DCist: D.C. Restaurants Are Feeling The Strain As They Pivot To Takeout
Espita ran through its stock of guacamole on Saturday. Even though the Mexican restaurant was closed to in-house guests, orders flowed through Caviar, and customers lined up outside ready to take away food and cocktails. Still, co-owner…
Washington Business Journal: Metro waives bus fares for two months as emergency coronavirus measure
In a move to it hopes will help stymie the spread of the novel coronavirus, the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority decided to waive all bus fares for 60 days.
DCist: Giant Panda Mei Xiang Was Artificially Inseminated
Time doesn’t stop for a pandemic, and neither do the reproductive cycles of pandas. On Sunday morning, the team at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo artificially inseminated their 21-year-old panda, Mei Xiang.
City Paper: D.C. Bars and Restaurants Launch Fundraisers for Workers, Other Expenses
"Many of our staff will fall outside of the safety nets provided to others."
DCist: With Lots Of Newfound Time On Their Hands, Some Washingtonians Are Fulfilling Their Long-Held…
Anya Olsen bakes to relieve stress, usually focusing on sweets like cakes, cookies, and pies. She’s always wanted to try her hand at bread, too.
Catholic Standard: Franciscan friar, identified as first D.C. coronavirus fatality, remembered for…
Brother John Sebastian Laird-Hammond, 59, a Franciscan of the Holy Land in America, died March 20 of the coronavirus, according to Franciscan Father Larry Dunham, guardian and commissary of the same order. He was the first person in…
Washingtonian: A Burglar Broke Into a DC Restaurant’s Storage Unit and Stole Only Hand Sanitizer and…
Thousands of dollars worth of booze and other valuables from Republic Cantina were left untouched.
Bisnow: ‘It’s A Complete Bloodbath’: D.C. Hotel Industry Suffers Unprecedented Damage
With the coronavirus pandemic causing event cancellations and grinding tourism and business travel to a halt, D.C hotel owners have experienced a dramatic drop in revenue. The lack of revenue has led owners to lay off staff and consider…
Washington Post: Giant panda at National Zoo gets artificially inseminated
The National Zoo said Monday that veterinarians artificially inseminated its female giant panda, Mei Xiang, on Sunday morning.
WAMU: D.C. And Maryland Urge Residents To Stay Home, Stopping Short Of ‘Shelter-In-Place’ Orders
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday ordered all non-essential businesses to close by 5 p.m., while D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged people to remain home as much as possible and said police would be empowered to disperse any large groups of…
WTOP: ‘Another winter:’ DC-area cab drivers feel pinch of COVID-19 pandemic
Despite many people taking advantage of being outdoors, taxi drivers in the D.C. area are feeling the pinch of the coronavirus pandemic.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Commissions Hand Sanitizer from DC Businesses to Support Frontline DC…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
March 23, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that District Government has commissioned 2,000 gallons of hand sanitizer…
District Links: Bowser stops short of shelter at home; DC commissions distillery to make hand…
Good Monday afternoon. Mayor Muriel Bowser continues to stay away from issuing a formal stay-at-home order to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus, but she is urging residents to keep close to home except for essential trips to the…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser and Chief Financial Officer DeWitt Announce 2019 Tax Filings and Payment…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer
March 23, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
David Umansky (OCFO)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chief…
David Daniels: COVID-19 decisions must protect the most marginalized and vulnerable
The truest test of any society is how its most marginalized members fare during times of crisis. We at the Bainum Family Foundation ― like many others in philanthropy and across the nonprofit field here in DC ― have particular concern for…
Washington Business Journal: More D.C. convention events canceled, creating an estimated $78.4M hit…
The number of large-scale convention meetings in the District canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic has grown to eight, according to an update Friday from Destination D.C. president and CEO Elliott Ferguson. The economic toll of the…
City Paper: Looking for Toilet Paper or Diapers? There’s (Almost) an App for That.
“We need a critical number of submissions before we can make those maps live.”
City Paper: Are Carry-Out and Delivery Sales Making a Difference for Restaurants’ Bottom…
"We’re doing 2.5 times the normal amount of work for a quarter amount of original sales."
Washingtonian: A Podcast Studio in a Closet, a Talk Show in a Sunroom: How DC’s Audio Journalists…
For journalists, working from home during the coronavirus crisis means moving all newsroom interactions to Slack, mastering the fine points of Zoom meetings, and finding a chair that offers a modicum of support. For reporters who work in…
WTOP: Gonzaga president, 14 other Jesuit priests enter 9th day of isolation over coronavirus
Fifteen Catholic priests who share a community home in Northwest D.C. entered their ninth day of quarantine on Monday, after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus.