Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny skies and a high of 71, as light west winds increase to 11-16 mph in the morning, potentially gusting up to 29 mph. For Wednesday night, the skies will remain clear, with a low around 47 and northwest winds at 6-8 mph.
Alexandria City Manager Jim Parajon has hired Tarrick McGuire as Alexandria’s new police chief.
McGuire, the assistant chief of police in Arlington, Texas, has been with that department since 2003 — just three years before Parajon started working in that city government in 2006. There was no mention of their relationship or knowing each other in the release to the public.
An Alexandria charity has been awarded $1.9 million in federal funds to train behavioral health professionals to work with people suffering from racial disparities, drug addicts, and students with mental health disorders.
The funding was announced today in a joint statement by Virginia’s U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. It’s part of a $2.2 million package to fund education programs in Alexandria, Richmond and Harrisonburg.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested by US Marshals and charged in a hit-and-run that hospitalized a local teen and caused a lockdown at George Washington Middle School.
29-year-old Zsavon Walters has been charged with malicious wounding and hit and run with a personal injury related to a crash at the corner of Montgomery and N. Patrick Streets on Oct. 4, 2023.
George Mason University is hosting a special discussion tomorrow night with Alexandria’s Mayor Justin Wilson and Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey about trends in local governance.
The discussion is being cohosted by Agenda Alexandria and Advance Arlington and moderated by local journalist Michael Lee Pope. The program, titled 21st Century Governing: Are Local Officials In Sync with Constituents?, is scheduled to run from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Arlington campus of George Mason University (3351 Fairfax Drive). Admission is free.
Alexandria’s slate of Democratic City Council candidates will square off against Republican and Independent challengers in a forum next week.
The Potomac Yard Civic Association and Taylor Run Citizens’ Association are hosting a forum on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Charles Houston Rec Center (901 Wythe Street).
If you’ve got a sweet tooth, two Alexandria businesses just made Washingtonian’s list for making the best desserts in the D.C. area.
The Washingtonian food editors chose the olive-oil cake at Thompson Italian (1024 King Street) and “the big apple” at Goodies Frozen Custard and Treats (200 Commerce Street) as their go-to last course.
A new gallery on display this month at the Del Ray Artisans Gallery (2704 Mount Vernon Avenue) explores the risks and opportunities new technology like machine learning pose for artists.
The exhibit “Artificial or Intelligence?” explores the impact AI trends are having on artists. That impact has, by and large, been almost entirely negative, with image generating software stealing from the work of human artists, but the gallery offers that exhibit viewers should draw their own conclusions.
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny skies and a high temperature near 69°F accompanied by a northwest wind at 6 to 8 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 50°F and a gentle west wind at 3 to 5 mph.
The menu at Zuki Moon Asian Kitchen and Cocktail Bar has been replaced.
It’s been a year since the restaurant at 1909 Mount Vernon Avenue was rebranded from KAiZEN Tavern into the Japanese-Filipino gastro bar (complete with AI artwork — see the hands of Ting Ting), the dining options have changed yet again.
Personal property taxes, also known as car taxes, are due today in Alexandria, and new penalties make late payments pricey.
City Council approved City Manager Jim Parajon’s proposal in the spring to increase the late payment penalty from a flat rate of:
