“Ask yourself: Do you need to be there?” says Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Montgomery County Police had said on Wednesday that they were searching for the missing man, and concerned for his “physical and emotional welfare.”

The National Park Service will start granting additional permits for inauguration weekend.

Howard Solomon III apparently last control of his F182 6 Axis Quadcopter, which the Secret Service located on the Ellipse at 16th St. and Constitution Ave.

The National Park Service is planting trees at the behest of the Secret Service to increase security around the White House, according to a letter from Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

A group of ultimate Frisbee players are turning to Michelle Obama to solve what they say is a grave crisis for amateur sports in the nation’s capital: a sudden increase in the number of trees planted on the Ellipse

The National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place between 4:30 and 7 p.m. tonight on the Ellipse, and as usual roads around the White House will be closed to traffic.

Oh wait, that’s just the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, scheduled to begin this evening at 5 p.m. on the Ellipse.

So you missed out on Virgin FreeFest and Daily Show tickets? You have less than seven hours left to test your luck and enter the lottery for a coveted ticket to the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. The lottery closes tonight at midnight (we have no sympathy if you haven’t fixed your clocks by this time) for 3,000 seats and 10,000 standing room admissions to the 5 p.m. free event on December 9. Enter online…

Want to attend the National Christmas Tree Lighting on the Ellipse on December 9? Tickets for 3,000 seats and 10,000 standing room admissions for the 5 p.m. event are free, but will be distributed through a lottery system that goes online at 12:01 a.m. this Thursday, November 4th (okay, technically, since it’s a minute after midnight it’s Friday the 5th — but for most of us that means Thursday night).