Good Thursday 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 — Aug 7, 2025.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for August 7, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Authors Celeste Ng and Erik Larson headline Fall for the Book festival at GMU | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:15 am: Whole Foods Market opens new, larger store in Reston | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:15 am: Multiple people injured as high-speed police chase ends in crash off I-395 | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: FCPS expanding weapons scanning tech to all middle and high schools this fall | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: Fairfax prosecutor slams federal government for ‘fearmongering’ around crime | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: Reston Cardboard Boat Regatta set for Lake Anne return this weekend | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: West Falls Church siblings with rare immune disorder seek donor | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Friday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 6:00 pm: Friday Night Live! – JunkFood
- 7:00 pm: Summerbration Fab Fridays: The Reflex
☀️ Friday’s forecast
Expect mostly sunny skies and a high of around 83 degrees, accompanied by a northeast wind blowing at 6 to 8 mph. As for Friday night, the skies will remain mostly clear with a low temperature of about 64 degrees, while an east wind will blow at a speed of 3 to 7 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.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.
