“Every second makes a difference when you’re trapped in a building and you can’t get out. Seconds count, and in that instance it took minutes to dispatch the call.”

Police say the two men robbed an armored truck driver in Brightwood this morning.

They say the city hasn’t done enough to address an uptick in violence.

The person they’re trying to identify was captured on video two hours prior to the incident.

James Oh, owner of the Gold Corner Market in Brightwood, was killed in an armed robbery that occurred on July 4.

An 18-year-old from Maryland who was shot and killed in Brightwood last week met her suspected killer on a dating site.

A D.C. resident says he stole back his bicycle after it was taken from his friend’s porch Sunday night and then posted for sale on Craigslist the following morning. And the vendor who attempted to sell that bike is also listing several other cycles for amounts well below their suggested retail prices.

The news that the District’s Latino population keeps growing isn’t new, but now you can better visualize how the city’s shifting fortunes have affected where Latinos tend to live.

A recall vote of a Ward 4 ANC commissioner yesterday ended without resolution, as enough absentee and special ballots had yet to be counted before pro-recall forces could claim victory.

Bourbon pecan cakes, sweet potato chocolate swirl pie, homemade banh mi sandwiches, jelly donuts and fruit sushi are just a scattering of the array of goodies expected to sell at the first DC Grey Market of the year on Saturday.