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Multiple people injured as high-speed police chase ends in crash off I-395

Published August 7, 2025 at 10:15AM | Updated August 8, 2025 at 12:25AM

State police and Fairfax County's fire department respond to a crash off I-395 at Edsall Road (via Dave Statter/Bluesky)

A Henrico man is facing charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase last night (Wednesday) that concluded with a crash off of I-395 in Lincolnia.

According to the Virginia State Police, a trooper attempted to stop the driver of a Honda sedan who was travelling north “at a high rate of speed” on I-95 near Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge around 10:29 p.m. yesterday. When the driver didn’t stop, the trooper initiated a pursuit.

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Whole Foods Market opens new, larger store in Reston

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 7, 2025 at 9:15AM

The produce section at Whole Foods in Reston (courtesy Whole Foods Market)

After a mere three-day absence, Whole Foods Market is back open in Reston.

The grocery store welcomed customers to its new, larger location at the Spectrum at Reston Town Center yesterday (Wednesday), offering complimentary coffee and snacks from Manassas-based Café Kreyol and Maryland’s Whisked by Jenna.

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Family-owned bakery resurrected in Vienna with new Mediterranean focus

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 6, 2025 at 2:45PM | Updated August 7, 2025 at 2:29PM

Inside Silva and Son (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Silva Sarkees and her son, Harry Sarkees, are back in business in Vienna.

A half-decade after closing Silva’s Patisserie, the culinary duo reintroduced themselves to their longtime hometown in early July with the aptly named Silva & Son, a new bakery that serves Mediterranean sandwiches, salads and dips as well as bread and pastries.

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Fairfax County no longer named a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ by Trump administration

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press

Published August 6, 2025 at 1:45PM | Updated August 6, 2025 at 2:27PM

A member of the clergy with New Sanctuary Coalition enters an immigration courtroom as federal agents wait outside on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

The Trump administration has released a new list of localities and states it considers “sanctuary jurisdictions,” and Fairfax County is no longer on it.

The Justice Department identified some three dozen states, cities and counties as so-called sanctuary jurisdictions on Tuesday (Aug. 5), two months after the federal government quietly removed a much longer list that included many localities that support the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies.

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Military weapons and vehicles maker to establish new U.S. hub in Merrifield

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 6, 2025 at 10:00AM

The Metro Place II office building at 2600 Park Tower Drive in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey

A defense contractor that manufactures weapons, armored vehicles, and other military systems is setting up a new base in Merrifield.

Two U.S. subsidiaries of the German company Rheinmetall have leased nearly 10,000 square feet of office space at Metro Place II (2600 Park Tower Drive) in Merrifield, the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) announced yesterday (Tuesday).

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Bakery Tous les Jours aims to open this month at Reston Station

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 5, 2025 at 2:45PM | Updated August 14, 2025 at 4:55PM

The future Tous les Jours storefront at 1800 Reston Row Plaza (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Update — Tous les Jours is now open at the Row at Reston Station after a soft launch at 10 a.m. today (Aug. 14). A grand opening celebration with promotions and giveaways is expected in September, property owner Comstock Companies says.

Earlier: Reston Station residents and visitors will soon have a new option for getting their morning coffee or an afternoon snack.

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Police: Man dies after crashing on electric skateboard in Oakton

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 5, 2025 at 10:00AM | Updated August 5, 2025 at 10:41AM

Person standing on an electric skateboard (photo by FitNish Media on Unsplash)

A man died over the weekend after crashing while riding an electric skateboard on Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) in Oakton, police say.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, its officers were dispatched to the Chain Bridge and Hibbard Street intersection at 2:51 p.m. on Saturday (Aug. 2) after receiving “a report of an accident involving a motorized skateboard.”

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Juice and smoothie chain to open shop at Idylwood Plaza

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 5, 2025 at 9:15AM

A sign announces South Block is coming soon to Idylwood Plaza (courtesy anonymous tip)

South Block is plotting another expansion in Fairfax County.

The regional juice and smoothie chain has leased one of the new storefronts created out of the former Whole Foods space at Idylwood Plaza. Signage announcing that South Block is “coming soon” recently appeared at the shopping center.

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Cause of Reston house fire traced to rooftop solar panels

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 5, 2025 at 8:30AM

Firefighters extinguish solar panel fire on Reston house (courtesy FCFRD)

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD) has confirmed that a recent house fire in Reston was sparked by an electrical issue related to its rooftop solar panels.

Firefighters were dispatched to the 2300 block of Colts Brook Drive around 6 p.m. on Sunday (Aug. 3) for the blaze, which could be seen around the solar panels when they arrived, the FCFRD said yesterday (Monday) in a blog post.

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Next Reston Community Center performance season led by Pulitzer Prize-winning author

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 4, 2025 at 11:45AM

Sign for the Leila Gordon Theatre at Reston Community Center Hunters Woods (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The author who wrote and won a Pulitzer Prize for “The Sympathizer” is coming to Reston.

Reston Community Center (RCC) will host Viet Thanh Nguyen at its recently renamed Leila Gordon Theatre on Sept. 27 to kick off its 2025-2026 Professional Touring Artists Series, which will bring established and emerging artists to the Hunters Woods facility (2310 Colts Neck Road).