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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 11, 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 11, 2025.

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

  1. Second Democrat announces primary bid to unseat Del. Hope (10279 views)
  2. Arlington driver cited for driving SUV over fire hose (10025 views)
  3. Video: U.S. Marshals arrest wanted man steps from Ballston Metro station (9581 views)
  4. Months later, driver in fatal Ballston crash is still hospitalized (8642 views)
  5. Sears home: Listed for sale for the first time in nearly 80 years (8327 views)
  6. Northern Va. unemployment claims jumped 7.1% in February, new data reveals (6608 views)
  7. Tariff whiplash rattles Eden Center’s hub of Vietnamese businesses (6103 views)
  8. Poll: Should Shirlington’s Campbell Avenue be pedestrian-only? (6014 views)
  9. ACPD investigating after dispute leads to gunfire on Columbia Pike (5019 views)
  10. SER celebrates 10 years in Ballston as owners plan new restaurant (4413 views)
  11. Rosslyn man detained over Palestine support was denied food, clean clothing, lawyers say (4186 views)
  12. Morning Notes for April 7, 2025 (3938 views)
  13. County Board approves funds for Crystal City Metro entrance, $9.6M bridge replacement (3823 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 cloudy skies with a 50% chance of showers and a high near 49, accompanied by a north wind at 11 mph and gusts up to 20 mph. Saturday night, there’s a 20% chance of showers before 2am, with mostly cloudy conditions and a low of 42, as the north wind decreases to 7 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
– John Wooden

🌅 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. 👋

About the Author

  • 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.