Breakfast links: Monday’s record rainfall made for a difficult commute
Rain causes major leaks at the Virginia Square Metro station
As water flooded the streets Monday, there was a massive leak at the Virginia Square Metro station. Rainwater pushed through one of the panels in the ceiling, causing delays and single tracking throughout the morning. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
Yesterday’s rainfall broke records and stranded dozens of people
Monday’s monsoon stranded people and vehicles all over the region and broke a 148-year-old rainfall record, producing a month’s worth of rain in less than two hours. Commuters faced flooded roads and stops, and several stores were flooded and damaged in Westover Village. (Danya AbdelHameid / DCist, Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian, Vernon Miles / ARLnow)
A first DC Councilmember says Jack Evans should resign
At-large Councilmember David Grosso released a statement on Monday calling for Jack Evans to resign. He is the first member of the DC Council to take such action. (Rachel Kurzius / DCist)
DC seeks help from listing services to curb housing discrimination
DC Attorney General Karl Racine sent letters to Craigslist, Zillow, and CoStar Group, which owns apartments.com, requesting their help with spotting and removing advertisements on their sites that violate the District’s anti-discrimination statutes. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed DC)
The local Onewheel riding community is growing
The number of onewheel riders in DC is growing. A facebook group, DMV OneWheel Riders, already boasts having about 350 members, with biweekly “floats” of riders taking to the streets throughout the Washington region. (Ella Feldman / City Paper)
Five new findings about Arlington’s office market
More office space is being leased than is being built, according to a quarterly Northern Virginia market report from from JLL, a commerical real estate services firm. That’s just one of five key points from the study. (ARLnow)
This new app lets you explore indigenous history
“Guide to Indigenous DC” is a free app that lets you explore the history of local indigenous people and provides walking tours of several places around DC and Northern Virginia. (Mikaela Lefrak / WAMU)
DC Statehood is now a polling question on Gallup
For the first time, DC statehood is now part of a national Gallup poll. Results of the June 19 survey of 1,018 participants will be made available on July 15. (Benjamin Wofford / Washingtonian)
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