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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 27, 2026

By ARLnow.com
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Good Thursday 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 27, 2026.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌦️ Friday’s forecast

After 2pm, expect a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, with patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, it will be partly sunny with a high of about 87°F, and calm winds becoming north at around 6 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday night will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, and then a slight chance of showers until 2am. The night will be mostly cloudy with a low of around 69°F and a light north wind, with a 20% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”
– Vince Lombardi

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

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

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Good Trouble Roasters aiming to open next month in Cherrydale

By Dan Egitto
Outdoor cafe seating in front of a brick building, with black rectangular planters and multicolored metal chairs around black tables.
Good Trouble Roasters at 3800 Langston Blvd (courtesy of Mike Greiner)

A new cafe with in-house coffee roasting and imaginative decor is getting ready to open in Cherrydale next month.

Good Trouble Roasters is approaching the final stages of construction at 3800 Langston Blvd, owner Mike Greiner told ARLnow. Signage is up and the interior appears close to ready, but he said he’ll still need a few more weeks to open.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 26, 2026

By ARLnow.com
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Good Wednesday 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 26, 2026.

📅 Upcoming events

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

⛈️ Thursday’s forecast

Showers and thunderstorms are possible, mainly after 2pm, with some storms potentially severe. Expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 90, with south winds at 7 to 10 mph and a 30% chance of rain. Thursday night, there’s a greater chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially before midnight, with a low around 69. The sky will be mostly cloudy, winds will become calm, and the chance of rain is 50%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
– Booker T. Washington

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

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

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Il Radicchio completes first orders at new Clarendon location

By Dan Egitto
Exterior view of a modern storefront with a red MAZARO sign, string lights, and large glass windows.
Il Radicchio's new location at 2909 Wilson Blvd (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Il Radicchio has been making progress on reopening at its new location in Clarendon.

The family-owned Italian restaurant is in the process of relocating from its longtime location at 1801 Clarendon Blvd, which closed in late May, to the former home of Mazaro at 2909 Wilson Blvd.

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New Arlington-based startup provides helpers for everyday tasks

By Dan Egitto
A Hago "helper" meets a customer (courtesy of Hago)

A new startup based in Arlington seeks to make it easier to hire help for common household chores.

Hago connects Northern Virginia residents with “helpers” who are paid to handle everyday tasks such as pet care, yard work and housework like laundry and cleaning. It’s been growing over the last few months, offering a simpler way to hire support without having to navigate various specialized services.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 25, 2026

By ARLnow.com
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Good Tuesday 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 25, 2026.

📅 Upcoming events

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

⛅️ Wednesday’s forecast

Today will be mostly sunny with a high of around 88°F. Winds will be calm, shifting to the south at 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Tonight, expect mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 a.m.; the low will be around 71°F, with a south wind at 9 mph. There is a 30% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Chance favors the prepared mind.”
– Louis Pasteur

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

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

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New pizzeria with jumbo slice and Italian food opens in Cherrydale

By Dan Egitto
Smiling kitchen worker in a gray shirt behind an enormous cheese pizza on a stainless prep table in a commercial kitchen.
Tatiana Pizza owner Abu Ali pulls a jumbo slice pizza out of the oven at 3610 Langston Blvd (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A pizzeria with eye-popping portions and a wide menu of pasta and subs has opened along Langston Blvd.

Tatiana Pizza is in the process of soft opening at 3610 Langston Blvd, serving up steaming slabs of its signature 32-inch pies alongside dishes like chicken alfredo, eggplant parmesan and Italian cold cut subs.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 24, 2026

By ARLnow.com
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Good Monday 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 24, 2026.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌥️ Tuesday’s forecast

There will be increasing clouds with a high of around 86 degrees and a northwest wind blowing at 5 to 8 mph. On Tuesday night, expect partly cloudy skies with temperatures dropping to about 64 degrees, and a light northwest wind. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”
– George Bernard Shaw

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

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

Thanks for reading! If you have something to say about an issue of local note not covered today, feel free to discuss it on our new Disqus-powered community message board.

Solace Outpost brewpub taking over El Rey taqueria in Ballston

By Dan Egitto
Outdoor seating area with orange benches and tables beside a building featuring a blue triangle-pattern wall with string lights above.
The future home of a Solace Outpost location in Ballston (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A taqueria and margarita bar has closed its doors in Ballston, with plans to reopen next month as a brewpub.

Solace Outpost is taking over the El Rey space at 4201 Wilson Blvd, swapping out tacos, quesadillas and signature cocktails for bar fare and beers from Solace Brewing Company.

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New in the ARLnow app: a real-time scanner feed and a daily audio briefing

By ARLnow.com
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The ARLnow app just picked up two big new features, starting with a real-time feed of local public safety incidents.

The other is a daily audio briefing — a 4-5 minute rundown of the past day of ARLnow original reporting, playable from the home screen.

Free — no account required.

The Scanner tab, in the bottom navigation bar, lists incidents as they’re dispatched: what was reported, a plain-English summary, the block or intersection, and a timestamp.

Scanner reports are preliminary by nature. Details change once crews get on scene, and some calls turn out to be nothing at all — the feed shows what’s being dispatched, then updates the summary when possible as the incident unfolds.

The daily briefing plays with one tap and covers roughly the past 24 hours of our reporting, in the same vein as the Daily Update podcast that launched earlier this month.

Audio summaries were on the “coming soon” list when the app launched three weeks ago. Already live from that same launch: section browsing, push alerts for the topics you pick, the local forecast, dark mode, article read-aloud, saved stories and in-app news tips.

Both additions are free, like everything else in the app.

Kick the tires and let us know what you think — there’s more coming.

ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 21, 2026

By ARLnow.com
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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 21, 2026.

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

  1. UPDATED: Two pedestrians fatally struck by drivers Sunday night (27225 views)
  2. UPDATED: Suspicious package in office building shuts down road in Ballston (24510 views)
  3. Police identify woman struck and killed in S. Glebe Road crash (16391 views)
  4. Advanced Towing sues Arlington County, seeking to increase the cost of getting towed (13582 views)
  5. NOW: Bicyclist struck and injured in Bluemont (11347 views)
  6. ICE agents reportedly injure man in Arlington, prompting outcry from officials (11045 views)
  7. Man retrieves goats from animal control, finishes journey to D.C. and hits the road (10094 views)
  8. ACPD: Fight breaks out, replica weapon leads to arrest at Arlington County Fair (9662 views)
  9. Arlington elementary schoolers could get fewer than 180 days of class this year (7992 views)
  10. Free ice cream coming to Ballston tomorrow in new ‘pop-up park’ series (6510 views)
  11. WEATHER ALERT: Storm, flood watches issued for Arlington and parts of D.C. area (6357 views)
  12. New cupcake and ice cream shop opening soon in Falls Church (6225 views)
  13. Arlington man, 51, arrested after gunfire at Gunston Middle School basketball court (6040 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 possibly a thunderstorm before 2 pm, followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms until 5 pm, with areas of fog in the morning. The high will be near 79°F with east winds at 3 to 7 mph. Rainfall could reach a quarter to half an inch, and there is an 80% chance of precipitation. Saturday night will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms from 8 pm to 11 pm, then isolated showers, with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 68°F. Winds will be light and variable, with a 50% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
– Norman Vincent Peale

🌅 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! If you have something to say about an issue of local note not covered today, feel free to discuss it on our new Disqus-powered community message board. 👋

Restaurant Week begins today in Falls Church and next week in Arlington

By Ryan Cole
Sliced barbecued ribs on a white plate, dark crusted exterior and pink smoke ring visible, with side dishes in the background.
Steak at Morton's Steakhouse (via Morton's Steakhouse/Instagram)

Two separate restaurant weeks are arriving in Arlington, Falls Church and elsewhere in the D.C. area, offering discounts on three-course meals and more.

In Arlington, 15 restaurants are participating in this year’s Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week, which begins on Monday and includes establishments throughout the D.C. area. It continues through Sunday, Aug. 30.

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