>> The region will be awash in crabs this summer. No, not that kind. Well, OK, maybe both kinds. [NBC4] >> D.C. Council member Marion Barry will be in court tomorrow for charges including driving under the influence and operating an unregistered vehicle. Paris Hilton is busy writing him a letter of encouragement. [AP via WTOP] >> The Rockville office of a bail bonds agency was set on fire early this morning. A trained…

WMATA continues its trend of futile campaigns today by announcing it will start warning passengers not to chase fleeing buses. After six pedestrian fatalities in two years, including a 62-year-old man who stumbled and fell underneath the wheel of a bus as he chased it earlier this month, Metro’s looking for the bus version of the stern-motherly voice on the trains to keep people from jumping in the closing doors. Also, we think we heard…

Our email list is blowing up this morning with tips to check out this piece in today’s New York Times, a feature taking a look at the once again bustling U Street drag. The Times claims it can hear hipsters sneering in the opening paragraph, and a few of our favorite locales are omitted, but they avoid calling the area the U District, Hipster Handbook style, and overall it’s a pretty neat little read. NYT…

Good morning, Washington. Today and tomorrow look likely to be rainy. You know when the weather was better? That’s right, the good old days. Also better: the children of the past. Today’s Post reports that six Manassas high school students have been disciplined after they were discovered participating in sexual activity in the school’s auditorium. And WTOP reports that no police charges have yet been filed against the P.G. County student who on Wednesday attacked…

You may know, and as DCist has reported, that those Hollywood types are just crawling around the District, making movies and reminding us just how cool a backdrop this city can make. Kiefer Sutherland was in Lafayette Park yesterday, stalked and captured at right by Dupont Knitter. DCist learned on double super secret background that the man himself will be shooting in Georgetown today, Thomas Jefferson Street to be exact. Seeing that the dog days…