Downtown News

Washington officials launched a broad leak investigation Wednesday that has exposed government waste dating back as far as 1897-a probe that could lead, some say, to the very steps of the White House.

Durham, 42, starts his new job in July, DDI announced Monday. He succeeds Bill Kalkhof, who led the organization for 20 years before retiring at the end of April.

Why are so many so angry over the Kings staying in Sacramento? Judging by online reaction of Bee readers, you would think someone had stolen their firstborn.

With most of Americans now living in suburbs, it should be no surprise that poverty has become more of a suburban problem than an urban one.

Everything you need to know about beaches in Atlantic County during the summer of 2013, from beach fees to parking facilities to lifeguard schedules: Lifeguards: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., with limited coverage from Memorial Day to June 28, then full staffing at 41 locations from Caspian to Jackson avenues through Labor Day.

When Charles Lofstrom heard last year that the final section of trail needed to complete the Great Allegheny Passage would be finished this year, he was so overjoyed that he bought himself a new bike, a sweet Cannondale Synapse, to celebrate.

Linda McKenna Boxx, president of the Allegheny Trail Alliance, said contractors are still on site completing a few tasks, but the route that crosses Sandcastle Waterpark and the neighboring Keystone Metals scrap yard is safe for cyclists.

Remember the NASA bike share thing from last week. Two things - I've ridden one of the bikes a couple of times and though clunkier than a CaBi, they get the job done; and one of the major contractors here has forbidden their employees from riding them because it's too risky.

Donna Kaulkin and Cinda MacKinnon have a lot to celebrate this month -- they've turned their childhood storytelling skills and dreams of writing a novel into reality.

The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. May 31. For information, visit the Council Web page at coj.net. * The City Downtown Investment Authority meets at 2 p.m. today in the Don Davis Room at City Hall.

The Post's online RootDC section has a piece that ran in the paper a few days ago, " Squabble over U Street restaurant offers close-up on city's constant change ," about how resident opposition to the noise from outdoor seating at The Islander, a many decades old Caribbean restaurant in the U Street corridor is racially-driven. From the article: ... (more)

With just a few short weeks left Memorial Day Weekend deals are still available.

You can attend your first AAJ Education program at 25% off, if you are an AAJ member & have been admitted to the bar for five years or less.

You pay attention to the wrong things. That's what three politicians claimed when caught in betrayals of the public interest in the past two weeks.

For 15 years, a sculpture of abolitionist Sojourner Truth watched over the south patio of the Sacramento Convention Center at 13th and K streets.

Bicyclists in the 2011 Police Unity Tour stopped for lunch at the Target parking lot in Downtown Jersey City on Monday, May 9, 2011.

Activists supporting a path to citizenship for undocumented residents held an unannounced prayer vigil this morning in U.S. Sen.

The historic Southern Hotel is long gone, razed by a developer who never could get his project, 1 Light St., done.

"Cooking is sometimes emotional, sometimes seasonal, sometimes cerebral, and sometimes physical.

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc. wants city officials to threaten the use of eminent domain to prompt action on prime real estate at Light and Baltimore streets.