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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 4, 2025

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 — Apr 4, 2025.

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

  1. Video: Driver narrowly escapes disaster as tree falls across George Mason Drive (14668 views)
  2. McDonald’s on Langston Blvd closes ahead of forthcoming demolition (11752 views)
  3. JUST IN: Fire at Liberty Tavern in Clarendon (11097 views)
  4. Ballston apartment proposal draws concern as not tall enough for surroundings (10591 views)
  5. Acclaimed D.C. Ethiopian restaurant searches for Arlington location (10008 views)
  6. Motorcycle rider seriously hurt in crash near Ballston (9951 views)
  7. NEW: Firefighters injured in Fairlington blaze (9211 views)
  8. Arlington’s population is on the rise, despite many people still moving out (7959 views)
  9. Two teens arrested after failed carjacking attempt in Pentagon City (7811 views)
  10. WBJ: Wawa scouting locations in Arlington (7689 views)
  11. NEW: Andy’s Pizza opens tomorrow in Virginia Square (7504 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 scattered showers mainly before 11am, accompanied by mostly cloudy skies and a high temperature near 73. An east wind will blow at around 8 mph, and there is a 30% chance of precipitation. In the evening, isolated showers and thunderstorms may occur, followed by scattered showers after 11pm. The nighttime temperature will drop to a low of around 61, with a southwest wind of 7 to 10 mph and gusts as high as 18 mph. The chance of precipitation remains at 30%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau

🌅 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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  • Launched in January 2010, ARLnow.com is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Arlington, Virginia. The ARLnow staff byline is used for the Morning Notes and reporting done by an editor or other member of our full-time staff.