• Today is the one-year anniversary of Trump taking office for the second time, and walkout protests are planned at schools around the Bay Area. These Free America Walkouts are being organized across the state, including at James Lick High School in San Jose; a 4pm rally is planned in SF's Civic Center. [NBC Bay Area]
• A 17-year-old girl living with foster parents in Philo, in Mendocino County, went missing on January 2 after leaving home without permission and taking her car to San Francisco. The car was detected by a license-plate reader in SF, but Sara Gene Keene has not been heard from since and her foster parents are seeking the public's help. [Bay City News]
• Three weeks after it was damaged in a holiday storm, repairs continue at Lick Observatory on Mountain Hamilton. [ABC 7]
• A major winter storm is brewing for the eastern and southern parts of the US later this week, stretching more than 1,000 miles and bringing rain, ice, and snow. [CNN]
• We have another Pride flag fight at a Bay Area school: The president of the school board of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District ordered that a Pride flag be taken down at Sonoma Valley High School, and an acting superintendent put it back up today. [KRON4]
• A UK watchdog says that Meta is turning a blind eye to ads from illegal gambling sites. [Bloomberg]
• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at Davos discussing the current "rupture" in the world order, in which large powers are acting in an "unrestrained" manner, and the "rules-based order is fading." [New York Times]

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