- Bread for the City is opening an Anacostia location. [Post]
- Wayne Rooney was charged with public swearing and intoxication at Dulles. [The Athletic]
- There were five homicides on the first weekend of the year. [Fox5]
- Police arrest man who allegedly used his daughter to steal packages. [Post]
- The National Park Service is planning to use entrance fee funds to clean up and maintain some of the sites getting overrun with visitors. [NPR via WAMU]
- D.C.’s police chief claims drug dealers were emboldened by a council hearing that was critical of police searches. [Post]
- The D.C. region’s unemployment rate is at 3 percent. [WTOP]
- Why D.C. has a circle named for a Mexican president. [Post]
- Construction on a new Amtrak concourse at Union Station is expected to begin in the fall. [WAMU]
- A Macy’s at Tysons Galleria is being carved up into several different attractions. [WBJ]
- Food trends to look for in 2019. [Washingtonian]
- Prince George’s school board member proposes offering free breakfast and lunch during the shutdown. [WTOP]
- Small retailers are struggling to keep up in the District. [Post]
- ICYMI: So are mom-and-pop restaurants.
- ICYMI: The D.C. government is picking up the federal government’s mess.
- This Day in DCist: Kush Gods was spotted back in action after arrest.
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Rachel Sadon