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>> Prince George’s County is planning lots of development around its 15 Metro stations, with one exception: Capitol Heights. Residents of the town on the border with the District complain that they are still being left in the dust more than 30 years after their Blue Line station opened, the Post reports. There’s lots going on next door, inside D.C. boundaries, but Capitol Heights still puts off residential and commercial developers.
>> The Warehouse was a kind-of off-the-grid venue on New York Avenue NE near Gallaudet University for four years. But now it’s finished, in the wake of a shooting there last month. Washington City Paper gets the inside track on what went down the night of September 28, and what the venue’s operator will do next.
>> A nationwide earthquake preparedness drill is planned for today, with thousands of people throughout the region set to demonstrate the proper behavior if another earthquake were to strike. So if you see someone hop under their desk at 10:18 a.m., they’re just getting ready for the big one.
Briefly Noted: Highway command center opens in Northern Virginia … Man connected to oxygen tank dies after catching fire … Franklin Schneider, something something … Gray announces reforms to Certified Business Enterprise program … McDonnell and Allen to hit the campaign trail together.
This Day in DCist: Last year, a fight broke out at a college fair at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.