The Southern California fires are now nearly as large as San Francisco itself; Kohl’s is closing five Bay Area stores; and Anita Bryant, who famously took a pie in the face from a gay rights activist in 1977, has reportedly died.

We’re learning new details about the New Year’s gas station homicide in the Mission District; a large-scale public menorah in Oakland was defaced for the second year in a row; and the two New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas both involved cars from an SF rental company.