• Old Sacramento to ring in 2026 with countdown and "close-up" fireworks show

  

• How Sacramento set the course for "A Charlie Brown Christmas" to become a holiday classic

  

• Plum High School's annual telethon raises money for Make-A-Wish

  

• Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel expected to reopen Christmas Day

  

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

  

• Evergreen Lake Plunge, scheduled for Jan. 1, canceled due to warm temperatures

  

• North Texas is cool, cloudy to officially start the winter solstice

  

• Several Dallas businesses hit in smash-and-grab burglaries