Sam Ford

They’ve blocked the streets and are about to rename Good Hope Road to Marion Barry Avenue to honor the late mayor of DC. The music is jamming with EU and people are dancing to GoGo. https://t.co/KVLZXJQYGc

DC is bringing back the Spingarn High Building as the new home for the DC Infrastructure Academy, which trains low income residents for hands on jobs in construction and utilities. PEPCO says is hired or offered jobs to 255 workers since 2018. Project cost $64 million. https://t.co/RsOQ3Rrahk

Mayor Bowser today declared two emergencies: one on the opioid crisis, the other on juvenile crime. She says opioid deaths involve mainly Black men. This year 151 juveniles have been arrested for carjacking, 97 have been shooting victims and 15 have died. https://t.co/X0ToQdIYUG

Mayor Bowser opened what DC is calling a stabilization center to handle people passed out from alcohol and drug overdoses instead of taking them to hospital ERs. Dr Holman of Fire/EMS says such cases are 6% of transports. The mayor says they’re planning 1 and possibly 2 more. https://t.co/dEni1plc3d

By far the largest group joined Councilmember Brooke Pinto in her crime walk through Ward 8, and area whose crime numbers dwarf other Wards. 84 homicides, just here. Residents calling for loitering laws https://t.co/ZXjmG6pluT

Hearing underway in House Judiciary Committee on DC Crime. Victims, Experts and Officials testifying. https://t.co/Ktgc2ZZsF7

Beth Barkley, a teacher at Cardozo High who works with students who are among refugees coming to DC, was named DC Teacher of the Year. https://t.co/1q9xx4RiWk

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A community meeting on a corner in NE Thursday where Wednesday night five people were shot, two of them, killed including a man in a wheelchair. Residents say the area is always saturated with police. They speculate that the shooter waited for a cop to take a break to attack https://t.co/E11nny06LB

Acting DC Police Chief Pamela Smith is testifying before the DC Council’s Judiciary Committee as she seeks confirmation for the permanent job. She talks about jobs from social services in New York to the US Park Police for 25 years leaving as chief before joining MPD. https://t.co/uZ5dCstmk4

Engine 15 Firehouse Anacostia remembers 9-11 https://t.co/fUS6Jl0fP5

Upset dog owners, who lost their pets, are accusing District Dogs owner Jacob Hensley of negligence in failing to get their dogs to safety before a flood burst into the facility claiming the lives of about a third of the dogs inside. https://t.co/78lWeXfGNb

Mayor Bowser came to Nats Park to celebrate legislation introduced in the US House that could mean a return to DC of the professional football team https://t.co/QPVLJ1vRZK

Mayor Bowser came to the old Wendy’s site to begin the demolition of the building to make way for a $41 million redesign of the intersection of Florida and New York Avenues. She says the redesign will take 18 months and improve traffic flow. https://t.co/kzSZfwmxaa

Mayor Bowser swore in Pamela Smith as the acting chief of MPD at the MLK Libraru at 11:50 am https://t.co/G6hcoTZdEu