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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Dec 6, 2024

By FFXnow.com

Good Friday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Dec 6, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. Fairfax County faces nearly $300 million deficit to fill in next year’s budget (15711 views)
  2. Federal cybersecurity contractor to expand Herndon operations (14581 views)
  3. Kohl’s to close Herndon store in 2025 after decades in business (8812 views)
  4. Closed Reston Taco Bell slated for demolition and replacement (8017 views)
  5. New steakhouse coming to Vienna from Taco Bamba chef (6736 views)
  6. Man charged with shooting near Aldi in Woodlawn (6629 views)
  7. Fairfax County board likely to seek more authority for penalizing noisy vehicles (5280 views)
  8. Where to find Christmas and other holiday events in Fairfax County (4450 views)
  9. Fairfax officials may seek common ground with Trump on keeping federal workers in region (3943 views)
  10. Daytime cafe First Watch to add three more Fairfax locations (5243 views)
  11. Ongoing boundary review complicates FCPS middle school start time debate (3846 views)
  12. Traffic Alert: Tractor-trailer fire shuts down I-495 North near Tysons (3489 views)
  13. McAlister’s Deli opening tomorrow in Springfield, giving away free tea for a year (3394 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

☀️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect a mostly sunny day with a high near 39 degrees accompanied by a west wind blowing at 6 to 8 mph. Saturday night will be mostly cloudy as temperatures drop to around 30 degrees, with a southwest wind at around 6 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋

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  • FFXnow is the definitive local news source for Fairfax County, featuring countywide coverage and hyperlocal reporting on the Reston and Tysons areas. This article was written by an editor or other member of FFXnow's full-time staff.