Photo by M.V. Jantzen.Good morning, Washington. I’m happy to report that the Capital Weather Gang has proclaimed today to be the “best weekend day of the spring so far.” So get out there and brunch, shop, wander aimlessly and enjoy the weather.
>> Full-loaded Kwame Brown will be deposed on Monday. This will be a part of the Office of Campaign Finance investigation into how he used and accounted for money during his 2008 reelection campaign. Not even fully-loaded related.
>> Two Metro escalator workers have been fired following a passenger falling into an open hatch at the Pentagon station last week. The opening that workers use to repair escalators had been left open since 2 a.m., meaning it remained open for an hour and half after the station open at 5, and the passenger fell in at 6:30 a.m. The passenger was in the hospital for two days following her injury.
>> I know you readers have been hotly anticipating the debut of TBD’s “The Market Report.” The blog, covering all things groceries in the D.C. area, debuted late yesterday afternoon. No comment.
>> In your weekend Metro report: there is scheduled track maintenance on the Red and Yellow line. On the Red line, trains are sharing tracks between Takoma and Forest Glen and Twinbrook and Shady Grove. On the Yellow line, trains are sharing same track between Braddock Road and Huntington.