- Pepco restored service to nearly 40,000 customers after an outage left a large portion of Northwest D.C. without power on Saturday. [Post]
- A study found that traffic has significantly increased in Alexandria due to Metro’s summer-long shutdown of some Blue and Yellow Line stations. [WTOP]
- Here’s how to get your fitness fix for free around D.C. this week. [Washingtonian]
- Red Light bar on 14th Street NW is revamping its “unremarkable” bar menu with Detroit-style square pizza. [Eater]
- Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is getting slammed for his “gutless” response to President Trump’s social media rant on Baltimore. [Post]
- Meanwhile, the Baltimore Sun didn’t mince words. [Sun]
- And Jared Kushner owns properties in the Baltimore region that have received hundreds of code violations. [Posst, Fox5]
- D.C. is among the top city’s making progress on clean energy goals. [WAMU]
- The NoMa Business Improvement District commissioned a new sculpture called ‘The Chicken and the Egg.’ [Curbed]
- District officials suddenly closed down a program that provided summer jobs for teens and young adults east of the Anacostia River after reports of inappropriate remarks. [Post]
- MGM Roast Beef may be closed for a few weeks after a fire damaged the sandwich company’s building in Northeast. [Popville]
- Woodstock 50 organizers say tickets will be free for the first iteration of the festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. [WTOP]
- Fans of cosplay flocked to the D.C. Convention Center over the weekend for the East Coast’s ‘largest’ anime convention. [WTOP]
- Police are looking for an unknown gunman who shot four people near the Howard Theatre in Northwest D.C. early on Sunday morning. [WJLA]
- ICYMI: A microscopic parasite is making some District residents sick to their stomachs and it may be tied to fresh basil.
- ICYMI: The W Hotel spruced up its food and beverage program after undergoing a $51 million renovation.
- This day in DCist: A Silver Line train derailed at the East Falls Church station with 75 passengers on board.
Bei Bei the panda.
