• The BART Board has agreed to ban e-cigs, vaping, system-wide. [BART]
  • The NY Attorney General says he's keeping a close watch on Uber today as the state gets hit with a huge blizzard and the company agreed to a surge cap of 2.8 times its normal fares. [Twitter]
  • You may recall how last year it was suggested by an ethics advisory committee that California judges would need to recuse themselves of all activity with the Boy Scouts due to their anti-gay stance. Well, that's happened. [KQED]
  • The Crocker neighborhood in Daly City is officially one of the hottest real estate markets in the country right now. [SF Business Times]
  • BART may drop the charges against the Black Friday 14, and their demand for $70K in restitution. [Chron]
  • A wildfire broke out early this morning in Pacifica, rising to six alarms and threatening almost 100 homes, but it was contained within a few hours. [SF Weekly]
  • A Richmond District Catholic church wants to ban girls from the altar because “the future of the church is at stake." [CBS, NBC]
  • For the first time ever an adorable baby sea otter conceived in the wild was born in captivity in Santa Cruz. [CBS 5]
  • Despite Matier and Ross floating the rumor this month, Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee denies that she’ll be seeking the job of ambassador to Cuba. [Chron]
  • A wily dog busted out of his kennel at SFO on Friday, led a chase around the tarmac, and missed his flight to Austin. [CBS 5]
  • The Chronicle will no longer be covering Silicon Valley and the South Bay quite so much. Also, they're not letting go of the subscriber model for SFChronicle.com. [CBS 5]