Breakfast links: When will residents east of the Anacostia get a high quality hospital?
United Medical Center. Image created with Google Maps.
Bowser and Gray argue over the timeline for health care East of the Anacostia
Councilmember Vince Gray is working hard to bring health care across the Anacostia River. According to Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget proposal, DC will invest $300 million in new construction and phase United Medical Center out in 2023. (Andrew Giambrone / CityPaper)
Black girls in DC are being criminalized at increasingly high rates
Black girls are likely to be arrested at 30 times the rate of white children, a new report shows. In DC between 2007 and 2016, there's been an 87 percent increase in the arrests of young girls, and they're entering the juvenile justice system earlier and for less serious crimes than boys. (Tanvi Misra / CityLab)
Another business bites the dust in The Shay
Glen's garden market in Shaw will be closing sometime in April, but they will continue operations at their other location. A number of businesses have closed this past year in the high end, mixed development building in Shaw. (Anna Speigel / Washingtonian)
DC has a lot more grocery options than it used to
Grocery stores, especially specialty grocery stores, have greatly expanded in the last 20 years. While a couple of chains used to run the DC grocery option market, now buyers have a lot more options, from Harris Teeter to Trader Joe's. Of course, not all residents have an abundance of grocery options. (Jonathan Ringen / Washingtonian)
Metro is back in court for ad discrimination
The Archdiocese of Washington is asking why Metro can block an ad promoting church, but not ones about finding “the perfect Christmas gift.” Metro's policy of blocking of issue-oriented messages started in 2015 after blocking an anti-muslim ad. (Ann Marimow / Post)
Ward 8 residents still strongly support Trayon White
A week after Trayon White posted a controversial video containing anti-semetic remarks, and many apologies later, residents of Ward 8 still support their councilmember. White has spent the last week learning a lot about Judaism. (Sasha-Ann Simmons / WAMU)
A San Francisco Uber driver drove down a staircase
The driver of an Uber followed his map app a little too closely on Monday. The driver drove down a pedestrian staircase and got stuck. A similar incident with a taxi driver happened two years ago in the same spot. (Becky Peterson and Katie Canales / Business Insider)
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