Day Around the Bay

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-It's c-c-c-c-old out there.

-San Mateo resident doesn't get voted off the island, wins the prize on "Survivor."

-Grinch steals solar powered Christmas Tree from Union Square and a Design-off is being held for new transit terminal development are in today's Matier & Ross.

-Army subpoenas journalists in Oakland about quotes from a soldier who refused to go to Iraq. If this sounds like one of those Freedom of the Press thingies, you would be correct.

-There was a near-riot and shootings in Concord after a rap concert. What, violence after a hip-hop concert? That never happens.

-Bad news: Oakland sees a rise in prostitution. Worse news: a lot of them are children.

-Reporter on commuting discovers that commuting without a car ain't easy.

-It's hard being solar in San Francisco.

-Headline on KTVU.com: "Early Morning SJ Blaze Injures Woman; Kills 12 Cats." Can you say cat lady?

Picture of the Hyatt Regency from SFist Jim