Good Monday 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 — May 5, 2025.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for May 5, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Three Herndon men charged with soliciting children online in Loudoun | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:15 am: Fairfax City sees progress on plans to build new fire station, overhaul awkward intersection | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:00 am: Construction to start soon on Merrifield office-to-affordable housing conversion | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Richmond Highway BRT, other bus lines set to receive regional transit funding | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: Reston art gallery pieces together collaborative collage exhibit | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: McLean Day festival returns this month to salute 110th birthday | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: Franconia nonprofit’s plans to open in church building stuck in bureaucratic limbo | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Tuesday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 6:00 pm: Author talk: Venessa Vida Kelley
⛈️ Tuesday’s forecast
Expect isolated showers from 8am to 2pm, followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm, and patchy fog before 8am. The day will gradually turn mostly sunny with a high near 74, accompanied by a south wind at 5 to 10 mph and a 40% chance of precipitation. For Tuesday night, scattered showers and thunderstorms persist, with mostly cloudy weather, a low of 56, a light west wind, and a 30% chance of precipitation. 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.
