Photo by Aziz .- Jenny Rogers fact-checks D.C.’s various Safeway nicknames, and deems Sexy Safeway sufficiently sexy, Soviet Safeway accurate “if by ‘Soviet’ you mean ‘slightly less than perfect by Dupont standards'” and the UnSafeway a crock.
- Yes, parking enforcement will not be in effect during a shutdown. No, that doesn’t mean you can be an jerkwad and intentionally park in front of fire hydrants.
- Big news for the 14th Street Corridor: 14th and You reports that the Verizon building at 1401 R Street NW has been sold to developer PN Hoffman, who will redevelop the property into a “residential building with ground-floor retail.”
- D.C.’s unemployment rate dropped significantly in February, all the way to 5.9 percent.
- Former D.C. firefighter Natalie Overton-Williams, who has been on paid administrative leave for over two years due to an internal investigation into possible corruption, will spend a week in jail on fraud charges.
- Television stations: still afraid of breasts. Even if those breasts are on an $80 million masterpiece that hangs inside a gallery on the National Mall.
- Jonathan O’Connell grabs a slice of the Walmart worker’s psyche.
- Students might soon have to become full-time residents in order to get a D.C. parking permit.
- Cardozo High School’s expansion plans won’t block your view of the Fourth of July fireworks, don’t worry.
