Marion Barry pays off or gets “adjudicated” $2,800 worth of traffic tickets, gets his car back. [Post, WAMU]

Former Vince Gray staffer, now working for Muriel Bowser, accused of drunkenly threatening restaurants with DCRA inspectors. [LL]

Mayoral hopeful David Catania files 7,000 petitions to get on the ballot, says poll shows the race has narrowed. [LL, WAMU, Post]

Chinatown tenants worrying about getting tossed get a break from their landlord. [Housing Complex]

Post ed board backs equal funding for charters. [Post]

Data show median D.C. rent dipping. [InTheCapital]

Vincent Orange visits a head shop. [Twitter]

Streetcar training encounters blocked tracks. [WAMU]

Downtown protest of Guinean protest gets ugly downtown. [WTOP]

Justice for Slim Charles: Cops shut down club where Anwan “Big G” Glover was stabbed. [Post]

Playground for “makers” ditches Navy Yard. [Housing Complex]

Kid police chief in Arlington doesn’t like bar-hopping—-just like real Arlington pols! [Post]

Photo by Darrow Montgomery