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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 22, 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 — Aug 22, 2025.

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

  1. JUST IN: Police investigating fatal fall from Ballston apartment building (65156 views)
  2. BREAKING: Man charged with murdering mother in Virginia Square apartment (63711 views)
  3. Makeup artist slain in Virginia Square shooting remembered as ‘everyone’s friend’ (14150 views)
  4. Fall in Arlington: Rosslyn Fall Fest, Clarendon Day and more to look forward to (11554 views)
  5. Raids on D.C. homeless encampments come amid growing demand for services in Arlington (9500 views)
  6. What changes to expect at APS when the school year begins next week (8099 views)
  7. Police investigating armed robbery in Arlington park (8063 views)
  8. Local church and artist memorialize Arlington ICE arrests with ‘stumbling stickers’ (7890 views)
  9. Man beaten and threatened in separate incidents on the Pike (7159 views)
  10. Arlington plans public outreach on rules for impermeable surfaces at single-family homes (6106 views)
  11. NOW: Traffic blocked on Key Bridge as Ukraine’s president visits D.C. (5771 views)
  12. 10 homes that should have sold by now (5464 views)
  13. Whole Foods makes progress on new ‘Daily Shop’ market in Crystal City (5217 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 sunshine and a high temperature of around 84 degrees, with calm winds picking up from the south at 5 to 9 mph during the morning. Saturday night will be partly cloudy with a low temperature close to 68 degrees, and a south wind of 6 to 9 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The first wealth is health.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

🌅 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.