• People line up outside Amapola Market in Downey for holiday tradition

  

• Santa Claus makes his annual visit to a Maryland community ahead of Christmas

  

• Now is the time to bargain hunt for Christmas trees, experts say

  

• Major Sierra storm expected to snarl high country traffic Christmas Eve, Day

  

• 3 Georgia inmates who escaped DeKalb County Jail captured in Florida, officials say

  

• Marylanders changing the way they shop for holiday gifts amid financial strain

  

• PG&E warns customers to prepare for more outages as storms bring damaging winds to region

  

• Ex-DeKalb Jail employee accused of redirecting coworker's paycheck