- We have a few more details about the shooting Monday afternoon in Antioch that injured an 11-year-old girl. The girl was reportedly shot in the head through the headrest of the family car in which she was sitting, and the car was pulling out from their home when the stray bullet struck. Police say they have images of a suspect which they are not releasing. [KTVU]
- The body of a missing 40-year-old woman who had gone hiking with her dog last week in the Sierra Nevada foothills was found in the north fork of the American River. Eryn VanAcker likely entered the river near Lake Clementine and got swept away by the current, and her dog was later found safe. [Chronicle]
- A 16-year-old suspect from Oakland was arrested Monday in connection with an early morning attempted robbery and shooting at a gas station convenience store in Walnut Creek. [Bay Area News Group]
- Governor Gavin Newsom begins his final year in office with an $18 billion budget deficit, and it remains to be seen how he plans to address it. [CalMatters]
- Dr. Matt Willis, the former health officer for Marin County who served during the pandemic, offers his reaction to the new CDC recommendations for fewer childhood vaccinations, calling them "radical" and "irresponsible." [KPIX]
- Another bit of coastal land was cleaved off by the king tides in Santa Cruz, along West Cliff Drive, just feet away from a biking and walking trail, near Natural Bridges State Beach. [Bay Area News Group]
- After actor Mickey Rourke went on social media to try to disavow a GoFundMe that went viral to cover his back rent and get him a new apartment in Los Angeles, his manager insists it is real, even if Rourke is now embarassed and says he does not want "charity." [Bay Area News Group]
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