It’s been an incredible, mild, gorgeous spring, minus the terrible air for a couple of days. What’s been going on?
Let’s start with a local chiropractor, whose practice is in the heart of the Hill, in the 400 block of East Capitol Street, getting 60 days in jail for his involvement in the January 6 riot. David Walls-Kaufman was a well regarded practitioner with a thriving business on the Hill. Unfortunately, he was also caught rioting, breaking into Nancy Pelosi’s office, and scuffling with police. Wild. NBC News
Did you know Downtown DC was supposed to be around Eastern Market? Wild tales from our past that wasn’t via Greater Greater Washington. (N.B. It’s Jenkins Hill, not Jenkin’s Hill.)
The man who shot and killed a teenager aboard a Green line train has been charged with first-degree murder. WUSA-9
Kevin Brown, a 59-year old man without a permanent housing situation, was arrested as a suspect in a long string of burglaries and acts of vandalism along the H Street corridor. WJLA-7 Does it baffle anyone else how one person can cause so much destruction? It’s a good thing Ward 6 councilmember Charles Allen has introduced a bill that expands the security camera rebate and helps businesses get interior as well as exterior cameras, among other security enhancements. FOX-5
Incredible photos from Washington Examiner staff photographer Graeme Jennings illustrating just how bad our air quality got.
This nice Pride parade recap from the Washington Post also features Crazy Aunt Helen’s owner Shayne Mason, so it’s a must-must read.
A Seoulspice opened recently in the Navy Yard area and WTOP bragged about their lunch.
The Naval History and Heritage Command celebrated 75 years of women being able to serve in the Armed Forces, which is honestly crazy.
The Capitol Hill Fourth of July parade is coming and YOU are cordially invited to march along Barracks Row, from I Street SE to Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Check out more info here and sign your group up to march here.
An adorable home in Hill East sold for under a million and it has more than two tiny bedrooms? That’s pretty nuts. No wonder it only lasted 72 hours on the market. Urban Turf