• Santa Claus spotted riding Muni. [MuniDiaries]

• SFMOMA Architect Mario Botta is going to miss his old staircase. [Chron]

• Scenes from opening night at Tikva Records, the Mission's only pop-up Jewish record store. [Bernalwood]

• A pollería, a bar with acrobats, a popular ramen shop all opened this week. [InsideScoop]

• The New York Times figures out we didn't know how to use Ranked Choice Voting. [NYT]

• Members of Occupy SF State ready to forego winter vacation in the name of cheap, quality education. [GoldenGateXpress]

• The America's Cup Environmental Impact Report in brief. [CurbedSF]

• Snoozeflash: the Niners winning record is making scalped tickets more expensive. [SFEx]