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Sandlot, an events pop-up, comes to Tysons’ The Boro 06/25/2021 08:43am • The team behind Sandlot pop-up events in D.C. has been called in to transform a development near the Greensboro Metro station in Tysons. It will be an events and cultural space that will tie into the restaurants and retailers at The Boro development. (Courtesy byzig) What can a developer do with DC leaders want alternatives so pedestrians can cross DC 295 after bridge collapse 06/24/2021 05:34pm • D.C. leaders say they are thankful that the collapse of a pedestrian bridge over D.C. 295 was not deadly, and now they want to know what plans are being made to offer pedestrians a safe way to cross the busy highway. Ward 7 Council member Vincent Gray noted how fortunate the community is that the 2 teens arrested and charged with stealing car with 2-year-old girl inside 06/24/2021 04:57pm • Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested after police said they stole a vehicle at a gas station in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, with a 2-year-old girl inside. Montgomery County police said a woman was vacuuming her car in a gas station parking lot on the 8600 block of Georgia Avenue on the m Fairfax officials, housing advocates worry about evictions once moratorium ends 06/24/2021 01:37pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Mozell Ingram is a month behind on her rent and although she is receiving emergency rental assistance through Fairfax County, the mother CASA launches the care for all coalition to address the health insurance gap in Prince George’s County 06/24/2021 01:34pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Saira Cortez has had a rough six months: She was diagnosed with a hemorrhage and anemia that required her to see specialists and receive blo DC police report details close calls in pedestrian bridge collapse 06/24/2021 12:59pm • The aftermath of the bridge collapse in Northeast D.C. Wednesday. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) The police report of the truck crash that brought down a pedestrian bridge over D.C. 295 Wednesday morning details some very near misses that easily could have caused serious injuries or worse, with one car h Alexandria hosts 'Growing Pride in the Garden' event with rainbow planters 06/24/2021 11:20am • Pride Month officially wraps one week from Thursday, but there's still time to celebrate. The Garden ALX hosts "Growing Pride in the Garden" on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. "Our nonprofit Athena was looking for something to do with Pride Month," Programming and Marketing Senior Associate Woman shot dead in car in Columbia parking garage 06/24/2021 10:54am • A woman died after she was shot in her car in a garage across the street from a mall in Columbia, Maryland, Wednesday night. Howard County police said Victoria Ann Santiago, 47, of Windsor Mill, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound around 9:20 p.m. across from The Mall in Columbia. She was Montgomery County releases 86-step climate action plan 06/24/2021 08:18am • Montgomery County, Maryland, calls its plan to deal with climate change one of the most ambitious for a local government in the nation. The plan includes 86 specific steps aimed at accomplishing its goals. Among them are disincentivizing and ending natural gas utilities in new construction, DC 295 reopens after pedestrian bridge collapses, injuring 5 06/24/2021 05:00am • D.C. officials clarified the status of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto D.C. 295 in Northeast D.C., after a truck hit the structure, shutting down a major roadway for thousands of drivers and causing traffic delays. The highway reopened around 1 a.m., after having been shut down for more t Former Richmond case worker pleads guilty in fraud case 06/23/2021 05:34pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former case worker with the Richmond Department of Social Services has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with a scam that diverted more than $13,000 in benefits intended for a woman killed in a car crash. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Richmond says 47-year-old De Frederick launches 'crisis response car' sending mental health professionals, EMTs with police to certain calls 06/23/2021 05:10pm • A new program in the City of Frederick, Maryland, aims to better de-escalate emergency mental health calls. It's called the Crisis Response Car, and the new unmarked vehicle will have a mental health professional from Sheppard Pratt, an EMT or paramedic and a Frederick police officer on board. What a chameleon has to do with combatting distracted driving 06/23/2021 03:17pm • High school student Nathan Ong's radio ad points out that chameleons can focus their eyes on two things at once. Human beings, on the other hand, can't. "Unless you're a chameleon, there's absolutely no way you can focus on texting and driving at the same time," the ad says. It's one of the wi 'DC is open': Bowser holds rally to encourage tourists to explore the city 06/23/2021 03:06pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'd2688fa2-2ed2-467f-a8fa-1c604870d316' }).render("41661536a682c59b");}); D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants tourists Bowie preschool mourns the loss of beloved teacher's aide 06/22/2021 06:26pm • A Bowie, Maryland, preschool is mourning the sudden loss of a beloved assistant teacher who was found dead in an Annapolis apartment last weekend. The body of Erica Bonora, 39, was found Saturday at a home in the 1000 block of Spa Road. "She will be sorely missed. ... This hurts very deeply, f