The boy has been identified as Jaquar McNair of Southeast.

So it’s hot out, if you haven’t noticed. And somehow, when it is hot out, life’s little inconveniences are that much worse. Like getting off the Metro, turning the corner out of the faregate, and finding an escalator that is not moving. And that is exactly what will happen today at several area Metro stations, undergoing scheduled escalator renovations. Though Metro might not be able to get the escalators up and running today, they are…

Have you ever been tempted to ditch your suit on the way to work? No, it’s not No Pants Day (not yet at least – that’s on May 5), but you can lose your pinstripes for charity tomorrow for the “Send A Suit” professional women’s clothing drive. Donate dry cleaned women’s suits to Send a Suit, which will help low-income women in the D.C. area who are seeking employment. You also can donate gently used…

On Sundays, DCist publishes opinion pieces about life in D.C. The views expressed below are solely those of the author. It wasn’t until I started working in the city that I really knew anything about the city. I’ve lived in the suburbs of D.C. for a considerable chunk of my life and had always seen D.C. recreationally. My daily life happened in the god forsaken outer corners of Tyson’s Corner, McLean, Reston and Herndon. Fun…

Good morning, Washington. Today will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Stadium Planning Process Contentious: What do you get when you mix the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission, Major League Baseball, the fragil egos D.C. government, and a red-hot real estate market in Near Southeast? The answer is a convoluted planning process described by the Post in an article today where the architect has conflicting instructions and city leaders can’t seem…

Tomorrow is the dreaded day on which tax returns are due. But for District residents filing at the last minute, the grudging march to the post office is coupled with the indignity of knowing that the 600,000 some-odd residents do not enjoy full Congressional representation. Tomorrow the local pro-democracy activists at DC Vote will highlight the fact that District residents pay taxes ($14.6 billion in 2003) and serve in the armed forces (they have fought…

(From DCist contributor Martin Austermuhle) The usually Spartan feel of the Capitol South metrorail station has been broken by, of all things, pictures of smiling couples. As part of an advertising campaign, all nine available billboard spots at the station’s entrance have taken to declaring the merits of marriage. While it isn’t odd for policy pushers to target the metrorail system, especially stations close to the Capitol campus (like Capitol South and Union Station), we…

Commuters on Blue and Yellow line trains had delays greet them this chilly Friday morning. Two cracked rails slowed trains along both lines to a frigid crawl, causing delays of up to 45 minutes. This DCist commuter arrived at the Franconia-Springfield station at 7:55 a.m. Our train pulled out of the station at 8:25,and slowly chugged into Van Dorn station at 8:37 a.m. We arrived at our final destination, Capitol South, at 9:25 a.m. WMATA…

As DCSOB points out, the Justice Department has told Rep. Ernest Istook that it won’t proceed further to defend the Oklahoma Republican’s appropriations rider that punished WMATA or other transit agencies for accepting any advertisement that promotes the medical use of marijuana. (The ad that angered Istook is the one pictured at right from changetheclimate.org.) Justice says that since a federal court has ruled that Istook’s measure was unconstitutional, its hands are essentially tied. While…

Saturday, after the fog lifted, the weather was warm and nice, but with Halloween and a heated election back to back, being out and about provided its interesting moments. When DCist was traveling to Barracks Row to pick up our costume for Saturday night (DCist photo above), we were traveling on a Blue Line train heading toward Capitol Hill. As the train approached the Capitol South station, a group of Lyndon LaRouche supporters came through…