AZ Briefing: Where to celebrate Hanukkah; Favorite holiday shows coming to Phoenix area stages; Popular Atomic Comics returns

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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

Hanukkah starts today at sundown. Here's where to celebrate in the Valley.

Holiday favorites including "The Nutcracker," "Elf," "Black Nativity" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" are coming to Valley stages. Find out performance information.

Popular comic book retailer Atomic Comics is back with a location in Gilbert at SanTan Village.

Today, you can expect it to be mostly sunny and pleasantly warm, with a high near 80 degrees. It is expected to be clear at night, with a low near 51 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

Today in history

  • On this date in 1905, floods caused bridges to be washed out and other extensive damage at San Carlos, Florence, Maricopa, Phoenix, Globe and Dudleyville.

  • In 1927, Tucson became the terminal of the first daily air passenger service from Los Angeles to southern Arizona.

  • In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.

  • In 1942, fire engulfed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze ever. (The cause of the rapidly spreading fire, which began in the basement, is in dispute; one theory is that a busboy accidentally ignited an artificial palm tree while using a lighted match to fix a light bulb.)

  • In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin began conferring in Tehran during World War II.

  • In 1961, Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first African American to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy

  • In 2001, Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion takeover deal. (Enron filed for bankruptcy protection four days later.)

  • In 2020: Pennsylvania's highest court threw out a lower court's order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot; it was the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to undo President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state.

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