Wondering what stories got the most hits this past year? Or what the most watched videos were? Or how about some of the video gems you might have missed.

Well we've tallied the numbers and made a few lists for you.

TOP STORIES

Below are the top five stories of the year:

1. Garces High teacher arrested
2. Staph infection kills boy
3. 8 default notices hit Crisp, family
4. Teacher caught in meth plot
5. Federal agents raid Crisp and Cole homes and businesses

TOP VIDEOS

Below are the top five. Check out the full list and watch all the videos at our special Top Videos page.

1. Girl killed in hit and run (graphic video)
2. Man skins and eats live snake
3. Explosion rocks gas pipeline
4. CIF Wrestling: 160 lb championship match
5. Crisp and Cole raided by FBI

EDITORS' CHOICE

Our staff of video editors put our heads together and came up with a list of the dozen or so best videos produced by our newsroom. Below are just a few of the videos. You can see all of them at our special Top Videos page.

-Fair food binge: Watch two writers try to eat as much fair food as possible.
-Tattooing the stump: James Winterroth has his amputated arm turned into art.
-Faster Tiger, faster Tiger!: Tiger the Chihuahua goes for national sprint title number two
-7-year-old burn victim begins his recovery: Video of Carlos Medina's rehab are moving and powerful, but may be painful to witness.
-Vincent Brothers: An overview of the latest day in the Vincent Brothers trial.