Around Town

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 — Jun 23, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Tuesday throughout the county, from our event calendar.

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☀️ Tuesday’s forecast

Expect sunny, hot weather with temperatures reaching nearly 100 degrees and heat index values up to 110. A light northwest wind of 3 to 6 mph will provide minimal relief. As night falls on Tuesday, the sky will remain mostly clear and the temperature will drop to around 78 degrees, accompanied by a gentle northwest breeze of 3 to 5 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.

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News

More than 2,000 properties in Fairfax County, most of them in McLean, are currently without power, as the D.C. region suffers through a potentially prolonged heat wave.

According to its outage map, Dominion Energy has 2,132 customers in Fairfax County without power, as of 3:25 p.m. The largest outages appear to be centered around downtown McLean, where crews are assessing the damage to the affected electrical infrastructure.


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The latest proposal to bring housing to downtown McLean targets a pair of modest office buildings, one of which was built nearly a century ago.

Reston’s Cypress Real Estate Company, under the name Beverly & Elm Development, submitted plans to Fairfax County last Tuesday (June 17) for a seven-story residential building that would replace the McLean Office Center at 1368 Beverly Road.


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The D.C. region’s roads and other transportation infrastructure is more at risk from future flooding than previously thought, a new analysis found.

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) outlined its findings to leaders of member jurisdictions, including Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn and Braddock District Supervisor James Walkinshaw representing Fairfax County, at a meeting last Wednesday (June 18).


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A popular summer camp in Lake Barcroft remains closed days after a storm took out its electricity last Thursday (June 19).

Though Dominion Energy has restored power to nearly all of the 70,000-plus affected residents and businesses, a handful of customers are still dealing with outages — including Congressional Camp, which shared on Friday (June 20) that the storm had taken out a transformer for its 40-acre campus at 3229 Sleepy Hollow Road.


Countywide

As anyone who stepped outside this morning knows, the summer’s first heat wave is already taking hold of Fairfax County.

The National Weather Service has issued Extreme Heat Warnings that will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow (Monday and Tuesday), prompting Fairfax County to activate cooling centers as part of its emergency heat plan.


Around Town

A cafe that takes a unique approach to a popular breakfast offering is targeting Great Falls for a new storefront.

Gourmet toast cafe chain Toastique is aiming to officially open in Great Falls this fall, though it’s still in the early stages of setting up the restaurant, marketing manager Jolie Richards told FFXnow.


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The developer behind Tysons West is expanding its ambitions to the east side of Route 7 (Leesburg Pike).

JBG Smith, a Chevy Chase-based company also known for its extensive involvement in Arlington’s National Landing area, has acquired the three office buildings at Tysons Dulles Plaza (1410, 1420 and 1430 Spring Hill Road) for $42.3 million — a significant discount compared to previous sales.


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Growth in the proportion of renters to homeowners across Fairfax County is changing the local landscape in a number of ways.

An analysis by Point2Homes released in mid-June places three Fairfax communities among the top 10 in the D.C. region for the percentage of renters compared to overall housing: