Wood fires in fireplaces and stoves in the Bay Area will be banned on bad air nights in winter to protect public health from soot, the region's air pollution board ruled today. Adopting its first rule to regulate indoor wood burning, the nine-county Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board said that even EPA-approved wood burning stoves cannot legally burn on Spare the Air nights. Violators will get written warning for their first offense, and can be issued $100 tickets for repeat offenses. The air board also adopted year-round visibility limits on chimney smoke in an effort to stop people...