2014 in Review: Most Memorable Patch Stories from SoCal to NorCal

It was a wild year for California. Patch takes a look back at the stories that made us laugh and cry.

Here are our top 21 Patch stories of 2014:

1. San Francisco Giants Win World Series for Third Time
2. 6.0 Earthquake Near Napa Wakes Bay Area
3. Loss of Robin Williams
4. UCSB Massacre
5. Tina Faelz’ Family Reflects, Says Sadness Killed Mom Some 30 Years Later
6. Ferguson Protests in Oakland, East Bay: Protesters Against Police Brutality Chained Across I-880 Ramps, Blocking Entrance to OPD Building
7. California Becomes First State to Ban Plastic Bags
8. Berkeley Voters First in Nation to Approve Soda Tax
9. Campers Head Out Three Weeks Early for Black Friday Deals
10. Shark Attacks Swimmer Near Manhattan Beach Pier
11. 25 Years Later: Recalling When Loma Prieta Interrupted the 1989 World Series ... and What Happened Next
12. Boy Missing from Santee Since 2009
13. Mother Helps Hide Santee Arrestee Who Escapes Jail
14. Hey Porn Actors, Put a Glove on it
15. Octogenarian Almost Loses Home but Patch Gives her Ink and City Saves Her
16. Once Abused & Now Beloved, Peanut Crowned 2014 ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’
17. Monday Arraignment for Fairfield Teen Dad Who Allegedly Bit Off Nose of Infant Son
18. California Parrot, Missing for 4 Years, Returns Speaking Espanol
19. Cops Raiding Homes of Sex Offenders Find Man in Bed With Child The Santa Who Ruined an Autistic Girl’s Christmas
20. Undocumented Immigrants Arrive in Murrieta to Protesters Blocking Border Patrol Entrance
21. Marilyn Hartman Again Arrested at SFO, DA Seeking Help for Woman Who Keeps Trying to Go to Hawaii

Did you miss our incredible videos of the SoCal firestorms, the Napa quake and the Bay Area mother who got her final wish to dance at her son’s wedding before she died?

>> Find them here: 10 Must-See Videos of 2014 From Across California