• A 14-year-old girl in the Northern California city of Redding allegedly led police on a chase with speeds up to 114 miles per hour on Saturday night. Authorities recognized a Dodge Caravan as having been reported stolen, the girl, with passengers, eluded capture for 21 miles before the vehicle was disabled. [SFGate]
  • A search described as "intense," in pounding surf, was on Monday near Devil's Slide off Highway 1 following a report of a car that drove over a cliff. Tire marks and car parts in the water confirmed that a car went over the cliff, and rescue personnel were on the scene. [CBS SF]
  • Fentanyl was apparently responsible for the deaths of two well known, 30-year-old men in Oakland's music scene. The two men were best friends and believed they were doing cocaine. [Chronicle]
  • All lanes of I-80 were closed in both directions Monday afternoon in Vallejo due to police activity. Drivers are being told to find alternate routes. [KRON4]
  • Two suspects in an Oakland carjacking were arrested following robberies and a four-car collision in Fairfield on December 26. [CBS SF]
  • The imperiled San Francisco Housing Authority is slowly "clawing" its way back from a $30 million budget "abyss." [Chronicle]
  • Police across the country are issuing warnings against celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve. [CBS SF]
  • One of the Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores, in Palo Alto, has closed. [SFGate]