• It's getting record-breakingly cold outside ... if you haven't noticed. Turkey Day's winter spell tied a century's old record, with freezing temperatures and even icy conditions described in the Bay Area; the Novato Airport reported a chilly 27-degree low late Thursday night and early into the morning Friday. [SFGate]
• An Oakland cleaning crew found an antiquated grenade inside a home they were cleaning, prompting residents and the crew themselves to evacuate. A bomb squad safely removed the unit and took it to their discharge range in Dublin. [Mercury News]
• 27 mentally ill residents of a 21-room board-and-care facility housed in a large Victorian home on South Van Ness Avenue closes today. While around a dozen inhabitants found housing via help from the city, 14 still are without a permanent roof over their heads; the 129-year-old home is slated to become a hotel. [Mission Local]
• There's a shortage of Christmas trees this year – so expect to pay more for your festive evergreen this holiday season. [KPIX]
• A hyacinth macaw, one of the rarest parrots in the world, flew away when a worker at Andy's Pet Shop in San Jose took him outside to have his nails and wings clips; there's still an on-going search for the bird. [NBC Bay Area]
• Fremont authorities are looking for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run that killed a woman and her dog. [KRON 4]
• If you just so happen to have, near as much, a million dollars burning a hole in your pocket, now's the time to prance on some SF property. [SFGate]
• Speaking of real estate, Robin William's multi-million dollar Bay Area home has hit the market. [Robb Report]
• These are the best cookbooks to pull inspiration from as we approach Christmas Eve's feast. [Chronicle]