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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Dec 19, 2024

By ARLnow.com

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 — Dec 19, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌧️ Friday’s forecast

Expect mostly cloudy conditions with a high near 43 and a calm wind turning northeast at 5 mph in the afternoon, coupled with a 50% chance of rain. Later in the evening, the chance of rain will lessen to 30% before 1 am, while temperatures will dip to around 32. The northwest wind will increase to 6-11 mph with gusts up to 18 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”
– Robert Frost

🌅 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.

Sports

Yorktown girls basketball team challenged by tough opponents

By Dave Facinoli
Olivia Shiplett, right, is a top player for Yorktown (photo by Deb Kolt)

After a tough stretch of eight games in 14 days, including playing five of the stronger teams in the area, the Yorktown Patriots girls squad has a 2-6 overall record opening the 2024-25 basketball season

Yorktown has lost to top high-school teams like the Madison Warhawks, 49-39, South County Stallions, 46-34, Oakton Cougars, 64-46, Chantilly Chargers, 48-42, and defending 6D North Region champion Centreville Wildcats, 70-42. The Patriots’ wins were over the Westfield Bulldogs, 52-36, and Osbourn Eagles, 47-12.

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Sports

Arlington high school sports schedule for Dec. 20-26

By ARLnow.com
O'Connell basketball player Maya Derrick plays defense (photo by Rena Schild)

With the winter break kicking in, the sports schedule for varsity high-school teams in Arlington will be limited until Dec. 26, but there are some games and events this weekend.

The Yorktown girls and boys teams and the Bishop O’Connell boys have basketball games Friday (Dec.20) and there are other sports that day, plus a few on Saturday. There is then a lull until things pick up post-Christmas.

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Announcement

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News

Parking compliance is up as Arlington police leverage new data

By Dan Egitto
Parking meter in Ballston (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Parking compliance is up in Arlington, even as rates of parking tickets and traffic citations held relatively steady this year.

What’s behind the change? One new tool at law enforcement’s disposal this year, county and police spokespeople told ARLnow, is better data on where people are and aren’t paying to park.

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Event

From Arlington to Palestine, People Against Apartheid

Fairlington Community Center Room 118

3308 South Stafford Street

Arlington, Virginia 22206

Website Contact Social

Join Arlington for Palestine and NAACP Arlington Branch for a movie night and community discussion about Israeli apartheid.

We will watch two short Palestinian films about life under Israeli apartheid, hear from a member of Arlington for Palestine about their trip to Palestine last year, and discuss together what all this means to us living in Arlington .

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News

Youngkin proposes car tax relief in his adjusted Virginia budget plan

By The Associated Press
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin in Tysons (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America

RICHMOND (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed a state budget plan on Wednesday to provide tax relief on tips and cars, measures his Republican administration touted as giving money back to middle- and lower-income workers.

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News

ACPD investigating armed carjacking near HQ2

By ARLnow.com
File photo

A delivery driver was carjacked last night on the same block as Amazon’s HQ2.

The incident happened just before 6 p.m. on the 500 block of 14th Street S. in Pentagon City. Police say the driver tried to chase down his car after the suspect hopped in the idling vehicle and started driving away, but the suspect drew a gun and drove off.

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News

Westover man pleads guilty to keeping explosives inside apartment

By Jared Serre
Investigation involving bomb squad underway in Westover (staff photo by Jared Serre)

A 78-year-old man has pleaded guilty to keeping explosives inside his Westover apartment.

Charles Wallace Peters faces a maximum of 10 years in prison following his Tuesday plea, according to Virginia statute.

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News

Arlington police warn of fake ‘missed deliveries’ and other scams

By Jared Serre
File photo

Arlington County police are urging residents to remain alert to a variety of commonly reported scams this holiday season.

Residents are encouraged to be suspicious of unsolicited communications, avoid clicking suspicious links and regularly monitor their bank accounts for unauthorized activity.

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News

Tax hikes, program cuts authorized as county works to fill budget gap

By Scott McCaffrey
County Manager Mark Schwartz (file photo)

County Manager Mark Schwartz has been directed to consider both program cuts and tax increases as he works to fill a fiscal 2026 budget gap currently estimated at $30 million to $40 million.

County Board members on Tuesday night (Dec. 17) voted unanimously to approve budget guidance providing Schwartz the ability to propose tax increases he deems necessary. That could include another increase to the real-estate tax rate.

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