With Christmas less than a week away, Santa Claus still needs help from the local communities. KMEL radio's "Sana G Morning Show" is broadcasting live at San Leandro's Bayfair Mall for the station's annual Sana Claus Food & Toy Drive, hoping the community turns out with a toy or canned food to donate. Learn More

The year-end holiday travel rush is kicking off this weekend, with a record 122 million people expected to hit the skies and roads, according to AAA. Saturday is expected to be the busiest travel day in the next two weeks. Over that holiday span, roughly 109 million are expected to hit the roads, and 8 million are projected to take to the skies in the U.S. Learn More

The winner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will receive a record jackpot of $50 million, FIFA said Wednesday. That figure is up from $42 million in 2022 and $38 million in 2018. But it is still less than half of what was on offer at the much less-hyped Club World Cup earlier this year. World soccer’s governing body said the total prize fund for the World Cup, staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico, was $655 million -- a 50% increase on the previous edition in Qatar. Learn