Editor's Note: As the end of the year approaches, we thought we'd take a look back at some top stories for 2012, month by month.
November
Dead Pig Left at Republican Headquarters
Rep. Waxman Fights Off Challenger for 20th Consecutive Term in Office
3.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Santa Monica Bay
Measure J Fails to Get Two-Thirds Majority
Thanksgiving Recipe: Apple Pie
Muratsuchi Beats Huey to Win 66th Assembly District Seat
Locals Hold Memorial for Marina Linsley Krim Children
December
747 Flies Low Over Manhattan Beach
Car Hits Building in MB
Stabbing at Baja Sharkeez
Gray Whale Breaches 50 Feet from Pier
Woman Robbed at Gunpoint in MB
Kerri Walsh Commercial Shoots in MB
