their small boat, and rode massive waves while rowing 24 hours a day, for thirteen days straight, toward Antarctica. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Former “Mythbuster” house and now San Franciscan himself, Adam Savage, seems to be a target for theft—who, most recently, had his Toyota Land Cruiser stolen. The car was hotwired and driven off his property, only to end up in a mud patch. [SFGate]
  • 'Beach Blanket Babylon' has its final weekend show today before their NYE finale. The 45-year-running play is among one of the longest-running theater acts in the country, but its cast and crew will take their final bows the 31st. [ABC 7 / SFist]
  • Starbucks is giving out free coffee this week until New Years Day at four locations in SF. As part of the company’s “pop-up parties,” those who visit either of the megachain’s locations at 3735 Buchanan Street, 425 Battery Street, 2222 Fillmore Street, and 3801 3rd Street from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. will receive a free tall espresso beverage, hot or cold. [Patch]
  • Elon Musk’s hyperloop could be fully operational by 2020, lending quick travel times from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. [KPIX]
  • Someone died in an evening apartment fire yesterday in Oakland. [KRON 4]
  • A man who attacked two Sonoma County Sheriff deputies in 2018 is sentenced to 29 years to life in prison. [Bay City News]
  • One suburban Texas twenty-something has, since living here for a year, decided that (spoiler alert!) San Francisco is expensive, cold, and hilly. [Business Insider]