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A morning roundup of news, opinion, and links from City Paper and around the District. Send tips and ideas to citydesk@washingtoncitypaper.com.

Local nonprofit Collective Action for Safe Spaces has trained staff at WMATA, 20 local bars, and several organizations about how to stop harassment as a bystander. Director Jessica Ravensays she’s conducted more trainings in the past two months than in the past year.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Beloved wheelchair-bound neighbor dies after she’s caught in crossfire. [WUSA, Post]

• Notes from an immigrant rights rally at D.C.’s Metropolitan A.M.E. church. [WAMU]

• Va. Dems and Republicans traded many jabs yesterday. [Post, Post]

• In particular, on MLK Day Va. Democrats held their GOP counterparts to account for not disavowing Trump. [Post]

• Malia and Sasha’s White House swing set is now on a D.C. family shelter’s grounds. [Post]

• A list of inauguration parade participants in order of appearance. [NBC4]

• Prepare for gridlock Friday and Saturday. Walking may be the best option. [WAMU]

• Man who had no pulse for five minutes thanks firefighters for saving his life. [NBC4]

• One dead and another injured in an early-morning Northeast shooting. [WTOP]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

• Seven takeaways: After the very-expensive Shaw Bijou closed within three months.

• If by bicycle: Tips for navigating the Women’s March and inauguration on your bike.

• Look: Elusive outsider and songwriter Mingering Mike delivers anti-Trump art.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Jeffrey Anderson (tips? jeff.anderson@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy: Stand Up. [Informer]

• Trump is the next LBJ, writes Richard Cohen. [Post]

• On being a Washingtonian… [Washingtonian]

• MLK Jr. Library’s Washingtoniana Room to close for three years. [Washington D.C. History Blog]

• The Cubs visit the White House—finally. [Post]

ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen (tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Watch a new music video from Hand Grenade Job. [The Le Sigh]

• Listen to “Nothing Feels Natural,” the title track from Priests’ upcoming LP. [Pitchfork]

• Two trans actors talk about their experience acting in Mosaic Theatre’s production of Charm, a play inspired by the story of Chicago trans icon Miss Gloria Allen. [DC Theatre Scene]

YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Laura Hayes (tips? lhayes@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Do customers care about the beef in their burgers? [Post]

• D.C.’s lack of a food identity is a good thing. [Washingtonian]

• Drag brunches mix mimosas with glam. [DC Refined]

• David Hagedorn finds warming Korean soups in Eden Center. [Arlington Mag]

• BYT visits Mezcalero for a first look. [BYT]

HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, by Andrew Giambrone (tips? agiambrone@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Longtime Shaw residents worry the neighborhood’s future does not include them. [NPR]

• Should D.C. get rid of required parking minimums to support more development? [GGW]

• A former George Washington University building gets a $16 million refurbishment. [WBJ]

• The National Children’s Museum is negotiating a lease in D.C.’s Reagan building. [WBJ]

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