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Target won't be left out of this year's Prime Day 09/29/2020 07:54am • Target isn't letting Amazon hog the sales spotlight during Prime Day. The big-box store is once again bringing back its own version of the event. On October 13 and 14, Target is holding Deal Days (the same days as Amazon's Prime Day event). The retailer promises that this year's sales extravaganz Looking for something to do? Hit the roads less traveled for a day trip on the back road. 09/29/2020 06:43am • This content is sponsored by Fair Oaks Motors. Usually when you get in the car it’s to go from point A to B, hit the highway and there isn’t much to it. How about mixing it up? Just beyond the highway and byways of the D.C. region lies something magical. The roads less traveled can turn a Restaurant workers receive online training on handling angry customers 09/27/2020 09:34pm • Restaurant workers are now training on how to avoid a fight or confrontations with customers during the coronavirus pandemic. The National Restaurant Association released a series of free online videos to restaurant and hospitality workers on how to de-escalate conflicts with customers. Servic Helen Hayes Awards crown 'A Chorus Line,' 'Fame' as local theater champs 09/25/2020 08:10pm • The 36th annual Helen Hayes Awards were supposed to be May 18 at The Anthem. However, due to the pandemic, the winners were announced virtually on Friday. Winners were divided into “Hayes” for Equity casts and “Helen” for non-Equity casts. On the Equity side, Signature Theatre's "A No Taste of Georgetown this fall, but there’s a replacement 09/25/2020 11:42am • The streatery at Thunder Burger. (Georgetown BID/Sam Kittner) Taste of Georgetown, a one-day event that draws crowds to Georgetown for big restaurant deals, will not be held this fall, for the first time in 27 years. But it’s being replaced by a more pandemic-conscious event called Taste and S Berkeley to be first US city to ban junk food and candy in grocery checkout aisles 09/25/2020 08:23am • The city of Berkeley, California, is trying to make its residents healthier. As part of a health initiative, Berkeley is getting ready to become the first city in the US to require large grocery stores to stop selling junk food and candy in checkout aisles. The new rule is expected to go into eff Visit Alexandria details pandemic's tourism hit — and its comeback plans 09/24/2020 02:14pm • In a normal year, tourism brings in about $50 million in annual consumption taxes to the City of Alexandria, which the Virginia city uses to fund local services such as public safety, transportation, human services and education. This year, the city was on track. Then, the coronavirus pandemic en IKEA wants to reimburse Md. for unemployment benefits paid to furloughed workers 09/23/2020 12:06pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. IKEA last month offered to reimburse the state of Maryland for the unemployment benefits the state paid to the retail giant’s furloughed w DC area joins nationwide trend of first-time gun ownership 09/22/2020 04:11am • Cedric Barnes, owner of Barnes 1st Step Firearms Training in Southeast D.C., teaches student Teia Hill how to control a gun’s recoil by adjusting her stance and grip. (WTOP/Matthew Delaney) The sounds of gunfire ringing through her Southeast D.C. neighborhood had always kept Neta Vaught away f After DC's record summer rain, some road closures to last through 2021 09/22/2020 01:51am • Record summer rainfall and some flash flooding damaged several D.C.-area bridges, resulting in a need for repairs that may not be complete until next year. In July, August and September, tropical torrents unloaded bursts of heavy rain on localized parts of the region. The extreme rainfall rates a Commuter Connections wants you to commit to a car free Tuesday 09/21/2020 10:52pm • 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. Commuter Connections, a regional network of transportation organizations, is hosting its annual "Car Free Day" Tuesday, and is urging the Smithsonian to reopen 2 more museums Friday 09/21/2020 02:01pm • The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and National Museum of the American Indian will reopen to the public Friday. There will be some health and safety changes due to the pandemic, however. Both museums will have reduced hours, and visitors will need to reserve free timed-entry What's in a retail rent deferral? Saul Centers offers some insight. 09/21/2020 01:30pm • Saul Centers Inc. (NYSE: BFS) has seen a gradual increase in its retail rent collections and a reduction in the number of tenants seeking rent deferrals as Covid-19 restrictions have eased and shoppers return. For those tenants that did receive deferrals in either the second quarter of 2020 or th Foundation Coffee is the first roaster in Fairfax City 09/21/2020 08:54am • Fairfax City's Foundation Coffee roasts in small batches using beans from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil and Tanzania, among others. (Courtesy Foundation Coffee Roasters) Government IT contractor Hae Kim has pursued a dream of pivoting to a gourmet coffee roaster with the grand opening of Community Spotlight: Japanese food hall set to open in Capitol Crossing 09/20/2020 10:52pm • This content is sponsored by United Bank. Opening up a restaurant in the middle of a pandemic is no easy task, but Eric Eden, co-owner of Unconventional Diner in Northwest DC is up for the challenge. He, along with Internationally acclaimed Sushi taro chef Makoto Okuwa will bring a Japanese food