For the second day in a row, Arlington is under an Extreme Heat Warning.
Expect dangerously hot conditions outside for much of the day today (Tuesday), with heat index values rising above 110.
Speed Cams on for Summer School — “The Arlington Public Schools (APS) Summer School Program will run from July 7 through August 1, 2025. To ensure the safety of students as they arrive and depart from school each day, PhotoSPEED safety cameras located at Summer School locations will remain operational throughout the duration of summer learning.” [ACPD]
Arrest After Bus Shelter Smashed — “The man we showed getting arrested by @ArlingtonVaPD at East Falls Church Metro is being investigated by @MetroTransitPD after this bus shelter was smashed last night.” [Dave Statter/X]
Woman Assaulted After Opening Door — “At approximately 12:59 p.m. on June 19, police were dispatched to the report of a suspicious person. Upon arrival, it was determined the female suspect knocked on the female victim’s door. When the victim opened the door, the suspect grabbed the victim, forcing her out of the residence, before making entry to the home. The victim sustained serious, non-life threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital.” [ACPD]
Shoplifting Arrest in Courthouse Metro — “An officer was inside a business when an employee reported a shoplifting just occurred. A lookout was broadcast and the officer located an individual matching the description of the suspect inside the Courthouse Metro Station. The officer attempted to detain the suspect during which he was non-compliant. With the assistance of additional responding officers, he was taken into custody. While in custody, the suspect grabbed two officers.” [ACPD]
Lane Change Crash on I-395 — “Remember, it’s all about you getting to your exit. Nothing else matters. Not the person who slammed on their brakes when you stopped in the middle of the interstate highway. Not the drivers behind them who could have crashed. Not the person whose day you ruined when you pulled in front of them, crunching their car.” [Dave Statter/X]
Arlington Jail, 100 Years Ago — “June 23, 1925 — An investigative story found conditions in Arlington County jail were deplorable #100yearsagotoday. There was overcrowding, 50 people in a space meant for 27, vermin, stench and a single wash basin. It was routine for someone held on a traffic violation to spend the night there.” [Petula Dvorak/IG]
JBG Looking Outside Nat’l Landing — “JBG Smith Properties Inc. has made it official: The Bethesda developer acknowledged Friday that it’s actively exploring acquisition opportunities beyond National Landing. The shift in strategy came in a news release announcing the company’s purchase of Tysons Dulles Plaza in Tysons.” [WBJ]
Va. Home Prices Rise — “There were 10,649 closed sales across the commonwealth in May, 66 fewer sales than a year ago—a 0.6% decrease. Despite lower sales levels, home prices continued to rise in most local markets. Virginia’s median sales price was $440,000 in May, up $15,000 since last year, reflecting a 3.5% increase.” [Press Release]
It’s Tuesday — Expect a sunny, hot day with temperatures reaching up to 101°F and heat index values as high as 111°F, accompanied by a 3 to 6 mph northwest wind. The nighttime will be mostly clear with a low temperature around 79°F and a light northwest breeze. [NWS]
When Eddie Kaufholz and his family moved to Arlington nearly five years ago, they were not thinking about starting a business. They wanted to live in a place that was diverse, interesting and full of opportunity, with a school system they could rely on. Arlington fit.
In the years that followed, working out of a home office off Columbia Pike, he consulted with organizations across Northern Virginia and around the country: nonprofits, advocacy groups, mid-sized companies, agencies of various sizes. The work itself was good. But somewhere across all those projects, he started to notice a pattern.
”The agency model has gotten really bloated,” Kaufholz says. ”Layers, handoffs, middle management. The senior people who pitch the work often disappear once it starts. The idea with PILLAR was to strip all of that down; keep senior people on the work, approach each client with humility and care, do world-class strategy and execution, and pass the efficiency back to the client instead of absorbing it as agency margin.”
That thinking, slowly, became PILLAR, the Arlington-headquartered creative, communications and marketing agency Kaufholz founded.
PILLAR, he says, is built on an old idea. ”An idea that has always been possible but rarely practiced: that an agency should be structured to serve the work itself.” The team that delivers the work is assembled around the specific needs of each client and only stays as long as the work calls for them.
”The senior strategist on your kick-off call is the senior strategist writing your messaging,” Kaufholz says. ”Every person on a project is there because the work specifically calls for them.”
PILLAR’s recent work has spanned human rights, executive leadership, higher education, advocacy and direct-to-consumer ecommerce. The roster has included national nonprofits, a national multimillion-dollar direct-to-consumer brand and a number of institutions navigating significant moments of strategic change. The model is built to scale up to be the agency of record for a national brand, or to scale down to design a logo for a neighborhood nonprofit. PILLAR takes equal pride and care in both.
What Kaufholz did not understand when he started, he said, was how much the County itself would matter in making any of it possible. (more…)
Two Harris Teeter stores in Arlington are closing this summer, the company confirmed Monday night.
The grocery stores — at 950 S. George Mason Drive and 3600 S. Glebe Road — are among four D.C. area Harris Teeter locations set to close. Also closing are stores in North Bethesda and at 8200 Crestwood Heights Drive in the Tysons area.
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 — Jun 23, 2025.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for June 23, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Arlington history festival planned to celebrate nation’s 250th birthday | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:15 am: Falls Church leaders appear lukewarm to partnering with community newspaper | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:00 am: Democrats in Virginia have a big fundraising advantage in the race for governor this year | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Japanese restaurant ‘Honoo Ramen Bar’ opens in Falls Church | 🗣️ Comments
- 12:45 pm: Forecast: High heat to stick around through mid-week, before storms lead to modest cooldown | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: Departing pastor lauded as a ‘lifeline’ for congregation and local community | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: Brij Coffee closes in Crystal City, plans new D.C. location | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: Woman wanted in Arlington GoFundMe fraud case is arrested, accused of stealing $26K | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 9:00 am: Rep & Revive with SPENGA
- 12:30 pm: Botanical Silhouettes: Gelplate & Solar Printmaking Workshop
- 3:00 pm: Mason Square Market
- 👉 3:30 pm: Two Free Workshops: Right-Sizing Planning +Demystifying Retirement Communities
- 5:00 pm: Art Lab
- 6:00 pm: Flex & Flow at Founders Row
- 6:15 pm: ¡Bailemos! Dance with Ferocity Dance Company
☀️ Tuesday’s forecast
Expect a sunny, hot day with temperatures reaching up to 101°F and heat index values as high as 111°F, accompanied by a 3 to 6 mph northwest wind. The nighttime will be mostly clear with a low temperature around 79°F and a light northwest breeze. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.”
– Ella Fitzgerald
🌅 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! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.
Join Jadin O’Brien, Olympic athlete, 3x NCAA pentathlon champion and 10x All-American (heptathlon) winner for this in-person and virtual 5K. This event is sponsored by The Alex Manfull Fund to raise awareness and advance research on debilitating infection-associated neuroimmune disorders (including PANS and PANDAS) that affect young people. The 5K is part of the organization’s 36 Hours for PANS and PANDAS Advocacy in Motion event. Runners will receive a Finisher’s Medal, Technical (Drifit) Event Shirt and A Chip Timed Event. The event commemorates the life of Alex Manfull, who died at age 26 due to PANDAS. Susan and William Manfull established the Fund in their daughter’s name with the vision that no life ever again be cut short—or interrupted—by these illnesses. Learn more at TheAlexManfullFund.org.
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A woman has been arrested after allegedly defrauding a family out of $26,000 following the death of an Arlington resident.
Yesenia Amaya, 34, reportedly created a GoFundMe to support the immediate family of a juvenile who died in September 2023.
A local coffee shop with a social mission has closed after almost two years at Water Park in Crystal City.
But the story isn’t over for Brij Coffee owner Skyler Kelley, who opened the cafe in fall 2023 with the goal of using the business to combat homelessness.
The departing pastor of Calloway United Methodist Church was honored Sunday for her work with the congregation and in the broader community.
The Rev. DeLishia Davis, who is also president of the Arlington NAACP, is leaving “an indelible mark on the lives of Arlingtonians,” County Board Chair Takis Karantonis said during a ceremony at the church, located at 5000 Langston Blvd.
A prolonged period of high heat and humidity starts today in Arlington.
Heat index values are expected well past 100 degrees, reaching around 106 by late afternoon today. Some relief may come Wednesday evening in the form of isolated showers or thunderstorms, but the day will remain dangerously hot overall.
Honoo Ramen Bar, a new Japanese restaurant, is now open at the West Falls development in Falls Church.
Offering a wide menu of ramen, sushi, cocktails and Japanese entrees, the new restaurant is currently soft opening at 153 W. Falls Station Blvd.