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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Dec 5, 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 — Dec 5, 2025.

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

  • Plagued by turnover, Fairfax Sheriff’s Office on ‘unsustainable trajectory,’ staff say (27119 views)
  • Fairfax County staff plan to be ‘ready to go’ when meals tax starts on Jan. 1 (26758 views)
  • Police: Pedestrian dies days after car crash on Old Keene Mill Road (12279 views)
  • Partial demolition coming for Annandale shopping center to make way for housing (8938 views)
  • JUST IN: Fairfax County schools to delay opening for possible winter storm (8512 views)
  • After months of hearings, Virginia panel set to roll out blueprint for legal cannabis market (8050 views)
  • Fairfax County staff tentatively forecast $131M budget gap, as real estate tax growth slows (7654 views)
  • FCPS opts to resolve student’s lawsuit over gender identity policies (5916 views)
  • Window washers rescued after basket on Tysons high-rise collapses (5479 views)
  • New ice skating rink opening today at Tysons’ Capital One Center (4164 views)
  • Townhouses approved to complete Oakton office park redevelopment (3219 views)
  • Driver charged with manslaughter for ambulance crash in Herndon (3024 views)
  • Don’t miss Winterfest — Reston’s ultimate holiday celebration (2946 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

    Patchy fog is expected to clear by 11am, giving way to partly sunny skies and a high near 42 with light southwest winds. As for Saturday night, expect partly cloudy conditions and a low around 28 with light and variable winds. 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. 👋

    About the Author

    • 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.