- The Times continues their long-running hit on the city’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services with this piece about a Northwest Washington group home which apparently never kept records on “inspections, escapes or unusual incidents” at the facility.
- Logan Circle karaoke and open-mic institution 1409 Playbill Cafe is reportedly looking for a new home.
- Metro is preparing for tomorrow’s snow, “anticipates operating its normal services on Tuesday.”
- Jason Cherkis finds that the only entity who won’t talk about the plight of a ward of the District is the District government.
- Signs are going up around Metro stations reminding people to keep a tight grip on their phones and electronic devices.
- Ryan Kearney FOIAs the details of that Transformers 3/police cruiser crash and finds that the crash caused more than $42,000 in damages. It’s still not entirely clear who is to blame — and hence, who will pay — for the accident, though.
- Greater Greater Washington notes that a plan to reform WMATA’s governance by a coalition of the Virginia, Maryland and District Department of Transportations excludes some Northern Virginian concerns.
- The City Fix has a nice rundown of the District’s recent history with streetcars, and chats with former DDOT Director and city administrator Dan Tangherlini.
- The Post’s gossip folks say that reality television is coming into vogue among power D.C. circles, as long as such shows’ producers “maintain the authenticity of Washington,” whatever that means.
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