It was a double-whammy for two Yorktown Patriots lacrosse teams in the championship games of the 6D North Region tournaments.
Both lost at different venues in Thursday-night (May 29) action.
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 — May 30, 2025.
- 5:30 am: Notice: Virginia ABC permit application by Buffalo & Bergen | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for May 30, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Committee considers looser rules for signs at Arlington businesses | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:15 am: Thieves smash glass, steal cash at eight Rosslyn and Courthouse businesses | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:00 am: Poll: The best food truck in Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:15 am: E-scooter sparks apartment fire near Ballston | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: FBI nabs suspect in classified document case in Arlington park | 🗣️ Comments
- 12:45 pm: Podcast: A bad day at the pool and a new Falls Church date spot | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: ‘Tous les Jours’ French and Asian style bakery opens in Pentagon City | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: County Board candidates condemn Trump’s immigration crackdown, but propose few local changes | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: Arlington VFW post gets new leadership, plans more outreach efforts | 🗣️ Comments
- 5:15 pm: JUST IN: Tornado Watch in effect for D.C. area | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- FBI nabs suspect in classified document case in Arlington park (7618 views)
- Arlington Drafthouse owners step down, handing reins to longtime manager (6172 views)
- Power outage reported in Falls Church and parts of Arlington (6147 views)
- Arlington leaders seek Richmond’s help, warn of ‘widespread damage’ from federal spending bill (5816 views)
- ACPD: Drunk man who threatened kids tried to grab officer’s gun (5482 views)
- Tenants and officials spent months fighting for improvements at Amazon-funded apartments (5113 views)
- Thieves smash glass, steal cash at eight Rosslyn and Courthouse businesses (5676 views)
- Review board doesn’t like aesthetics of planned Inn of Rosslyn redevelopment (4905 views)
- Theft suspect pepper sprayed, arrested after fracas at Pentagon City mall (4271 views)
- NEW: Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center closes after possible burst pipe (3976 views)
- Downed trees, sparking wires amid rain and wind (3271 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 6:00 am: Climb for Free at Movement Crystal City on 5/31
- 9:00 am: VHC Health’s Annual Cancer Survivors Day: Celebrating the Strength Within
- 9:30 am: Sip + See at Full Circle Montessori School
- 9:45 am: Drew Day & Dragon Dash!
- 11:00 am: Yoga in the Galleries at Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington
- 11:00 am: Community Picnic and Joining Fair
- 12:00 pm: Lyrics for Lunch Open Mic
- 12:00 pm: Single Payer Health Fair
- 1:00 pm: : Arlington Historical Museum open FREE
- 1:30 pm: Day Passionate Soccer Player
- 2:00 pm: Follow the Tracks
- 2:00 pm: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Scavenger Hunt Pre-Show Experience
- 2:00 pm: From Fleece to Cloth: Reenactment at Ball Seller’s House
- 👉 5:00 pm: Envision: A concert by the Arlington Chorale
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 8:30 am: Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Washington D.C. Run/Walk
- 10:00 am: Sunprints and Shadow Tracing // Music From Rook Richards
- 10:00 am: MoCA on the Move: Family Pride Event
- 11:00 am: Crystal City community cleanup
- 1:00 pm: Arlington Historical Museum open FREE
- 👉 4:00 pm: PRIDE Evensong
- 5:00 pm: Pastoral Installation, Reverend Dr. André D. Ivy, 10th Sr. Pastor of Mount Zion
⛈️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, with possible showers and storms between 4-5pm, and a continuing chance after 5pm. The day will be mostly sunny with a high near 71 and a west wind of 14 mph, gusting up to 24 mph. There’s a 60% chance of precipitation, and new rainfall amounts could range between a tenth and a quarter of an inch. Saturday night will be mostly clear with a low of 49 and northwest winds of 8-13 mph, gusting up to 22 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
🌅 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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Arlington and the D.C. area are under a Tornado Watch until midnight.
The watch was issued around 5 p.m. Friday, after weather models suggested a risk of severe storms, some of which might spawn tornados.
Arlington-Based ICA Language Services Marks 40 Years Supporting US Military and Diplomatic Community
ICA Language Services (ICA), a family-owned, woman-led small business based in Arlington, is celebrating its 40th anniversary, marking decades of supporting the U.S. military and diplomatic community through language training and testing.
Founded in April 1986 as Inlingua Foreign Language Center, a 6-classroom language school, ICA expanded under the leadership of Deidre Doyle, an entrepreneur with a background in organizational management who joined the company the same year. As a military spouse, she had developed a deep understanding of military organizations and culture, helping shape ICA into a trusted provider of language training and testing for military professionals. Doyle became a partner in 1993 and sole owner in 2009, when she changed the name to ICA Language Services.
Leadership is changing but the focus remains the same for Arlington’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3150.
Those efforts include service to military veterans coupled with initiatives benefiting youth and the county as a whole.
Join us at Surfside Tenleytown for a Cinco de Mayo celebration you won’t want to miss! 🌮✨ An event for the whole family! Enjoy classic margaritas, Happy Hour specials, and buy two, get one free tacos (all day, dine-in only), along with face painting and balloon twisting from 3:30–7:30pm and live music from 5–10pm. Reserve your table today on Resy!
Arlington’s Democratic candidates for County Board are critical of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown but acknowledge limits to how local governments can take him on.
Both incumbent County Board Chair Takis Karantonis, who immigrated to the United States from Greece, and challenger James DeVita, an attorney whose practice includes immigration law, offered similar thoughts at a recent Arlington NAACP forum.
An Asian and French inspired bakery franchise from South Korea has opened for business in Pentagon City.
Tous les Jours opened last week at 1100 S. Hayes Street, where Maizal closed last summer. The cafe-bakery offers drinks and freshly baked breads, cakes and pastries with international influences.
The weekend is here and so is a new episode of the ARLnow podcast.
In the latest episode, Lene, Dan and Katie discuss a few notable local news stories in Arlington from the past week, including:
- A product using QR codes for item recovery.
- Tenants facing major issues at an apartment building that Amazon helped an affordable housing nonprofit buy.
- The opening of a new fantasy bookstore and cafe in Falls Church.
- Long Bridge Aquatics and Fitness Center having maintenance issues with some kind of burst pipe.
Let us know what you think about the new podcast format in the comments or via email.
Watch below on YouTube, or listen to the podcast via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Audacy, TuneIn or your favorite listening app.
A 28-year-old Alexandria man is due in court today after he allegedly tried to pass classified documents to a foreign government.
Nathan Vilas Laatsch was employed as an IT specialist for the Defense Intelligence Agency when he “offered to provide classified information to a friendly foreign government,” according to the Justice Department.
A smoky apartment fire sparked by an e-scooter could have been much worse if not for a sprinkler system.
The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. on the first floor of The Jordan, a four-story apartment building at 801 N. Wakefield Street, in the Bluemont neighborhood near Ballston. Arriving firefighters reported encountering smoke, an electrical fire, and residents evacuating the building.