Update from MPD:

Shooting in the 1300 block of Columbia Road, NW. Lookout for a B/M in his teens, wearing a black jacket with a blue t-shirt underneath, black pants, L/S on a dark colored Bicycle E/B in the 1200 block of Columbia RD NW.”

Readers report: (more…)


Thanks to Brewer Bump for passing on from Shababi:

“Hey DC! Shababi is coming by this Saturday! Let us take care of dinner and come stop by our friends @oddprovisions (11th and Lamont St, NW)!!!

This Saturday May 15th from 5pm-6pm we will be collaborating with @oddprovisions in DC for a neighborhood drop!!!!

So all our DC Shababi who have been wanting to try the Shababi experience out it’s time!” (more…)



13th and Clifton Street, NW

“Dear PoPville,

Inquiry about the Cardozo high school track. I spent the entire front end of the pandemic working out there during the week and grew to love it. They closed at the end of 2020 and eventually put up a sign that said they’d be back in February. I go weekly and the sign is still there and gates locked. Any ideas?”


“Dear PoPville,

Wondering if anyone knows more of what happened with the police stand-off in the housing complex on Park and Hiatt NW on Monday? I live on Park and wasn’t allowed to leave my building from about 3pm on. I walked past the building today and the damage is pretty apparent…”

In response to an email inquiry MPD tells me: “The incident was resolved early Tuesday morning with the suspect in custody. No injuries were reported.” (more…)


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