News:

• Charges Escalate for Sen. Gonzalez
  Stole $423,000 Indictment Says
   

• DEP Chief on Hot Seat Over Plant Jobs
   

• Students Take Seat Fight to Chancellor
   

• Monte Patients Get Lift Before Christmas
  
   

Opinion:
    

• Editorial
  The Seeds of Community
  More News Than Ever
  
   

• Dream  Playground for PS 246
   

• There is No Features Section in this Issue