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- Snow and low visibility led to I-80 closures through Donner Summit this morning. [Chronicle] [KRON4]
- Speaking of snow, someone made a snowman on a pier in Pacifica with snow driven in from Tahoe. [Chronicle]
- A San Francisco doctor has used his own experience as a triple amputee to develop a new type of palliative care. [NYTimes]
- NextMuni predictions are even more off than normal today, and SFMTA has yet to figure out the reason. [Examiner]
- Medium CEO Ev Williams announced today he is laying off a third of his workforce and closing offices in DC and New York. [Medium]
- SFMTA is reducing regulations on taxis, and cab drivers hope this will help them compete with ride-hail companies like Uber and Lyft. [Examiner]
- Meanwhile, SFMTA's Ed Reiskin is upset that the California Public Utilities Commission won't further regulate Uber and Lyft. [Examiner]
- And in more Uber news, an editor at Streetsblog had a run-in with an Uber driver while he was down in San Diego. The driver, among other things, told him that he should get a car. [Streetsblog]
- This weekend's predicted rain is expected to cause Merced River, which flows through Yosemite Valley, to overflow. [Chronicle]
- Do the Raiders have a chance in this weekend's post-season game? Despite their quarterback's injury, head coach Jack Del Rio is holding out hope. [East Bay Express]
