We’d like to wish our readers a Merry Christmas, or as Gothamist put it, “the last Saturday in December.” Whether you spent the day opening boxes of things you only vaguely wanted (socks?) and making small talk with family, working on finally recovering from your winter solstice bacchanal hangover, or quietly ordering Chinese, we hope it was pleasant. Although most normal activity slows down, the day wasn’t without its news. Citing computer problems caused…

(From DCist contributor Zoe Mitchell) Things are mighty fiesty inside the Wilson Building again today and it has nothing to do with baseball. According to an inside source, three activists from MayDay DC have already been arrested, while another activist is occupying the building’s ledge again. The activists are upset at the closure of the Randall Shelter, which is up for final vote today during the last regularly scheduled D.C. Council hearing this session. Also,…

(By DCist contributor Zoe Mitchell) According to a press release we’ve received, the activists who briefly occupied the Randall Shelter over Thanksgiving weekend are planning to drop by the Wilson Building today to listen in on a subcommittee’s vote on the fate of the building, and perhaps take action. The Subcommittee on Human Rights, Latino Affairs and Property Management is scheduled to vote today at 3 p.m. on declaring the Randall Shelter surplus property. If…