Metro Briefs

DISTRICT

Police crack down on prostitution

Metropolitan Police say they are cracking down on prostitution in the downtown area around Fifth and K streets Northwest.

Police say they will focus efforts on that area through Aug. 30 and that prostitutes working in that zone will receive a warning, and could face a $500 fine or 180 days in jail, or both, according to the WRC (Channel 4) report.

A 2006 law enacted by the D.C. Council gives officers 10 days of broader authority to go after people they suspect of solicitation.

Police Capt. Mike Gottert said officers can tell congregating prostitutes to leave.

MARYLAND

HYATTSVILLE

Makeovers begin on local structures

The television series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is in the Washington area to tackle two projects in one week.

The show’s design crew and hundreds of volunteers on Saturday surprised Nikema and Tamara Tripp at their Hyattsville home, which will be rebuilt. The show also will transform the Fishing School, a nonprofit youth development organization in Northeast Washington.

Burch Builders Group, which has offices in Warrenton and Alexandria, and Vienna’s G&M; Contracting are donating their services to the projects.

Derek LaVallee, a local spokesman for the show, said both structures would be demolished Sunday.

VIRGINIA

RICHMOND

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