Good morning, Arlington. Dana here. It’s Friday, September 24: National Punctuation Day and Pitch Perfect actor Ben Platt’s 28th birthday.

Morning Status

• Today’s Weather: ☀️Sunny, with a high near 72.
• Tomorrow’s Weather: ☀️ Sunny, with a high near 75.
• Sunrise:  6:53 a.m.
• Sunset:  6:57 p.m.

What We’re Covering Today

Morning Notes

• Tesla Dealership Coming to S. Glebe Road — ARLnow’s scoop from February is all but confirmed: “Tesla Inc. appears to be filling the high-end auto dealership void left by Maserati’s closure in South Arlington. The electric automaker will convert the former Maserati and Alfa Romeo dealership at 2710 S. Glebe Road into a 63,854-square-foot auto sales, delivery and vehicle service center, per plans obtained from Construction Journal. The work is expected to be fairly quick, starting in November and finishing up by January.” [Washington Business Journal]
• Long Bridge Concert Tomorrow — “Join us, along with Arlington Parks & Recreation, Saturday, September 25 for the Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center Community Celebration featuring a festive fall beer garden and live entertainment including Virginia native and HOT 99.5 Rising Artist Winner, Jerel Crockett beginning at 5 PM. The night will include a diverse lineup of some of the DMV’s hottest DJs, Farrah Flosscett and King Iven, as well as the rock/pop/funk band, Up All Night, playing all your favorite songs from the 80s, 90s, and today.” [National Landing]
• Big Crash on GW Parkway — “A reader sends this photo of the earlier crash on the GW Parkway, near Key Bridge, in case anybody drives by later and wonders what happened to the wall.” [Twitter, Twitter]
• The End is Near for an Old Home — “A demolition permit has been granted the owner of the 130-year-old Fellows-McGrath home at Washington Blvd. near Sycamore St. It’s disappointing to Tom Dickinson and other preservation activists who had filed an application to protect it… Manassas realtor Masum Kahn, who bought the house after eight months on the market to build modern homes, has not set a demolition schedule. Though he would consider selling ‘for the right price.'” [Falls Church News-Press]
• Caps Player Honored by ACFD — “Earlier this month the ACFD presented @Capitals @GarnetHathaway with a citizens award for his charity known as #HathsHeroes. This charity has given so much to local first responders and we are extremely thankful to Mr. Hathaway for his work in the community.” [Twitter]
• Oddity of Arlington Transit History — “The Rosslyn-Ballston corridor is a famous example of early transit-oriented development because of the Orange Line, but the area was home to an innovative transit experiment long before Metro. From 1936 through 1939, a streetcar-bus hybrid provided service from the City of Fairfax to Rosslyn and into DC.” [Greater Greater Washington]
• Arrest in Seven Corners Sex Assault Case — “Patrick Michael Chaloupka, 38, of Woodbridge has been charged with additional felonies for another sexual assault that occurred at a Falls Church hotel. Officers responded to a hotel on Aug. 26 in the 6100 block of Arlington Boulevard for the report of an assault that occurred three days prior.” [Fairfax County Police Department]

The following are previews of stories we’re planning to cover later today. Note that some stories may be pushed back, depending on the day’s news. 

Axios D.C. Newsletter Launches: Clarendon-based media company Axios has expanded its focus to local by launching daily city and regional newsletters, including one spotlighting the D.C. region. We spoke with Axios publisher Nick Johnston and Axios D.C. reporter Cuneyt Dil about what they are looking to cover, what makes this region unique, and what the future holds for Axios.

Xerox Building Redevelopment: Plans to redevelop the Xerox building in Rosslyn into an apartment building are being reviewed by county staff. If accepted, the plans will go through the Site Plan Review process. Staff anticipate the project could seek County Board approval before July 2022.

Weekend Metro Changes: Potomac Yard Metro station work will cause single-tracking on the Blue and Yellow lines this weekend, with trains running every 30 minutes. Orange and Silver line trains are running every 15 minutes, with the Orange Line shut down between East Falls Church and Ballston and the Silver Line running between Wiehle-Reston East and East Falls Church.

Valley Fest Road Closures: An annual beer festival in Green Valley, near Shirlington, is back. The event will feature art, kids activities, food and more. The festival, organized by New District Brewing Co., will take place Sunday.

Locals Attempt to Recall Tafti: A group called Virginians for Safe Communities launched a recall effort in August to unseat Commonwealth’s Attorney Paris’s Dehghani-Tafti. Now it has launched a website and is sending mailers to residents notifying them of the effort to recall Arlington’s top prosecutor, who was elected on a progressive criminal justice reform platform.

And in case you missed it, here’s what we covered Thursday but were not planning to do so in advance: 

Kitchen Fire at Dama: Firefighters investigated a possible kitchen fire at Dama Pastry and Restaurant on Columbia Pike. Units arrived on scene at the long-time Ethiopian eatery at 1503 Columbia Pike and found heavy smoke inside, which was billowing out of the building. Kitchen staff told firefighters that the smoke was caused by a fire on the stove, which they put out using fire extinguishers, according to scanner traffic. No active fire was found by the time firefighters arrived.