Extra, Extra: Brrrrrrrrrr!!

• An “acid bomb” is capable of a 300-foot blast radius. So why did a 12-year-old bring one to school today in the OC?
  
• Cal State Northridge (CSUN) is building a 1,700-seat, performing arts center and just received their largest donation of one million from Attorney and civic leader David Fleming and his wife, Jean.
  
• Oh noes! Charlize Theron's home got robbed last week!
  
• Save up those quarters, DASH will not be accepting Metro passes anymore in 2008.
  
• The strike continues its effect: "NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers for fourth-quarter prime-time ratings shortfalls, averaging about $500,000 per advertiser, according to media buyers, marking the first time in years a network has taken such a step to compensate marketers for ratings deficiencies."
  
• "Hippie tech: We can become energy-independent (cough Iraq cough) by converting food wastes to fuel. Reality check: They tried running city trucks on 100% biodiesel in Berkeley. The trucks developed a habit of conking out at busy intersections, their engines gummed up with biodiesel residue." More Hippie vs Reality checks at Valleywag.
  
• Exclusive and expensive puppies sold at a Bel Air store end up being just from some Midwest puppy mill.
  
• It's beginning to feel a little like... Up in north county y'all, the Antelope Valley might be seein' some overnight temps in the teens. Thicken up that blood boy!
  

LAist News Editor Andy Sternberg contributed to this report. Photo by edenjet via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr