• Former President Jimmy Carter died today at 100 years old, according to a statement from his family. President Carter, who passes on as the longest-lived president in US history, entered hospice 22 months ago. [Washington Post]
• All surviving former presidents and President Biden paid tribute to Carter today. [New York Times]
• A plane crash in South Korea last night killed 179 out of 181 passengers on board, one of the worst aviation disasters in over two decades. The Boeing 737-800 involved was flown by Jeju Airlines, and was in the process of landing in South Korea before ultimately exploding after a collision with an orange barrier. [NYT]
• Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, is urging Russia to “admit its guilt" for unintentionally shooting down an Azerbaijani airplane earlier this week, accusing the Kremlin of orchestrating a cover-up of the incident. At least 38 people were killed in the crash, which occurred last Wednesday. [Al Jaazera]
• BART Police say they were in the midst of responding to a life-threatening overdose when three of their vehicles crashed into a minivan at a West Oakland intersection yesterday. [Chronicle]
• San Francisco has now seen more traffic fatalities in 2024 than any other year in the last decade, after a woman was killed just outside the car-free section of the Great Highway on Friday. [SF Standard]
• If you're looking for last-minute New Year's Eve plans in San Francisco, the Examiner seems to have you covered. [Examiner]

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Correction Notice: A previous version of the article erroneously stated that the Jeju Airlines flight was taking off from Bangkok when it crashed. This has since been fixed.