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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 10, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — May 10, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. Arlington ‘buy nothing’ group survives turmoil, expands to host meetups and free yard sale (16849 views)
  2. Court overturns Pentagon City plan, raising questions about proposed RiverHouse development (11896 views)
  3. New study documents location of discriminatory deed covenants in Arlington and N. Va. (8606 views)
  4. Girls to be charged after two ‘assault by mob’ incidents (7944 views)
  5. UPDATED: Fire reported at Rosslyn condo building (6126 views)
  6. New Japanese restaurant offering ‘fine dining sushi’ now open in Ballston (5638 views)
  7. JUST IN: Firefighters battling another two alarm fire at Rosslyn condo building (5199 views)
  8. Google’s $1 billion data center investment could be good news for tech in Arlington (5126 views)
  9. ACPD: Green Valley threats lead to I-395 arrests (4723 views)
  10. Peter Chang’s NiHao is now open in Crystal City (4232 views)
  11. 2910 Kitchen & Bar set to hold grand opening this weekend (4162 views)
  12. Stained glass window, salvaged by Arlington County, has a new home (3679 views)
  13. ACPD investigating reported armed robbery at Macy’s in Pentagon City (3676 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

⛈️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect showers and thunderstorms with a high near 61 and east wind of 7-9 mph. Precipitation chance is 70%, with rainfall between a tenth and a quarter inch, potentially higher in thunderstorms. For Friday night, showers and storms are likely before 11 pm, followed by a chance of showers between 11 pm and 2 am. It will be mostly cloudy with a low around 49, north wind at 6 mph, and a 60% chance of precipitation. Rainfall will be similar to earlier, with higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
– Pablo Picasso

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋

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