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Published December 14, 2016 at 9:00AM

County to Buy Houses for Fire Station — The Arlington County Board last night approved the purchase of two houses on N. Culpeper Street for a total of $1.68 million. The houses are needed for the construction of a new Fire Station No. 8. One house will be torn down to make way for a temporary fire station, while the other will serve as quarters for firefighters at the station. [Arlington County]

Boeing to Move Defense HQ to Arlington — Boeing is moving the headquarters of its Defense, Space and Security unit from St. Louis to its existing regional HQ in Crystal City. The move will bring about a dozen top executives and fifty support staff to Arlington. [Washington Business Journal]

BREAKING: Road Closed After Pedestrians Struck by Car in Tara-Leeway Heights

By ARLnow.com

Published December 13, 2016 at 6:55PM | Updated December 14, 2016 at 2:59PM

Map of Washington Blvd and N. Inglewood Street (via Google Maps)

Update on 12/14/16 — The driver of the car was cited for failure to yield, said Arlington County Police Department spokeswoman Ashley Savage. The victims’ injuries are reported to be non-life-threatening.

“Mother and child struck were walking in the crosswalk,” Savage said, describing the circumstances of the crash. “[The] vehicle driver reported not seeing the pedestrians.”

BREAKING: Cops Chase Stolen D.C. Police Car Down I-395 in Rush Hour Traffic

By ARLnow.com

Published December 13, 2016 at 6:00PM | Updated December 14, 2016 at 3:13PM

End of I-395 rush hour chase

(Updated at 6:10 p.m.) D.C. police and Virginia State Police chased a stolen D.C. Housing Authority Police car down I-395 in heavy rush hour traffic Tuesday night.

Initial reports suggest a woman wanted for crack cocaine-related drug charges stole the police car in D.C. and then drove it onto I-395 in the direction of Virginia. The chase entered Arlington via the 14th Street Bridge around 5:30 p.m.

Police: Repeat DUI Offender Crashes into ACPD Vehicle While Drunk

By ARLnow.com

Published December 13, 2016 at 3:45PM

The wreck happened on northbound I-395, approaching the Pentagon, just after 12:30 a.m.

Police say Julio Cesar Marcia Castro, a 27-year-old Maryland resident, crashed into a police SUV that was pulled over on an unrelated traffic stop. Luckily, no one was inside the police vehicle at the time of the crash.

Police: Drunk Woman Steals Car, Crashes It Seconds Later

By ARLnow.com

Published December 13, 2016 at 1:30PM | Updated December 13, 2016 at 2:24PM

Photo courtesy Doug Wendt

A drunk woman stole a car in Crystal City but then crashed it three blocks down the road, police say.

The incident happened around 11 a.m. on Sunday. It started, police say, when a woman “entered an unoccupied but running vehicle” on the 2200 block of S. Clark Street.

Road Blocked in Pentagon City Due to Police Situation

By ARLnow.com

Published December 13, 2016 at 12:05PM

Arlington police car (file photo)

Police are shutting down 12th Street S. between Army Navy Drive and S. Eads Street, near the Lenox Club and the Point at Pentagon City apartments.

Initial reports suggest that there is a man on one of the apartment balconies who is being uncooperative with police.

Arlington Boathouse Plan Slowly Moves Forward

By Katie Pyzyk

Published December 13, 2016 at 11:15AM | Updated December 14, 2016 at 5:06PM

View of Key Bridge, the Potomac River and D.C. from the Waterview building in Rosslyn

There’s a renewed push for action on the decades-old plan to build a boathouse in the Rosslyn area.

County and federal officials want the public to know that although the project has stopped and restarted several times, it definitely hasn’t been scrapped.

Florida Man Arrested for Flashing Man During Parking Dispute

By ARLnow.com

Published December 13, 2016 at 10:15AM

File photo

The incident happened shortly before 1 p.m. Friday on the 1200 block of S. Hayes Street, near the Pentagon City mall.

“Following a verbal dispute between two parties over parking, a male subject allegedly exposed his genitals to a male victim,” according to an Arlington County Police Department crime report.

Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published December 13, 2016 at 9:15AM

Lyon Park Mansion Auction Is Tonight — The huge “Pershing Manor” mansion at 3120 N. Pershing Drive is scheduled to hit the auction block at 5 p.m. tonight. The opening bid is $750,000, though the property is assessed at $4 million. [ARLnow, ARLnow]

McHenry Talks About Towing Spat — ESPN sportscaster Britt McHenry is opening up about the time she berated an Advanced Towing employee in Arlington — and was caught on camera doing so, in a video that would go viral around the world. McHenry says she regrets what she said during the 2015 incident. The fallout has hurt her both professionally and personally, she says. [Marie Claire]

UPDATED: Woman Struck By Car in Crystal City

By ARLnow.com

Published December 12, 2016 at 5:25PM | Updated December 12, 2016 at 8:18PM

An elderly woman has been struck by a vehicle at the intersection of 23rd Street S. and S. Fern Street.

The incident was reported just after 5 p.m.

Man Arrested After Kicking, Punching Police Dog in Clarendon

By ARLnow.com

Published December 12, 2016 at 12:20PM

File photo

The incident happened just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday, on the 3200 block of Wilson Blvd.

Police say 24-year-old Christian Taylor, of New Carrollton, forced entry into a restaurant and struck an employee in the face as part of a burglary. Police were called and arrived while the man was still inside the business.

Arlington County Board Approves New Airbnb Regulations

By ARLnow.com

Published December 12, 2016 at 11:15AM

Such rentals were previously prohibited by the county’s Zoning Ordinance, though that didn’t stop hundreds, if not thousands, of local residents from listing and renting their homes on Airbnb, Craigslist and other services.

Above the objections of Arlington Republicans, and a “no” vote by John Vihstadt, four of the five County Board members voted to approve regulations that legalize Airbnb rentals while enacting certain restrictions.