Natalie Delgadillo- We are looking at an icy, freezing, possibly snowy Tuesday evening. [Post]
- Panas Gourmet Empanadas was shut down by the Department of Health (they say because their business license is expired). [Popville]
- UMd police are looking for a man who climbed into bed with a female student after breaking into her dorm room. [FOX 5]
- Meet Pete Souza’s Instagram celebrity tortoise, Charlotte. [Washingtonian]
- A pedestrian has died after being struck by a driver in Alexandria on Sunday night. [WTOP]
- Two former Metro employees are charged for “double dipping,” or clocking into work illegally. [Post]
- A fugitive from Virginia was just detained in Florida. [NBC Washington]
- D.C.’s Attorney General reached a settlement with the owner of a Brightwood funeral home for operating with improper licenses and overcharging customers. [Washington Informer]
- A fire severely damaged a day care center in Rockville Sunday night. [WTOP]
- If you have trouble finding good sushi to eat as a vegetarian, try this. [WCP]
- Some craft breweries still can’t distribute their new beer, even now that the federal government shutdown is over. [Post]
- District Soul Food is opening on Barracks Row this Saturday. [Capitol Hill Corner]
- ICYMI: Finally, we can pay a visit to the National Zoo’s naked mole-rats starting tomorrow.
- ICYMI: The shutdown deeply harmed D.C.’s local economy.
- ICYMI: Overheards: “Everyone thinks they’re special. But deep inside, I know it’s true.”
- This Day in DCist: The wage gap in D.C. was the highest in 35 years.
DCist’s photo of the day from the Flickr pool.
