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- "Civil servants haven't even begun to show what they're capable of when it comes to working under an unpopular president — especially if and when he begins trying to cut programs that some of them have spent their careers working on." [SFist]
- A new drought monitor map that was released Thursday morning shows that only two percent of Calfornia is in extreme drought conditions. [KRON 4]
- If you're worried someone's trying to hack into your Facebook account, now you can lock it up with a key. [CNet]
- 110-unit Dogpatch development moves forward. [SocketSite]
- Report says minority, low-income and first-generation students receive less funding throughout the 23 CSUs than they did in the 80s. [Golden Gate Xpress]
- A federal judge in San Francisco rejected a request that Walmart pay $80 million in penalties to drivers that had won a lawsuit. [SF Business Times]
- Cathy Topham, an arts philanthropist and collector who championed emerging artists and advocated for vulnerable families, died Jan. 20 at her home in San Francisco. [SF Chronicle]
- Local wildlife rehabilitation center seeks donations to improve facilities. [SF Examiner]
- Prosecutors say they don’t have sufficient evidence to charge a San Jose State water polo player accused of sexually assaulting two female students at an off-campus party last year. [Associated Press]
- How a new law would let California pressure cities to build more. [Curbed SF]
