Wednesday short list:
- As expected, Santa Clara’s city council last night approved the stadium deal concluded two weeks ago for the 49ers’ move to the South Bay. Chronicle
- Today is another Spare the Air day, the fifth in less than two weeks. Chronicle
- Monday’s Occupy protest at the Port of Oakland cost $4 million to $8 million, port officials and truckers say. Oakland Tribune
- A marketing company was fined $7,000 for releasing hundreds of red balloons that ended up in the bay last March. Examiner
- Christiane Amanpour will leave as host of ABC’s “This Week” and assume new duties for both ABC and CNN. TV Newser
- An Oakland cop who shot an Occupy protester with a beanbag last month was reassigned pending an investigation, along with his supervisor. Chronicle
- One in 13 Californians 50 and older are at risk for hunger, an AARP Foundation study says. HealthyCal
- Assemblyman Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland) says he’ll challenge state Sen. Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) for her newly-drawn seat next year. Oakland Tribune
- Interstate 580 will be closed in Livermore from 11 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday for demolition of the Portola Avenue flyover bridge. Contra Costa Times
- A new 22-room inn will open at the Presidio in April, the Presidio Trust says. SF Business Times
