Natalie Delgadillo- Mayor Bowser hasn’t announced a concrete agenda for her second term yet. [Post]
- D.C.’s Department of Human Services received 520 calls and transported 342 people to a homeless shelter on Monday during freezing temperatures. [WCP]
- A list of today’s school closings and delays due to the weather. [FOX 5]
- Marchers went out in the freezing cold on Monday to celebrate the life and contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. [Post]
- This historically long government shutdown is driving people away from civil service. [HuffPost]
- Alexandria has seen a recent spike in opioid overdose deaths. [WTOP]
- The controversy and questions around what happened on the mall between the Covington teens and a Native American elder continues. [NBC Washington]
- This D.C. woman handed out $640 in $20 bills to furloughed workers in line at Jose Andres’ emergency relief kitchen. [Washingtonian]
- Firefighters rescued a woman from an early-morning house fire in Congress Heights on Monday. The fire was allegedly caused by a portable heater plugged into an extension cord. [Post]
- D.C. United fans are not happy about a new broadcasting deal that will force them to pay to watch games online, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going to do it. [WCP]
- Demand for performances of the D.C. Labor Chorus have spiked again during the government shutdown. [Post]
- ICYMI: Restaurant week is extended because of the government shutdown.
- ICYMI: Eight councilmembers have confirmed they want to overturn Bowser’s veto of the fare evasion decriminalization bill ahead of today’s vote.
- ICYMI: Overheards: “Only in D.C. would a synagogue run a red light.”
- This Day in DCist: A snowy owl made an appearance in downtown D.C.
DCist’s photo of the day from the Flickr pool.
