Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Sunny, with a high near 79 degrees. Calm wind becoming south around six mph in the afternoon. Mostly clear tonight, with a low around 54 degrees. South wind around seven mph. It will be sunny on Tuesday, with a high near 84 degrees. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
🚨 You need to know
A local nonprofit is offering free rides home to potential drunk drivers in the Washington, D.C., metro area during the upcoming Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
The Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) is running its 2025 Cinco de Mayo SoberRide® program from 4 p.m. on Monday, May 5, until 4 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6.
Anyone 21 or older celebrating with alcohol can get a free Lyft ride home (up to $15) by entering a special SoberRide® code in the app.
The SoberRide® service covers Lyft’s entire Washington D.C. area, including parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia.
Since its inception in 1991, WRAP’s SoberRide program has provided 94,669 free, safe rides to potential drunk drivers in the Greater Washington area.
WRAP also runs similar programs on other high-risk holidays like the Super Bowl, St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day, Halloween, and throughout the winter holiday season.
The 2025 Cinco de Mayo SoberRide® campaign is backed by various sponsors, including alcohol companies, local businesses, and government agencies.
You can find the SoberRide® code at 3 p.m. on May 5 at www.SoberRide.com.
Here’s what else you need to know
👉 Virginia Mercury reports that all of Virginia’s educational divisions, except two, have signed Title VI certifications pledging their commitment to treating all students equally regardless of their race, following a mandate by the state education department that builds on President Donald Trump administration’s campaign to demolish diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federally-funded agencies.
On Monday, ALXnow confirmed that Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) did sign the certification. ACPS provided ALXnow with the following response;
“ACPS received a request from the United States Department of Education via the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) that requests school divisions that receive federal funding to certify that they comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Because ACPS complies with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt submitted certification to VDOE last week”.
✍🏻 Alexandria is asking residents to weigh in on plans to make Seminary Road safer. The city is looking at ways to improve safety for everyone using the stretch between George Mason Drive and North Beauregard Street.
🏥 The City of Alexandria and the Opioid Treatment Program are hosting the fourth annual National Fentanyl Awareness Day today from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center. The event will feature education, demonstrations, treatment information, health resources, free distribution of Narcan (r) overdose medication and test strips for fentanyl and other drugs.
🚲 Over the last two weeks, ALXnow readers have been voting for their favorite bicycle shop in Alexandria. We’ll be tallying up and verifying those votes and will have the results later today.
🏈 The Baltimore Ravens selected Robert Longerbeam, a 24-year-old cornerback from Alexandria, in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL draft on Saturday (April 26). Picked 212th overall, Longerbeam is a graduate of T.C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) and played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights from 2020 to 2024.
📈 Monday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for April 28, 2025.
📅 Upcoming events
Here’s what’s happening today in Alexandria.
Things To Do
- 10 a.m.: English Language Learning (ELL) 1 Workshop – Beginner Conversation at Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
- 4:30 p.m.: Tuesday We Play (ages 5-12) – Martes de juegos (De 5 a 12 años) at Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
- 5 p.m.: One-On-One Computer Help at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
- 5:30 p.m.: Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop at Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
- 7 p.m.: Sip & Script at Aslin ALX
- 219 Restaurant: Justin Gillen Trio at 9 p.m.
- Augie’s Mussel House: Live music at 5 p.m.
- Hops N Shine: Trivia at 6:30 p.m.
- Laporta’s Restaurant: Antonio James at 6 p.m.
- Lena’s: The Walkaways at 6 p.m.
- Lost Dog Cafe: Trivia at 7 p.m.
- Murphy’s Grand Irish Pub: Trivia at 8:15 p.m.
- O’Shaughnessy’s Pub: Trivia Night at 9 p.m.
- Rock It Grill: Karaoke at 9:30 p.m.
- The Birchmere Music Hall: Leonid & Friends at 7:30 p.m.
City of Alexandria
- 8 a.m.: National Fentanyl Awareness Day
- 4 p.m.: Child, Youth Fam. Scoring Committee
- 5:30 p.m.: Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop
- 6 p.m.: “Embrace Your Voice” Poetry Share for SAAM
- 6 p.m.: City of Alexandria Community Cookout
- 6:30 p.m.: Housing Preservation Panel (Hybrid)
