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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Jan 3, 2025

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 — Jan 3, 2025.

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

  1. Here are the new Virginia laws taking effect on Jan. 1, 2025 (36012 views)
  2. De Clieu Coffee to open new cafe in Reston this year (7172 views)
  3. Small businesses scramble to make way for planned VHC Health facility in West Falls Church (5999 views)
  4. Most and least expensive homes sold in Fairfax County (December 2024) (5398 views)
  5. Oakton’s SouvlakiBar to reopen after merging with another Greek restaurant chain (5222 views)
  6. Fast food rival seeks to replace shuttered Burger King in Reston (6430 views)
  7. Reston Row developer proposes pedestrian bridge between new office buildings (4321 views)
  8. Conversion of former Inova office into workforce housing could start in 2025 (3981 views)
  9. Fairfax County struggling to find site for youth crisis receiving center (2303 views)
  10. Better data, more hunters needed to manage Fairfax County’s deer population, report says (2187 views)
  11. Maryland man charged with hit-and-run that injured pedestrian at Tysons Corner Center (2082 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 sunshine and a high temperature of about 31 degrees during the day, accompanied by a blustery west wind at 17 to 20 mph and gusts reaching 33 mph. The night will be clear with a low temperature around 21 degrees, along with a west wind at 9 to 11 mph and gusts up to 20 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.