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by Jason Cherkis - Washington City Paper Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Diane Groomes tells City Desk that District kids enrolled in the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) are still getting mugged on paydays. So far, five kids have been mugged on paydays and a...
By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer New York is "the Big Apple" and Chicago "the Windy City," but unless the earnest and obvious "Nation's Capital" is your idea of a cool handle, Washington and its environs have never gotten very far in the civic nickname game. We...
WASHINGTON - Washington area residents are the country's smartest. A recently released study says the Washington region has the most educated population of any large metropolitan center in the country. The study by the Brookings Institution is based on 2008 Census data for the 100 largest...
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit the Washington, D.C. area at 5:04 AM Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake lasted between 5-15 seconds according to resident reports. No deaths, injuries or damages have been reported so far. The earthquake was centered near Gaithersburg,...
NBC News 4 The teen accused of taking a Metrobus out on its route and crashing into a tree apologized Tuesday. Metro police arrested 19-year-old William Jackson Friday and charged him with unauthorized use of a vehicle and fleeing the scene of an accident. Jackson wore a bus...
The District is taking part in the national “See Something, Say Something” security initiative this holiday weekend. DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier is asking residents and visitors to take note of their surroundings and report suspicious items or activities to police. The campaign is part...
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO) Larae King-Day is a construction worker, a father, a musician and a lifelong DC resident. He’s also been out of work for two long years. King-Day trained as a construction worker through the GSA Building Futures Project but has had no luck...
By KAREN GRAY HOUSTON/myfoxdc WASHINGTON - It was like déjà vu at the nation's largest summer youth jobs program and it seems as if every year, it's troubled. It was the first day District kids were to report to work this summer, but they encountered a myriad...
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER By Chris Shott Eight years ago, during a campaign rally in Kalorama Park, I asked then-Mayor Anthony Williams how he intended to woo the District's all-important go-go demographic. At the time, Kevin "Kato" Hammond of Take Me Out to the Go-Go magazine had been lobbying local leaders about...
DC Mayor Adrian Fenty gets down with the Junkyard Band and shows the crowd his rendition of the Hee-Haw! WATCH VIDEO CLIP BELOW: ...
A Metro fare increase has taken effect. Monday morning, rush hour commuters are now facing a base fare of $1.95 -- up from $1.75. Bus fares, meanwhile, are now $1.50 for SmarTrip card users and $1.70 for cash customers. A second phase of increases is planned for Aug....
The Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest (CHHSF) is an annual summer festival that takes place in Marvin Gaye Park in Washington, DC. The festival, held in the DC community that was home to the legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye, is a FREE event that highlights...
Metro encourages rail, bus use on Dump the Pump Day, June 17 Metro is encouraging Washington-area residents to leave their vehicles home and use public transportation for the fifth annual National Dump the Pump Day, Thursday, June 17. The day, sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association...