Janet Yellen
The UC Berkeley professor emeritus (and one-time head of the San Francisco Federal Reserve) is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Treasury Department and the first woman to be selected for the role.
Employment Development Department
The state agency that handles pandemic relief sent unemployment benefits to convicted killer and San Quentin inmate Scott Peterson and other inmates.
Black Friday
Stores reported slow in-person sales Friday and crowds were sparse on what is typically one of the year’s busiest shopping days. But online business has been booming and public health officials praised shoppers for staying home to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus.